Our Mission

Backed by top-tier investors, Torch is a fast-growing, mission-driven SaaS startup made up of psychologically oriented people who are passionate about helping leaders achieve their potential. Torch's platform provides coaches, clients, and customers with actionable insights into client and organizational strengths and challenges. 

At Torch, we believe leadership matters. The world needs conscious leaders who drive invention, inspiration, and innovation to solve our time’s most significant opportunities and challenges. Torch exists to create and support these leaders. 

Torch is a hybrid remote and distributed team with offices in San Francisco, Buffalo, and New York. Join us as we not only work to empower conscious leaders for our customers but within our internal team as well!

The Team

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Accounting, the Senior Accountant will be responsible for assisting with the accounting function at Torch. 

Your responsibilities include maintaining financial records and reports, performing account reconciliations, assisting with the month-end close process, and assisting with internal and external audits for internal purposes at Torch. Additionally, you will lead sales tax audits in addition to maintaining business registration in various states.

You will also be assisting the Senior Accounting Manager as needed and responding to ad-hoc requests.

Your position:

• You will ensure accuracy in the filing of Sales Tax returns and compliance with sales tax requirements of various currently liable states and ensure tracking of Nexus in all other states.
• You will lead sales tax audits as applicable. 
• You will maintain Business Registration in various states.
• You will communicate with states to resolve tax discrepancies.
• You will manage our semi-monthly payroll processing and reporting and manage our sales commissions and contractor pay processes.
• You will ensure compliance with payroll tax registration requirements and related reporting.
• You will assist staff and contractors with general questions related to payroll.
• You will assist with financial audits related to pay records and associated general ledger activity.
• You will build strong working relationships with various cross-functional groups in Human Resources.
• You will build and maintain vendor relationships with 3rd party providers.

Your experience:

• You have professional working experience in accounting (preferably tax experience). 
• You have a working knowledge of SaaS sales and/or Payroll or Corporate Tax filings.
• You have a working knowledge of GAAP.
• You have advance experience with Microsoft Excel. 
• You have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, in addition to being organized.
• You have international regulatory experience, is preferred not required.
• You have a Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance is preferred not required.

Benefits:

Fully covered medical, dental, and vision

401k retirement plan

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid parental leave

Flexible vacation and remote work policies

Generous professional development stipend

Commuter stipend for public transportation

Remote workstation stipend

Unlimited PTO

Social Justice Days 

Torch Coaching