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About the Role
Campus is seeking a Senior Accountant to build and maintain the financial backbone supporting company growth. This hands-on role involves ownership of month-end close activities, account reconciliations, revenue accounting, and actuals analysis. You will also support daily accounting operations, audits, tax, and compliance reporting, working closely with Finance leadership and cross-functional partners. Opportunities exist to expand accounting experience as Campus grows.
Responsibilities
- Own assigned month-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and variance analysis.
- Maintain accurate accounting for tuition, fees, scholarships, discounts, refunds, student receivables, and deferred revenue.
- Investigate revenue and expense variances and prepare schedules for financial statements and management reporting.
- Support daily accounting operations across accounts payable, accounts receivable, employee expenses, and the general ledger.
- Partner with Student Accounts and Financial Aid to reconcile student-account activity and financial aid receipts.
- Support annual audits, tax-related work, Department of Education reporting, and other compliance workstreams.
- Support the QuickBooks-to-Campfire migration through data cleanup, account mapping, and reconciliation.
- Work across accounting and operational systems to maintain reliable data and well-supported reconciliations.
- Partner with various teams to resolve coding questions, improve workflows, and ensure financial data accuracy.
- Document accounting procedures and controls, identify opportunities for process improvements, and reduce manual work.
- Grow ownership by learning business operations, asking questions, seeking feedback, and following through on commitments.
Requirements
- 2-4 years of hands-on experience in public accounting and/or corporate accounting.
- Strong foundation in US GAAP and core financial accounting.
- Comfortable preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, investigating discrepancies, and meeting close deadlines.
- Intermediate Excel or Google Sheets skills, including VLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH, pivot tables, and formulas.
- Detail-oriented and organized, with effective prioritization under deadlines.
- Ability to flag issues early with proposed solutions.
- Clear communication with non-finance partners and ability to build collaborative relationships.
- Responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work.
- Curiosity about business operations, openness to feedback, and motivation to improve processes.
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring new H-1B sponsorship.
- H-1B transfers and TN visas for eligible Canadian and Mexican citizens are supported.
Skills
- US GAAP
- Financial Accounting
- Journal Entries
- Account Reconciliations
- Variance Analysis
- Revenue Accounting
- Deferred Revenue
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- General Ledger
- Excel
- Google Sheets
- VLOOKUP
- INDEX/MATCH
- Pivot Tables
- Process Improvement
- Data Cleanup
- Account Mapping
- QuickBooks
- Campfire
- Ramp
- Rippling
- Carta
Location
- New York City, NY
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree
Salary/Compensations
- $120,000 - $140,000
Benefits
- Equity grant
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) match
- Fertility benefits via Carrot
- Flexible Time Away
- Paid holidays
- In-office lunches
- Dog-friendly office
- Team social events
About the Company
- Campus is reimagining college by offering a two-year, accredited program with live, online classes taught by top university professors.
- Students graduate with in-demand business and AI skills, ready for careers or transfer to four-year universities.
- The approach is grounded in a pioneering technology platform and a student success model with dedicated advisors and tutoring.
- Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2024.
- Backed by investors including General Catalyst, Founders Fund, and Bloomberg Beta.
- The mission is to accelerate the talent of tomorrow and make affordable, outcomes-focused higher education accessible.
Equal Opportunity
- Candidates must already be authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring new H-1B sponsorship.
- H-1B transfers and TN visas for eligible Canadian and Mexican citizens are supported.