Senior Accountant, ctapRemitly Inc.

Remitly is on a mission to transform the lives of immigrants and their families by providing the most trusted financial products on the planet. For nearly 10 years, we have been tirelessly delivering on our promises. Today, we are incredibly proud to have served millions of customers globally with Remitly and our newly launched Passbook app to provide immigrants access to banking. We strive daily to meet our promise to our customers by building peace of mind into everything we do. Join over 1,300 employees who are growing their careers while having a positive impact on people globally.
About the Role:
Remitly's Customer Transaction Accounting Program (CTAP) is core to our business. We are responsible for all the accounting and reconciliation for every single customer transaction, globally, that runs through our systems. As a Senior Accountant on the CTAP Accounting team, reporting to the Senior Accounting Manager, you will be a key contributor to the company's financial statements by supporting the month-end close process, investigating money movement across Remitly's products, managing curated datasets, key business metrics, and reporting.
You Will:
Be a key contributor, leveraging technical accounting knowledge in order to serve as the subject matter expert on the Order to Cash process, which includes proper accounting and analyses of revenue, cost of sales, cash, customer incentives, customer receivables and liabilities, foreign exchange transactions, and reserves
For the assigned GL accounts,
create and record Journal Entries;
reconciliation between the GL and the subledger including investigation and resolution of discrepancies;
analysis of trends and variances to expected outcomes; and
preparation of monthly activity reports
Work cross-functionally with customer support and product teams to ensure completeness and accuracy of accounts through activities such as investigating and reconciling customer discrepancies and providing necessary details to respond to Enterprise Customer invoicing or reporting concerns
Ensure account balances are complete and accurate by establishing and maintaining a framework to monitor, investigate, and resolve issues
Assist in conducting technical accounting research and drafting technical documentation, working closely with internal stakeholders to determine the business impact of new accounting standards and the accounting implications of changes in the business including new clients and product launches
Assist in developing and enforcing accounting policies and procedures while maintaining a strong internal control environment
Assist in fulfilling audit requests
Other tasks as assigned
You Have:
Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance and 4+ years of experience in an accounting or similar role
Strong knowledge of US GAAP specifically ASC 606 and ASC 830
Experience working in NetSuite or similar ERP systems strongly preferred
Experience in reconciling, analyzing, and working with large data sets and familiarity with data management tools such as Excel (required) and SQL (strongly preferred)
CPA required
Self-starter who works well in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and rapidly changing environment
Tenaciously follows through on our commitments, no matter how small
Curiosity and strong ability to dive into details and drive insights from data; understanding not only what is happening but why it is happening
Great attention to detail
High English fluency; strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience communicating with external business clients preferred
Who we are:
Remitly is a group of passionate people working to make international payments easier and more transparent on both the web and mobile devices. We are seeking team members to join us that want to make a difference and change an industry. We pride ourselves on aiming high and delivering results, data being at the heart of everything we do, and encouraging our team to own business decisions and outcomes. Sound like the place for you? Join us.
Remitly is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Individuals seeking employment at Remitly are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. Remitly is an E-verify employer.