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About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to join our Accounting team. Reporting to the Accounting Manager, this role will own complex accounting areas, support the monthly and quarterly close process, and play a key role in ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting. The Senior Accountant will work cross-functionally within Finance and across the business, support external audits, and help drive process improvements as the company continues to scale.
This role offers meaningful exposure to technical accounting topics, senior finance leadership, and ongoing opportunities to improve and optimize accounting processes in a fast-paced, growing environment.
What You’ll Do
- Own and manage complex areas of accounting, ensuring accuracy and compliance with GAAP
- Support and drive key aspects of the month-end and quarter-end close, including journal entries, account reconciliations, variance analysis, and reporting
- Review work prepared by Staff Accountants and provide coaching and feedback to support development
- Apply a strong understanding of SOX principles, including the design, execution, and documentation of internal controls
- Partner with external auditors by preparing audit requests, responding to inquiries, and supporting audit walkthroughs and testing
- Collaborate cross-functionally with FP&A, Procurement, Legal, and other teams to support accurate financial reporting
- Analyze financial results to identify discrepancies, risks, and opportunities for improvement
- Lead and support process improvement initiatives to increase efficiency, accuracy, and scalability
- Manage and prioritize multiple work streams simultaneously while consistently meeting deadlines
- Leverage the company’s ERP system (NetSuite preferred) and related tools to ensure accurate and timely reporting
- Leverage AI-powered tools and automation where appropriate to improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability of accounting processes
What Success Looks Like
- Quickly develop a strong understanding of assigned accounting areas and responsibilities
- Become proficient in the Accounting team’s systems and processes (e.g., NetSuite, Coupa, Workday)
- Identify gaps in existing processes and proactively recommend improvements
- Consistently deliver accurate work while managing competing priorities
- Build strong working relationships across the Accounting team and broader organization
- Begin identifying opportunities to responsibly use AI and automation to streamline workflows, improve controls, and enhance reporting efficiency
Who You Are
- Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Confident communicator who can work effectively with both internal stakeholders and external auditors
- Highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities at once
- Proactive, collaborative, and continuously looking for ways to improve processes
- Interested in learning and applying new tools and technologies to make work more efficient
- Interested in learning and applying new tools and technologies, including AI-driven solutions, to make work more efficient and impactful
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting
- Hands-on experience supporting month-end close, reconciliations, and audits
- Demonstrated understanding and application of SOX/internal control principles
- Experience working directly with external auditors
- Strong Excel skills
- Experience working in an ERP system; NetSuite experience strongly preferred
- CPA license or progress toward certification preferred
**Massachusetts Applicants: **It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Our salary range reflects the cost of labor across various U.S. geographic markets. The range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all our US locations. The base salary offered for this position is determined by several factors, including the applicant’s job-related skills, relevant experience, education or training, and work location.
In addition to base salary, our total compensation package may include participation in the company’s annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles, equity, sign-on payments, and a comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility.
Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary/OTE range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Base Pay Range For US Locations:
$92,000—$138,000 USD
This role may require up to 10% travel for purposes such as new hire onboarding, client or partner work if applicable, team meetings, and industry events. Travel is coordinated in advance.
Get to Know Klaviyo
We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you’ll join us.
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