Staff Accountant

About the role:

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, hands-on candidate to join our team as a Staff Accountant. This opportunity requires a candidate with an accounting background, high attention to detail, excellent problem-solving abilities, and an enthusiastic attitude. Candidates must have the ability to juggle multiple tasks and priorities, thrive in a highly driven environment, enjoy learning new skills, procedures, and systems, and have an overall desire to contribute to company growth.

This role is open to candidates residing in the US except Alaska, Austin metro, California, Chicago metro, Connecticut, Dallas metro, Denver metro, Houston metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, and Washington DC metro.

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won’t be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.
• You’re energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-calibre team that will encourage you to do your best. 

In this role, you will: 

• Perform various GL month-end close activities
• Communicate regularly with cross-functional teams
• Reconcile bank accounts
• Review invoices and ensure they are accounted for accurately
• Perform fixed asset account reconciliations and reviews
• Assist with audits 
• Prepare journal entries and related account reconciliations
• Pursue process improvement and automation of existing processes
• Ad hoc projects
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Bachelor’s degree
• CPA or interest in obtaining CPA
• 1+ years of relevant accounting experience  
• Excellent analytical and technical skills including proficiency in US GAAP
• Intermediate excel skills
• Experience working under strict deadlines and ensuring compliance with company policies
• Must be a fast learner, and multi-tasker with a strong desire to learn and a ‘can do’ attitude
• Able to work with a high volume of transactions in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of operational accounting processes
• Must be able to collaborate and communicate effectively
• Critical thinker, able to implement scalable processes
• Strong organization skills with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through

An ideal candidate also has:

• Public accounting experience 
• Bachelor's degree in accounting
• Experience with NetSuite