Senior Accountant

About the role

We're searching for a Senior Accountant to join Remitly's Global Corporate Accounting team. As a senior accountant on the Accounting team, you will be a key contributor to the company's financial statements by supporting the month-end close process and ensuring accurate and timely reporting. You will: Drive cross-functional initiatives to enhance accounting systems, reporting infrastructure, and business processes, improving efficiency, accuracy, and scalability Leverage automation and AI tools to streamline close activities, enhance analytical review processes, and improve documentation and reporting efficiency Develop, expand and improve month-end close and help drive the reduction of the close timeline by assessing and streamlining close-related activities Be a key contributor, applying technical accounting knowledge to serve as an expert on cloud implementation costs, internally developed software, leases, tax accruals, operating expenses and accruals, and fixed assets Support in the month-end close process of creating and booking Journal Entries, analysis of trends and variances to expected outcomes, and analysis of financial system outputs Collaborate regularly with business partners to ensure accurate accounting for monthly accruals and new business initiatives Conduct accounting research and drafting technical documentation working closely with internal stakeholders to determine the impact of new accounting standards and the accounting implications of changes in the business Ensure internal controls, policies, and procedures are documented and followed appropriately with audit trails for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Support ad hoc financial information request/audit request and analyses and other special projects as assigned Coordinate with our global teams to process and report foreign subsidiaries' results You have: Bachelor's degree in accounting and 3+ years of experience CPA or public accounting experience preferred Knowledge of US GAAP required Strong technical accounting background Experience with streamlining processes and/or design and implementation of accounting policies and procedures Experience working in NetSuite or similar ERP systems is a plus Experience analyzing and working with large data sets and familiarity with data management tools such as Excel and Alteryx Strong alignment to our mission and values