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Staff Accountant

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28 Locations
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28 Locations
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The Staff Accountant will prepare financial documents, oversee accounting procedures, and provide financial advice on budgeting and cash flow management. Key responsibilities include maintaining the general ledger, preparing financial statements, reconciling accounts, and managing relationships with outsourced accounting firms.
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About Horizons

At Horizons, we're building the infrastructure to power borderless teams. By handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance, our technology enables businesses to hire anyone anywhere compliantly at the push of a button.

If you're interested in adding to our vision of enabling people to work in dream jobs, for every company, and from anywhere in the world, apply now!

We're committed to building a global, diverse team representing different and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, or disability. Being a Horizoneer means being part of a growing, international family.

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Staff Accountant to join our team in the EMEA region. You will prepare and review financial documents, oversee accounting procedures, and provide financial advice on budgeting and cash flow management, supporting the overall financial health of the company.

Responsibilities:

  • Performs general accounting and other related duties for the organization.
  • Prepares monthly balance sheets, income statements, and profit and loss statements.
  • Maintains the general ledger.
  • Prepare and review adjusting journal entries with support.
  • Manage and review work done by outsourced accounting firms. Maintain these relationships and provide required data to them timely.
  • Codes invoices, sets up new accounts, reconciles accounts, and closes the monthly books.
  • Reconciles bank accounts at least monthly, verifies deposits, and addresses inquiries from banks.
  • Reconciles cash disbursement accounts, payroll, customer accounts, and other financial accounts; manages accounts receivable collections.
  • Verifies and/or completes payment of invoices associated with accounts payable and ensures payments are charged to the appropriate accounts.
  • Provides outside auditors with assistance; gathers necessary account information and documents to perform annual audit.
  • Files tax forms with federal, state, and local government agencies.
  • Coordinates with software vendor to maintain accounting software systems; recommends updates to enhance the accounting software.
  • Manages the purchasing and invoicing system.
  • Maintains knowledge of acceptable accounting practices and procedures.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.
  • Performing account analysis and reconciliation, including bank statements and intercompany general ledger accounts

Requirements:

  • Bachelors degree in Accounting, or related field, required.
  • At least 2 years of related experience required.
  • Strong aptitude for math.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Computer literacy.
  • Expert proficiency in excel.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Broad knowledge of accounting principles.
  • Solid knowledge of financial analysis and forecasting.
  • The ability to be communicative and comfortable talking on the phone, via email, or face-to-face.
  • You often described as someone who has high energy and your colleagues love this about you!
  • Success-driven, with a positive can-do attitude and combining commitment with self-initiative.
What it's like working at Horizons

Our service & product. We're a technology company, not an accountancy, payroll provider, recruitment firm or similar. We build a workforce management platform that allows our customers to hire the best talent in minutes, without worrying about compliance, payroll, or HR admin.

Our amazing team and environment. Working at Horizons means you're working on something very exciting: Allowing every person on the planet to have access to equal opportunities in living a fulfilled work and personal life. We believe in hiring from within and going the extra mile to retain top talent. As the company continues to grow extremely fast, you will be given the opportunity to develop and grow alongside.

Our benefits and perks. Being a Horizoneer means that you get the benefit of:

  • A competitive salary
  • An asynchronous working environment
  • A "Remote-First" company environment (or Hybrid) - based on the nature of the job
  • The ability to work from abroad for a short period of time
  • Growth opportunities within the company
  • We provide all new joiners with the necessary hardware to ensure you have the tools you need to succeed from day one

How to apply

Please fill out the form and upload your CV in a PDF format.

If you don’t have an up-to-date CV but you are still keen to reaching out, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

Need help? Get in touch with us at: [email protected]


Top Skills

Excel

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