Staff Accountant III

Insight Global; San Diego (CA); Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work possible

Travel to CA for large meetings

PST hours

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Staff Accountant III to perform advanced accounting and reporting, including balance sheets, P&L, and other financial analyses. The role emphasizes GAAP compliance, ASC 606/842, and collaboration with management to optimize resources and forecast financial positions.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in senior accounting roles, CPA or CPA candidate preferred, and experience with Acumatica, Yardi Voyager, and ProSystem fx.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or related field required.
• 5+ years of experience as a senior staff accountant.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, consolidations, and eliminations.
• Perform revenue recognition accounting activities per ASC 606 and company policy.

Responsibilities

• Uses GAAP and internal controls to prevent misstatements or misappropriations.
• Reconciles general ledger accounts and prepares journal entries for the general ledger.
• Performs month-end close and assists with monthly reporting packages and board reviews.
• Mentors less experienced accountants and leads assigned meetings.
• Prepares variance reports and analyzes financial information for management.
• Coordinates audit deliverables and supports annual external audits.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

ASC 606 revenue recognition

ASC 842 lease accounting

Advanced Excel

Financial statement analysis

Audit coordination

Month-end close

Journal entries

Education

Bachelors in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Acumatica ERP

Yardi Voyager

ProSystem fx

Job description

Job Description

The Staff Accountant III performs advanced accounting functions and reporting through the preparation of balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other financial reports. Responsibilities include analyzing trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses. Reports the organization's finances to management, and offers suggestions about resource utilization, tax strategies, and assumptions underlying budget forecasts. This position identifies process improvement opportunities and may provide functional advice and training to less experienced Accountants.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following.

• Uses Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and controls that will prevent or reduce risk of potential misstatements or misappropriations;
• Monitors compliance with GAAP, Sarbanes Oxley Requirements, internal controls, and company and departmental procedures;
• Reconciles general ledger accounts;
• Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports;
• Compiles and analyzes financial information;
• Prepares journal entries for the general ledger;
• Performs month-end close process and assists with the preparation of monthly reporting packages, preparation of the management financial briefings and monthly financial reviews for the Board of Directors;
• Assists in training and mentoring less experienced accountants. Manages projects and assumes a leadership role in assigned meetings;
• Prepares and distributes individual company’s variance reports. Analyzes financial information and prepares balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports (including 10-K’s and 10-Q’s) to summarize and interpret current and projected company financial position for management;
• Audits contracts, orders, and vouchers, and prepares reports to substantiate individual transactions prior to settlement;
• Maintains responsibility for key Accounting functions (i.e. cash, investments, accounts receivable, prepaids, fixed assets, internally developed software, notes receivable, notes payable, leases, deferred rent, accounts payable, customer advances, accrued expenses, income taxes, rebates, payroll, etc.);
• Manages internal resources to successfully perform assigned duties within the Accounting group. Provides day-to-day assistance in developing and administering policies, business processes and quality standards, and developing and maintaining cross-functional and interdepartmental relationships;
• Works under deadlines and quickly resolve accounting challenges that impacts many of the functional areas of the company;
• Drive positive change through the organization by identifying issues and proposing solutions, seeing the selected method for resolution through, and maintaining the solution as appropriate;
• Proactively acts to understand client needs and identify solutions to non-standard tasks/queries;
• Provides solutions to a diverse range of complex problems;
• Anticipates potential control issues and works to resolve them before becoming audit findings. Interfaces effectively with audit staff;
• Serves as a resource on generally accepted accounting principles and financial accounting standards;
• Drive process improvement and simplification initiatives. Suggests and creates processes and procedures to make the group more streamlined and efficient. Develops and recommends enhancements to accounting methods and procedures;
• Performs research on accounting and financial reporting issues and communicates conclusions to management.

Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or related field required.
• 5+ years of experience as a senior staff accountant
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, consolidations, and eliminations.
• Perform revenue recognition accounting activities in accordance with ASC 606 requirements and company policy.
• Hands-on experience with ASC 842 lease accounting, including lease classification, journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statement reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP) and proactive in learning formulas.
• Ability to prepare and analyze financial statements (cash flows, equity, P&L) and understand how they interrelate.
• Ability to identify anomalies in financial data and make adjustments.
• Experience preparing complete financial statements, including Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, and Statement of Equity.
• Experience working directly with auditors and supporting annual external audits, preparing audit schedules, responding to auditor requests, and coordinating audit deliverables.
• Prior involvement in audits or year-end processes.
• Exposure to large revenue bases and transitions.
• Strong full-cycle accounting experience including journal entries, account reconciliations, month-end close, year-end close, and balance sheet analysis.
• Manage and account for complex accounting areas including fixed assets, leases, payroll accounting, accruals, prepaid expenses, deferred revenue, investments, taxes, notes payable, and customer advances.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Experience working remote/work from home environment
• Available to travel a few times a year to CA for large meetings
• Must be comfortable working PST hours all year
• CPA or CPA candidate preferred.
• Public accounting background preferred.
• Experience with Acumatica ERP.
• Experience with Yardi Voyager and/or ProSystem fx.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].