Remember when companies cut physical checks, stamped bills for approval, and kept just about everything in a steel filing cabinet? Or perhaps you’ve audited or prepared the taxes for said company during a busy “season” that turned into a year of only seeing the sun through your office window. Wouldn’t it be nice to kiss that life goodbye and work with folks who embrace change and constant improvement while sporting a modern stack of finance tools to save your precious time?

Welcome to Expel... we’d like you to help us do just that! For this role you’ll report to our Assistant Controller and join a rapidly-maturing, agile accounting team ready for whatever our future holds. We’ve adopted a “continuous close” approach this year that allows us to boast a speedy 3-day monthly close while maintaining our “customer service” reputation with other teams and still have bandwidth to knock out bigger key priorities.

We like to say that accountants aren’t boring people, we just get excited over boring things. We’re on the lookout for someone that can match our enthusiasm for breaking through the status quo of accounting. This includes things like bookkeeping, reconciliations, disbursements, reporting, tax compliance, audit preparations, etc.

If this sounds like your cup of tea, come sprinkle in some sugar!

What Expel Can Do For You

• Opportunity to drive real change by being part of a procure to pay migration
• Provide the autonomy to define and prioritize problems and also propose and implement their solutions
• Build cross functional relationships with other departments at Expel
• Ensure you get the support, mentoring, and feedback that you need to be successful
  
  

What You Can Do For Expel

• Support seamless spend management by managing the purchase request approval flow and ensuring expeditious review and approval (along with accurate coding / classification for all transactions synced to the GL).
• Support Accounts Payable by managing inbound bills, coding, and routing for the necessary approvals through Airbase.
• Ensure accuracy of our monthly close process and support timely and reliable reporting
• Perform regular accounting activities including reviewing, routing, and scheduling bills for disbursement through our automated spend management tool, Airbase
• Continue maturing our accounting practices to maintain accuracy and quality while increasing scale
• Balance the non-standard stuff that surprises you and strive to get ahead of it
• Make constant money-related puns and, of course, “Mind the GAAP”
  
  

What You Should Bring With You

• A strong service mentality to drive internal customer joy
• The ability to translate accounting jargon into accessible concepts for all audiences
• A desire to be on the hunt for new ways to improve both yourself and the company
• Experience with fast growing start-ups or tech companies
• Experience with modern tools like Sage Intacct or Netsuite, Airbase, TripActions, and Expensify
• Advanced skill with Google Sheets and/or Excel (data manipulation, charts, formulas, pivots, group/outline, etc)
• 1-3 years of experience in GAAP or Tax accounting
• A degree in accounting, finance, or equivalent; CPA / public accounting experience (either/both) a plus
  
  

Work Location

Our headquarters is in Herndon, Virginia. However, we realize that while there is a benefit to in-person interaction, good people don’t all live in Northern Virginia. Remote work within the continental US is an option for this role.

Additional Notes

The targeted compensation for this role is: $65,000-90,000 USD OTE + equity.

We believe in paying transparently and equitably. Your salary will ultimately be based on factors such as your experience, skills, team equity, and market data. You’ll also be eligible for unlimited PTO (which we model and encourage), work location flexibility, up to 24 weeks of parental leave, and really excellent health benefits.

We’re only hiring those authorized to work in the United States. We do not currently sponsor immigration visas.

We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer: You’ll receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

We’ll ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please let us know if you need accommodation of any kind.

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