Staff Accountant - Remote Eligible

  • Full-time

Company Description

At Spear, our mission is to help dentists and their teams pursue and achieve “Great Dentistry.” Spear drives dental practice growth by advancing our clients clinical skills, improving their practice management capabilities and enhancing the patient experience by leveraging both our deep dental expertise and our technology forward solutions. We offer holistic solutions that include a full learning management system, a practice consulting service supported by a robust analytics platform and industry experts, and patient engagement tools that complement the normal workflows within a dental practice. In addition, we deliver live, collaborative education led by the brightest clinical and business minds in dentistry through virtual seminars and events, as well as through hands on learning opportunities at our state-of-the-art campus in scenic North Scottsdale. 

Job Description

We are currently seeking a full-time Staff Accountant to join our growing Finance & Accounting team. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, have an analytical approach to problem solving, be detail-oriented, organized, able to multi-task, and have a strong work ethic. 


Reporting to the Controller, the Staff Accountant is responsible for all aspects of the general ledger including balance sheet reconciliations, monthly financial statement preparation and the year-end audit. To be successful in this role, the candidate must possess a strong knowledge of US GAAP, accounting processes, internal controls, and systems.

 

Responsibilities

Month-End Responsibilities:

·       Assist in preparation of consolidated internal and external financial statements and reports by gathering and analyzing information from the general ledger system and from various departments

·       Complete monthly financial closing process and prepares all designated account reconciliations on a timely and accurate basis

·       Maintain tracking for fixed assets, prepaid expenses, and accrued liabilities

·       Assist with GL trend and variance analysis to identify and resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities

·       Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities including the preparation of supporting schedules and workpapers

·       Assist in the preparation and rollout of accounting policies and procedures

 

Accounts Payable Responsibilities:

·       Drive vendor management program including risk assessment and maintaining of appropriate vendor documentation

·       Monitor Purchase Order process including reviewing coding, approvals, and descriptions

  • Enter vendor invoices accurately into enterprise system including GL account and subaccount coding
  • Review all invoices for appropriate supporting documentation and approval

·       Prepare bi-weekly vendor payment run

·       Monitor vendor accounts by reconciling vendor statements, payments, and related transactions to maintain current payment status

 

Sales Commissions Responsibilities:

·       Calculate monthly and quarterly sales commissions accurately

·       Manage review and approval process of sales commissions calculations

·       Leverage NetSuite to ensure data integrity, accurate calculations and improve commissions reporting

·       Partner with finance to accurately forecast commissions expense

·       Maintain ASC 606 commission schedules to ensure accurate recording of expenses

 

Sales Tax Responsibilities:

·       Ensure compliance with sales tax legislation by driving the collection of sales taxes from customers in the 15 states where the Company has nexus

  • Partner with SALT advisors to develop a roll out strategy staggering the rollout of sales taxes to applicable customers throughout 2020
  • Partner with key company stakeholders to communicate sales tax rollout plan
  • Manage sales tax go-live process in NetSuite and Avalara

Qualifications

  • B.S. in Accounting or other business-related concentration
  • 2+ years of experience in accounting
  • Prior experience with NetSuite enterprise system or other equivalent ERP system
  • Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially with Excel functions

Additional Information

What Spear Offers

  • Beautiful Facility
  • Company Sponsored Events (Think costume contests, holiday parties and 5k’s!)
  • The Most Amazing Coworkers Around
  • Spear Cares
  • Final 30 (A great way to wrap up a productive week!)
  • Great work/life balance
  • Regular Town Halls and CEO Lunches
  • Career Development Pathways
  • Flexible Time Off plus Spear Holidays
  • And much more!

Spear Education deeply values diversity and what it brings to our communities and our organization. 

Everyone is welcomed here, regardless of how you look, your physical abilities, where you come from, when you were born, what you believe in, how you identify, who you love, how you think, and whether or not you have served.

We seek to create a culture where each person feels heard, supported and engaged in a positive, empathetic way. 

We are allies in, and advocates for, our shared humanity.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.