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About the Role
Metropolis is seeking a Senior Accountant to join our Corporate Accounting team. You will play a central role in driving our monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close, ensuring rigorous adherence to US GAAP, maintaining strong internal controls, and serving as a key liaison during external financial audits. You thrive in high-growth environments, possess strong technical research skills, and are excited to help scale our accounting organization through automation and process optimization.
Responsibilities
- Support the preparation and creation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, cash flow statements, and financial reporting packages in full compliance with US GAAP, while maintaining accuracy, integrity, and timely execution of monthly financial results and financial reporting deliverables.
- Perform monthly consolidation processes across multiple international entities while driving continuous development and optimization of the consolidation and close cycles.
- Review, account for, and document intercompany transactions, ensuring proper intercompany eliminations across global entities.
- Oversee balance sheet reconciliation governance utilizing BlackLine to ensure high-quality, audit-ready workpapers and internal control compliance.
- Prepare complex journal entries, technical accounting analyses, and high-quality balance sheet account reconciliations across various core accounting areas (e.g., revenue recognition, accrued liabilities, prepaid expenses, leases, and fixed assets).
- Support the annual audit process with external auditors; prepare audit-ready workpapers, financial statement disclosures, schedule rollforwards, and walkthrough documentation.
- Evaluate, design, and implement robust internal controls (SOX-ready framework) to streamline financial reporting and reduce risk as the business scales.
- Perform technical accounting research on complex or non-routine transactions (e.g., ASC 606, ASC 842, ASC 360) and draft formal technical accounting memos.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with FP&A, Operations, Engineering, Legal, and Tax teams to review business contracts, track capital expenditures, and ensure accurate accounting treatment.
- Perform monthly variance analyses (Actuals vs. Budget / Prior Periods) and deliver actionable financial insights to accounting leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities to leverage accounting technology, automation, and AI tools to streamline close workflows, improve subledger processes, and enhance reporting efficiency.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 3+ years of progressive accounting experience, combining national public accounting (Audit / Assurance practice preferred) with hands-on corporate/industry accounting experience at a fast growing company.
- Active CPA or CPA candidate.
- Strong technical knowledge of US GAAP (including experience with ASC 606 and ASC 842) and solid understanding of internal control frameworks (SOX compliance).
- Proven track record of managing full-cycle audit engagements, preparing complex audit workpapers, and liaising directly with audit partners/clients.
- Proficiency with modern ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, Oracle, SAP) and advanced Microsoft Excel skills (financial modeling, complex formulas, pivot tables).
- Proactive mindset with strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking abilities; high agility in adapting to complex accounting scenarios in a tech-driven environment.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex accounting concepts to cross-functional non-finance business partners.
- Interest in leveraging modern technology and AI tools to continuously improve accounting operations, speed up close cycles, and optimize workflows.
Skills
- US GAAP
- ASC 606
- ASC 842
- SOX compliance
- NetSuite
- Oracle
- SAP
- Microsoft Excel
- Financial modeling
- Complex formulas
- Pivot tables
- Technical accounting research
- Internal controls
- Financial reporting
- Automation
- AI tools
Location
- 4 Days in Office
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Senior
- 3+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $105,000.00 USD to $120,000.00 USD annually
Benefits
- Healthcare benefits
- 401(k) plan
- Short-term disability coverage
- Long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Lucrative stock option plan
- Bonus plans
About the Company
- The real world is the next frontier, and at Metropolis, we are creating the artificial intelligence to make it responsive.
- We are pioneering the Recognition Economy — a future where mundane repetition disappears and being known unlocks access, comfort, and belonging everywhere you go.
- From transforming parking into a seamless drive-in, drive-out experience for millions of Members to expanding our intelligence layer across retail and hospitality, we are building a world that feels instinctive and magical.
- The future isn’t coming; it’s here, and we need builders, innovators, and problem solvers to help us create it.
- Metropolis values in-person collaboration to drive innovation, strengthen culture, and enhance the Member experience.
- Our corporate team members hold to our office-first model, which requires employees to be on-site at least four days a week, fostering organic interactions that spark creativity and connection.
- When you join Metropolis, you'll join a team of world-class product leaders and engineers, building an ecosystem of technologies at the intersection of parking, mobility, and real estate.
- Our goal is to build an inclusive culture where everyone has a voice and the best idea wins.
- You will play a key role in building and maintaining this culture as our organization grows.
Equal Opportunity
- Metropolis may utilize an automated employment decision tool (AEDT) to assess or evaluate your candidacy for employment or promotion.
- AEDTs are used to assist in assessing a candidate’s application relative to the required job qualifications and responsibilities listed in the job posting.
- As part of this process, Metropolis retains data relevant to your candidacy, including personal information, for a period that is reasonably necessary for the use of the tool.
- If you are hired for the position, your data may become part of your employee records.
- Metropolis Technologies is an equal opportunity employer.
- We make all hiring decisions based on merit, qualifications, and business needs — without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law.
- We are committed to providing a welcoming, accessible hiring experience.
- If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please reach out to us at recruiting@metropolis.io.