Senior Accountant

About Andela

At Andela, we know brilliance is evenly distributed around the world, but opportunity is not. For over 10 years, Andela has connected its customers with top global, remote technical talent from over 135 countries with the majority residing in emerging markets like Africa and Latin America.

As one of the world’s largest talent marketplaces, Andela gives companies greater flexibility to quickly deploy qualified technologists. With talent highly skilled in advanced technologies to support Application Development, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & DevOps, Data Engineering, and much more, customers experience 33% faster project delivery. The company’s exclusive AI-powered platform, Andela Talent Cloud, is the industry’s only unified platform managing the complete global talent lifecycle and enables customers to fill individual roles or engage fully managed teams up to 66% faster.

Andela is on the precipice of two breakout industry transformations: one in staffing/hiring and the other in software development, both accelerated by generative AI. Join us and change the world.

Role Overview - Senior Accountant

We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Senior Accountant to join our Corporate Accounting team. In this role, you will play a critical part in our financial ecosystem, ensuring the integrity of our general ledger and driving a timely monthly close. This is a high-impact position designed for a professional with 3–5 years of experience. We’re open to east coast USA, Canada, or those willing to work EST hours if located elsewhere.

Exceptional Leadership

The ideal candidate demonstrates:

• Low ego and low drama, sharing credit and taking responsibility.
• A one team mentality, breaking silos across teams.
• An eagerness to listen and improve continuously.
• Ownership in problem solving and proactive action.
• The ability to strategize and work on details without micromanaging.

Key Responsibilities

• Month-End Close: Prepare and post journal entries for COGS and Opex.
• Complex Reconciliations: Perform high-level reconciliations for bank accounts and accruals.
• Financial Reporting: Assist in preparing consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
• Process Improvement: Identify inefficiencies and implement streamlined solutions.
• Audit Support: Support external audits with documentation and schedules.
• Accounts Payable Management: Initiate wires and run weekly payable reports using NetSuite.
• T&E and Corporate Credit Cards: Manage reconciliations and policy enforcement for expense programs.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience; public or mixed experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or CPA candidate preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with NetSuite and Salesforce is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills across all company levels.
• Strong organizational, detail-oriented, and analytical approach.

Key skills/competency

• Accounting
• Financial Reporting
• Excel
• NetSuite
• Reconciliations
• Process Improvement
• Audit Support
• Journal Entries
• Problem Solving
• Leadership