Accountant

Accountant 

Location: Remote (US or Canada)

Who We Are

We are an Experience design and trusted creative technology partner to some of the world’s most ambitious brands such as Google, Amazon, Meta and Uber. We believe in the power of storytelling, human-centric design, and the intersection of creativity with code to further humanity's relationship with technology. We operate fully remote, and our team members enjoy the flexibility of working from anywhere within the U.S. and Canada time zones while keeping a balanced relationship with their personal life. 

At Left Field Labs, our curiosity drives us to seek out uncommon solutions to our shared challenges. Our purpose is to positively impact the human experience with everything we invent. We’re looking for those who can craft unique solutions through empathy.

Interested in joining a culture that celebrates diversity, encourages curiosity, and creates with purpose? Are you the kind of person who obsesses over details, thrives in a collaborative environment, and jumps at the opportunity to take on new challenges? Confident that you’re at the top of your game and ready to invent with others who are at the top of theirs? Check out our open position and let’s talk.
 

Who We Are Seeking

We are looking for a diligent staff accountant to join our accounting and finance department. The staff accountant's responsibilities include, but are not limited to maintaining financial records and reports, performing account reconciliations, assisting with budget and close processes, conducting internal audits, and maintaining accounts payable documentation. You will also be assisting the Controller as needed and respond to information requests by management and for auditing purposes.

To be successful as a staff accountant, you should be able to accurately maintain a general ledger and ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). An outstanding staff accountant should also have excellent communication, organizational, and analytical skills.

What You’ll Do

• Assist with revenue recognition, and report revenue consistent with policies and GAAP
• Support revenue forecasting and re-forecasting efforts by analyzing resource allocation and utilization 
• Support month end close process - Assist with revenue recognition, expense accruals, commissions payable, closing entries and adjustments, etc… 
• Review client documentation (Statements of Work, fee estimates, purchase orders, etc.) in support of billable projects to ensure they adequately support client invoicing - Prepare client invoicing in a timely manner in accordance with contract billing requirements
• Oversee the collection of past-due accounts
• Partner with Account Management and Productions on all client finance related matters
• Assist with commission calculations for sales leads
• Assist with the preparation of monthly financial reports - KPIs, Dashboards, Utilization - for leadership team
• Maintain job coding system, and ensure that job codes related to completed projects are reconciled and closed in a timely manner
• Perform regular maintenance of Accounts Receivable and Pass-through expense billings
• Maintain accounts payable and accounts receivable processes to ensure timely billing and and sufficient cash flow for the company 
• Contribute to regular actual vs estimate reporting
• Contribute to analysis of client profitability and client realization for internal business analysis, and senior leadership reporting
• Partner with external accounting services providers to support day-to-day accounting tasks as needed
• Assist in reporting requirements to parent company
• Ad-hoc reporting as needed
   

What You’ll Need to be Successful 

• 3+ years of experience
• Excellent analytical, quantitative, problem solving, organizational, and communication skills required
• Must be very detail oriented, display a strong work ethic, and work well both independently and within a team structure
• Sage Intacct and Gsuite experience a plus
• Prior advertising, media, creative technology experience a plus
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Accounting, Finance or a related field
   

The salary range for this role is $50,000-$75,000. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in Culver City, California. This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.