[Remote] Senior Accountant

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Virta Health is on a mission to reverse metabolic disease in one billion people. They are seeking a Senior Accountant who is passionate about process improvement and excited to leverage emerging technologies to build a more efficient and scalable accounting function.

Responsibilities

• Prepare journal entries, analyses and account reconciliations
• Help maintain and improve month-end close processes, including monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Ensure compliance with GAAP
• Identify opportunities to leverage automation, AI-enabled tools, and process improvements to reduce manual work, improve accuracy, and accelerate the month-end close process
• Respond to information requests and assist with the annual financial statement audit
• Analyze financial statements and GL accounts to ensure monthly, quarterly and annual fluctuations are in line with expectations and documented
• Prepare operational and ad hoc reporting for additional analysis associated with financial statement areas assigned
• Assist accounting leadership as needed
• Take ownership of preparing financial statement areas assigned to you (potential areas may include revenue, cost of goods sold, inventory, administrative fees, and others)
• Identify at least one opportunity to streamline an accounting process through automation, AI-enabled tools, or workflow improvements that enhance efficiency and support a faster close
• Establish strong working relationships cross functionally

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
• 3-4 years of experience preferably with a public accounting/private accounting mix
• Ability to read and analyze financial statements/reports
• Comfort with ambiguity and lack of formally defined processes
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Highly organized and detail oriented
• Comfort working in a fully remote setting
• CPA preferred
• Experience with one or more complex areas of accounting including but not limited to revenue recognition, inventory, stock-based compensation, debt/equity financing, business combinations or investments
• Experience leveraging automation, AI tools, or advanced technology solutions to improve accounting processes, reporting, reconciliations, or close efficiency preferred
• Public company exposure preferred (either through Audit or industry background)

Benefits

• Offers Equity
• Information about Virta’s benefits is on our Careers page at: https://www.virtahealth.com/careers
• Security and privacy training will be provided.
• As a remote-first company, our team is spread across various locations with office hubs in Denver and San Francisco.

Company Overview