Staff Accountant: Strategic Forecasting & Variance Insight

Egreenservices; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 119,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Health coverage

Paid growth time

Job summary

Paramount in Iowa City, IA seeks a Staff Accountant to own variance analysis and forecasting in a fast-paced environment. Earn $119,000 - $177,000 with mentorship, health coverage, paid growth time, and a temporary arrangement that respects your evenings.

You’ll translate GAAP nuance into actionable guidance for the local team, partner cross-functionally to improve forecasting accuracy, and support pricing and unit economics modeling under a lead-level temporary structure.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of real-world accounting experience.
• Experience leading in temporary roles.
• Strong GAAP knowledge and financial analysis.
• Ability to forecast and model pricing and margins.

Responsibilities

• Build variance commentary executives actually read top to bottom.
• Watch the burn rate and sound the alarm a quarter early.
• Translate GAAP nuance into guidance the Iowa City team can apply.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to improve forecasting accuracy.
• Field ad-hoc analyses the CFO needs before Monday.
• Support Staff Accountant in pricing and unit economics modeling.
• Stress test pricing models before board review.

Skills

8+ years experience

Self-direction

Cross-functional collaboration

Empathy

Delivery in temporary structure

GAAP knowledge

Pricing and unit economics

Tools

Liquidity management

Job description

Paramount in Iowa City, IA seeks a Staff Accountant to own variance analysis and forecasting in a fast-paced environment. Earn $119,000 - $177,000 with mentorship, health coverage, paid growth time, and a temporary arrangement that respects your evenings.

You’ll translate GAAP nuance into actionable guidance for the local team, partner cross-functionally to improve forecasting accuracy, and support pricing and unit economics modeling under a lead-level temporary structure.