Senior Accountant

About this Position

We are seeking an experienced Senior Accountant with a strong payroll accounting background to spend approximately 50% of their time supporting payroll processing, reconciliations, and compliance as it relates to financial reporting. The remainder of the time will support payment processing backup and contract accounting analysis. This role will be responsible for ensuring payroll, benefits, taxes, garnishments, wages, and related liabilities are accurately recorded, reconciled, and cleared timely. In addition, this position will cross-train on payment processing, including wires and ACH payments, and assist with analyzing contracts in the Sage Intacct Contracts module. 

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly analytical, and comfortable working across payroll, accounting, HR, finance, and operations teams.

Job Responsibilities

• Review and reconcile employee and employer payroll-related accounts.

• Create and maintain a year-to-date wage expense schedule that ties to the payroll register.

• Investigate and resolve variances between payroll reports, benefit invoices, tax filings, cash payments, and the general ledger.

• Own the month-end close activities related to payroll, benefits, taxes, accrued wages, bonuses and related payroll expenses.

• Support with commissions being coded correctly and timely. Familiarity with ASC606 commission capitalization is helpful.

• Prepare payroll-related schedules and supporting documentation for internal review, audits, tax filings, and financial reporting.

• Crosstrain on payment processing functions, including wires & ACH payments.

• Assist with reviewing and analyzing contracts in the Sage Intacct Contracts module, including contract values, contract lines, billing and revenue schedules, start and end dates, and related revenue recognition data. 

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

• 5+ years of accounting experience, with significant experience in payroll accounting or payroll-related reconciliations.

• Strong understanding of payroll taxes, employee deductions, employer benefits, garnishments, wage expense, and payroll liability accounts.

• Experience reconciling payroll reports to the general ledger and bank activity.

• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and large data analysis.

• Experience with Sage Intacct and Rippling.

• Understanding of payment processing controls, including wires, ACH payments, approvals, and segregation of duties, preferred.

• Strong attention to detail and ability to research and resolve complex reconciliation differences.

• Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in a multi-entity environment.

• Familiarity with payroll accounting for U.S. and Canadian payrolls.

• Experience with Rippling and Sage Intacct, including the Contracts module.

• Experience with payment processing, treasury support, wires, ACH payments, or banking platforms.

• Experience with month-end close, audit support, contract review, and payroll compliance.

• Ability to document processes, cross-train on key accounting functions, and improve reconciliation procedures.

Customer Requirements

This job may require access to customer information, systems, and/or premises.  As a result, this job may require customer approval for such access as an essential job function.

Core Competencies

• Client Champion – Relentlessly exceed client expectations. Consistently anticipate needs to deliver valuable solutions and extraordinary outcomes.
• Problem Solver – Smart, analytical, inquisitive, knowledge-seeker that thrives on a challenge.
• Promise Keeper – Place high value on keeping our word and doing the right thing. Demonstrate honesty, integrity, and commitment.
• Collaborative Integrator –Team player, unifier, relationship-oriented, win-win seeker, exemplify the concept of relationships through trust and unity.
• Driven Intrapreneur – Exceed goals using independent creative thinking, optimism, self-confidence, and a can-do attitude.
• Inspiring Coach – Help employees, clients and partners using knowledge, expertise, experience, and situational fluency.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary range: $80,000 to $95,000.

This position is also eligible for a bonus in accordance with the terms of the Company's plan.

Please note that the quoted pay range for this job is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) experience, including industry or product-specific experience, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, and/or other applicable laws.  

We provide competitive, affordable, and diverse benefit programs that support your total health – from healthy body to healthy mind. These benefits support you and your family in all aspects of life: 

• Health and Welfare (Medical, Dental, Vision) 
• Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity  
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 
• Life and AD&D Insurance 
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance 
• Flexible Spending Accounts 
• Transportation and Parking Accounts 
• Health Savings Accounts (with company contribution) 
• Retirement Planning (401k with matching contribution) 
• Legal Benefits 
• Identity Theft Protection 
• Pet Insurance 
• Wellness Program Offerings 
• Paid Time Off, accrued per pay period based on years of service starting at 15 days annually.  
• 8 Paid Holidays per year, including 1 floating holiday. 

The compensation and benefits information is accurate of the date of this posting and subject to plan eligibility. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law. 

The Company expects to accept applications for this position until October 16, 2026 but encourages interested applicants to apply as soon as possible. We will review this information and one of our Talent Acquisition professionals will reach out if your background aligns to the positions.  

EOE/Diversity & Inclusion Statement

Net at Work is dedicated to unleashing the power and potential of our employees and teams by creating a vibrant and inclusive workplace where each employee can be their best. We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. We embrace and encourage equitable treatment of our employees and strive to create a work environment free of discrimination at all organizational levels and in all forms. Net at Work recognizes the rights of all individuals to mutual respect and the acceptance of others without biases based on differences of any kind. 

Net at Work is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fair hiring practices and to creating a welcoming environment for all team members that is free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Net at Work are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion or belief, family or parental status, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.