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Accountant

Aquant

Aquant

Accounting & Finance
Newton, MA, USA
Posted on Nov 20, 2024

At Aquant, we empower field service professionals to become heroes using our personalized generative AI platform, Service Co-Pilot. Using historical service data, Aquant equips service leaders, field technicians, and customer service representatives with the precise information they need when they need it—enabling them to make decisions with confidence, reduce costs, and optimize service delivery. Ready to join a team that values innovation, excellence, and above all, its people? Apply today!

We’re seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Accountant to join our innovative AI company. In this role, you’ll support financial operations, manage bookkeeping, assist with monthly and quarterly reporting, and help ensure compliance. You’ll work closely with leadership to support scaling our accounting function as we grow, making an immediate impact in a dynamic tech environment. If you’re excited about working in a cutting-edge industry and are ready to fast-track your career, we’d love to meet you!

The ideal candidate is based in the Boston area and open to a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform month-end closing procedures, including journal entries and account reconciliations
  • Responsible for accounts payable and expense reimbursements
  • Assist the Accounting Manager with billings and collections
  • Support annual audits and interact with external auditors as necessary
  • Administer payroll across multiple platforms for different entities, ensuring accurate and timely processing each pay period.
  • Support Accounting Manager with tax filings and inquiries as needed
  • Assist with monthly financial reporting
  • Assist in consolidation of financials from multiple entities (US, Israel, Germany)
  • Collaborate with the finance team to streamline accounting processes
  • Collaborate with the HR team on payroll and benefits matters
  • Respond to team members inquiries in regards to payroll, expenses and invoices

The Ideal Candidate

  • 2-5 years of accounting experience including experience with Accounts Payable, Payroll, and Month-End close. Experience in technology / SaaS and high-growth start-up is preferred, but not required
  • Strong sense of ownership and the ability to execute
  • Attention to detail is a must. In this role, you need to be a “safe pair of hands” - you are able to meticulously keep records and associated reporting up to date and are proactive about escalating and following up on outstanding issues
  • Strong understanding of GAAP and month-end close processes
  • Excellent Microsoft Excel skills
  • Strong communications skills
  • Experience with Quickbooks Online, bill.com and Expensify is preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting preferred

It's not enough to have a cool product, join us because you share our values:

These guiding values inspire every Aquant employee. They are how we operate and enable our company as a whole to have a greater impact and achieve our vision:

  • Be Humble and Respectful: We are one team, where collective success is more important than individual ego. Treat your colleagues with respect and empathy, act with good intent and value everyone’s contributions.
  • Be Curious: Keep learning, and asking questions to understand complex situations. Embrace new challenges. Keep an open mind, and be receptive to feedback.
  • Take Ownership: Focus on achieving measurable and meaningful outcomes. Take decisive action, solve problems proactively, and take ownership for projects and results.
  • Act with Integrity: Act with Integrity. Do great things while doing the right thing for your customers and colleagues.

Some of our benefits:

  • We’ve got you covered: From medical, dental, vision, life, and 401k match & retirement, we’re here to support your physical, mental, and financial well-being.
  • Support yourself and those you love: We offer parental leave to full-time employees across all Aquant locations.
  • Vacation your way: We want to make sure you have time to meet your personal needs with generous PTO and flexible vacation planning.
  • Everyone is an owner: We want everyone to feel ownership over their work and what we are building here, which is why we offer equity to full-time employees.
  • Build your career: Every Aquant employee is in control of their career development with our learning stipends, tools, and training.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Aquant is committed to hiring a diverse and talented workforce. We participate in the E-Verify program to ensure that our employees are authorized to work in the United States.