Senior Staff Accountant

Senior Staff Accountant

Wealthfront is seeking a Senior Staff Accountant to join the finance and accounting team in building scalable infrastructure to support a dynamic and high-growth business. You will report to the Sr. Director of Accounting, working closely as a partner to the corporate accounting and finance team and will be charged with identifying and executing opportunities to drive scale in the financial operations. You will combine a commitment to the company mission with a passion to lead a solutions-oriented team that partners on critical operating decisions throughout the organization.

Responsibilities :

• Work with accounting staff to facilitate monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting at both the subsidiary and consolidated levels.
• Oversee the accounts payable function by reviewing vendor invoicing, monitoring payment cycles, and ensuring accurate expense recognition and strong control practices.
• Prepare and review complex journal entries, perform bank and balance sheet reconciliations, and manage intercompany transactions and allocations.
• Maintain and reconcile fixed assets, intangible assets, and prepaid expense schedules, ensuring accuracy of related general ledger accounts.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency, automation, and control environment of corporate accounting and general ledger processes.
• Support external audits by coordinating PBC requests, providing thorough analysis, and managing communications to ensure a smooth and timely audit process.
• Prevent inaccuracies in and maintain reliability of financial documents by setting up internal control systems and embracing proper policies for financial reporting.
• Collaborate with system vendors and cross-functional teams to optimize accounting systems, evaluate new tools, and support automation and scalability in advance of public-company requirements.

Requirements :

Estimated annual salary : $120,000 - $141,700 plus equity and a discretionary bonus.

Benefits include medical, vision, dental, 401K plan, generous time off, parental leave, wellness reimbursements, professional development, employee investing discount, and more!

Here at Wealthfront, our mission is to create a financial system that favors people, not institutions. We do this by leveraging technology to build powerful, low-cost, and easy-to-use financial products that help modern investors grow and manage their money. We started with the ambition to transform the investment advisory business. By automating strategies typically reserved for the wealthy, we unlocked access to high quality investment advice for a digitally-native generation that was underserved by traditional institutions. Since then, we've expanded to a full suite of products designed to help our clients turn their savings into long-term wealth, including :

Our award-winning products have attracted over 1 million clients who trust us with more than $85 billion of their hard earned savingsand we're far from done. If you're inspired to help us reshape the financial industry as we create our next chapter, let's talk!