Sprious is seeking a passionate, self-motivated, highly-flexible, and driven Junior Staff Accountant to take over much of our data entry and book management. We have just started down this path across the company and are looking for someone experienced or interested in financial metrics and implementing new procedures! The ideal candidate can work in an extremely fast-paced environment, is versatile, able to speak up and share their opinion, and is a number cruncher to the core.
Here at Sprious, we take pride in our accountability for ourselves, each other, and in our work. By adding accountability to our systematization in our business practices, we’re able to realize freedom for time with our family and friends, both in and out of the office. Our mission is to seek growth in business, community, and life for our employees and clients by crafting unique, life-enriching companies.
If you’re looking to be a cog in a corporate machine, look elsewhere. But if you love a challenge and want to create for one of Lincoln’s fastest-growing new technology companies, you’re in the right place.
We want YOU to forge our financial path forward. We want YOU to help us with new financial metrics, audit processes, and implement new financial procedures. We want YOU to take on our maintenance and data entry, overseeing budgets, and billing management.
We offer a competitive salary along with a generous benefits package that includes a 401(k) match (we match 50% of your first 10%) and company-paid health insurance, plus voluntary vision & dental. All new team members are equipped with a NEW top-notch workstation including dual monitors, and your choice of accessories. Plus: smoothies, daily meditation, your choice of a sitting or standing desk, a free parking pass at a Haymarket Garage that’s only a stone’s throw from the Pinnacle Bank Arena, and free books! That’s right – request any book through the Sprious Reads program and we will buy it for you. We’d like to see the corporate machine beat THAT.
For the position itself, we have some basic requirements (see below), but we are looking first and foremost for a culture and values fit. If you’re driven by a love of metrics, numbers, and budgets and determined to improve yourself and those around you both personally and professionally, then come and join the dynamic team at Sprious!
Responsibilities:
- Oversee bank accounts, PayPal transfers, money movements, and bank reconciliations
- Audit books and transactions including but not limited to reconciling our financials weekly
- Audit our expense entries and categories in QuickBooks, as well as PayPal transactions
- Monitor revenue and expenses monthly
- Complete payroll journal entries, month-end close entries, closing entries, and depreciation
- Assist in filling in the budget and creating monthly financial reports
- Assist in Intercompany Payment Oversight, managing our corporate formalities by updating our intercompany billings, ensuring compliance
- Manage payments and transfers in our financial platforms and tracking sheets
- Input data and maintain all budget platforms and other relevant documentation from our financial systems
- Assist in implementing new procedures including but not limited to design templates, spreadsheets, as well as procedures to grow our financial reporting and insight this can include departmental tracking, product line tracking, and overhead tracking
- Manage the billing process as it relates to our clients
- Update our billing platform to assist with collections, review wire/PayPal payments, and reconcile some client purchases
- Review the financial aspects of payment processors, address various issues related to cancellations, incomplete sales, chargebacks, and refunds
- Update the financial metrics that are defined, and assist in compiling our financial data sets
- Assist in the creation and implementation of new monthly financial reporting
- Assist in the clean up of our financial data sets to ensure accuracy and bring more data into our financial processes and projections
- Assist with tax return review, tax position, and miscellaneous requests from our Certified Public Accountant
- Help with monthly, quarterly, and annual audits including the review and reconcile the general ledger regularly
- Contribute to forecasting and budget planning sessions
- Maintain communication with the finance director and some of our top-tier our clients
- Work across departments with other team members to assist with any financial related matters
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s in Accounting/Finance
- 1-2 Years experience working in SaaS or a similar role
- Hands-on QuickBooks experience, Excel/Google Sheets proficiency, Microsoft Office generally, and GSuite preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A consistent willingness to ask thoughtful, probing questions
- High personal integrity and character
- Ability to take and understand commitments to deliver the product on time
- Excellent knowledge of accounting regulations and procedures, including the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Data Entry Management including managing budgets, expense and revenue summaries, and other relevant accounting entries
- Attention to detail & time management skills
- Financial analytical skills
This is not a remote position – we are seeking a candidate that can work in the Lincoln, NE office for this role. However, we are allowing all employees to work from home during the ongoing pandemic.