Accountant

Certain delivers the leading enterprise event management platform to personalize event experiences and provide meaningful connections that accelerate business. Certain integrates with marketing automation and CRM systems to help move prospects through the buying cycle faster; and the Certain Event Success Hub™ includes industry partners that extend event management capabilities. Our Lead Intelligence adds event-level interactions to not only track what attendees are doing, but also understand their actual interests in order to drive more personalized lead nurturing and effective sales follow-up.

The Certain platform enables attendee management, utilizes a mobile app to simplify and speed-up event registration and management, provides event branding as well as social and mobile participation, and facilitates 1-to-1 meetings that engage audiences and maximize event value for all participants. Headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim, Certain is a strategic event partner to over 600 enterprise and event management companies.

The Accountant will be responsible for a broad range of activities. The successful candidate will have a "roll-up-the-sleeves attitude and will be capable of assuming additional responsibilities as the business grows. The Accountant will be expected to exhibit the highest professional standards and attention to detail while working on numerous routine and ad hoc accounting support functions. Other valued attributes that we are seeking are a strong work ethic, capacity to get things done independently, and consistent performance with a sense of urgency and commitment.

Description 

• Research, track, and resolve accounting problems.

• Performing full cycle of accounts payable and accounts receivable duties.

• Record business transactions and key daily worksheets to the general ledger system (From Zuora to Netsuite). Still in the process of implementing Zuora which would be the new billing system going live early March.

• Maintains general ledger and sub-ledgers

• Interface with external auditors and management

• Ensure revenue is recognized in accordance with GAAP and all applicable accounting policies, rules, regulations, and laws.

• Administering payroll for US, UK and AUS locations.

• Issue checks for accounts payable and apply payments on the accounts receivable side.

• Record charges and refunds.

• Provide inter-departmental support to sales, customer success, HR and many more.

• File and tally deposits.

• Match invoices to approved sales orders, set billing schedules and send the invoices out electronically.

• Process bills for payment.

• Open mail and match payments to invoices, apply credit card payments and payments via wire & ACH.

• Arrange for money to be delivered to bank.

• Performing collection duties by contacting individuals with delinquent accounts and involve sales if needed.

• Posting journal entries to Netsuite. Interface with external auditors and management

• Identify opportunities for process improvements and drive implementation of the solutions

• Download the billing report from Zuora and upload to Netsuite in a csv file format to post the numbers to the general ledger.

• Support accounting & finance personnel.

• Coordinate preparation of federal, state, and local reports and tax returns

• Coordinate preparing 1099's at year end.

• Additional projects and analysis as assigned by the Accounting Manager

Background and Experience 

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

• Knowledge of US GAAP and internal control frameworks

• Software as a Service (SaaS) experience preferred

• 4+ years of accounting experience

• Netsuite and Zuora experience preferred

Skills, Knowledge and Competencies 

• Excellent analytical and abstract reasoning skills

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

• Excellent attention to detail and organization skills

• Advanced excel skills

• Ability to work independently and perform multiple concurrent and diversified tasks

• Ability to take ownership of projects and drive them through to completion

• Systems Savvy, team player and multi-tasking are keys to success