Staff Accountant
Everlaw

Job Info

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Everlaw is looking for a rock star Staff Accountant to join our rapidly growing accounting team. As a Staff Accountant at Everlaw, you will own and develop our cash, fixed assets, and accrual accounting processes to help scale an organization that is doing meaningful work in the industry, valuing truth and helping our users discover it.

Finance holds several distinct responsibilities critical to the healthy functioning of the company. Accounting safeguards our company's assets and ensures our financial statements are in accordance with GAAP. FP&A acts as the analytical voice to the business and works with business leaders to develop long-term strategies and plans. Procurement stewards the selection of vendors and ensures proper vendor onboarding and payment. Treasury invests our cash that is not needed for operations, protecting our financial trajectory. In all of our efforts, we aim to provide a lens into the financial underpinnings of Everlaw so our company can make informed data-driven decisions as we continue to grow.

At Everlaw, our mission is to promote justice by illuminating truth. Our company culture is open and vibrant, and we're committed to the professional growth of our team members, offering an annual learning and development stipend and regular check-ins with managers regarding career goals. If you're looking for a place that values passion, integrity, thinking big, and a desire to learn, we'd love to hear from you! Think you're missing some of the skills and are hesitant to apply? We do not believe in the 'perfect' candidate and encourage you to apply if you feel you can bring value to our team.

This is a full-time position based in our Oakland, California office with a hybrid work schedule: in office M/W/Th with the option to work from home Tu/Fr.

Getting started

• We want you to feel like part of the team early on! Our onboarding process will integrate you into the company with informative sessions on our product, policies, processes, and team structure and goals.
• We're excited for you to learn, grow, and contribute right away! We trust that you'll bring experience and knowledge that will uplift and uplevel the team, but we don't expect you to know everything on Day 1.

In your role, you'll...

• Perform monthly and annual close tasks, including but not limited to - balance sheet reconciliations, expense allocations, and overall flux analysis focusing on Fixed Assets, Cash and Accrued expenses.
• Own the Fixed asset accounting process, including Fixed asset register maintenance, ensuring proper recording of purchases and disposals, and maintaining depreciation and amortization schedules within Netsuite.
• Own the cash accounting processes such as daily cash accounting balancing, monthly bank reconciliation, bank transmission problems, daily cash receipt issues, identify debit/credits, investigating unidentified receipts, and return checks.
• Collaborate closely with other departments to ensure completeness and accuracy of accruals and other contingent liabilities.
• Support for implementing company-wide internal control compliance, leading to improved processes and safeguarding company assets.
• Be an integral player in identifying areas for continuous improvement to help make our department and Company run smoother and more efficiently.
• Support annual financial statements and statutory audits.

About you

• You have a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• You have at least 3 years of progressive experience in private and/or public accounting.
• You have an active CPA license or are actively working towards one.
• You are organized and able to thrive in a fast paced environment, including the ability to learn prioritization through experience and rapid priority shifts.
• You are a self-reliant problem solver able to determine root cause and corrective action for areas you are responsible for.
• You are able to take direction in many forms and apply judgment to resolve in the best manner possible. You love learning new things and believe that anything can be accomplished through dedication and hard work.
• You have a positive mindset and truly believe that obstacles are simply opportunities in disguise.
• You are authorized to work in the United States; please note that at this time, Everlaw is not sponsoring visas for any positions.

Pluses

• You have expert-level experience in Google Sheets and/or Microsoft Excel.
• You have experience working in a large ERP (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite) environment.
• You have experience working in a fast-growing startup environment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Substantial equity
• Retirement plan with company matching
• Health, dental, and vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for health and dependent care expenses
• Paid parental leave and sick leave
• Seventeen paid vacation days plus 11 federal holidays
• Membership to Modern Health to help employees prioritize mental health and wellness
• Quarterly "flex fund to flourish" bonus to spend on any health, wellness, or well-being expenses
• Annual allocation for Learning & Development opportunities and applicable professional membership dues
• Company-sponsored life and disability insurance
• Find out more about our Benefits and Perks

Perks

• Work in Uptown Oakland, just steps from the BART line and dozens of restaurants and walking distance to Lake Merritt
• Flexible work-from-home days on Tuesdays and Fridays
• Monthly home internet reimbursement
• Select your preference of hardware (Mac or PC) and customize your desk setup
• Enjoy a wide variety of snacks and beverages in the office
• Bond over company-wide out-of-the-box events and fun activities with your team
• Time off for company-sponsored volunteer events and 4 paid hours per quarter to volunteer at a charitable organization of your choice
• Take advantage of learning and career development opportunities
• One of Wealthfront's 2021 Career Launching Companies , one of " Inc Magazine's Best Workplaces ", andranked #2 on the " 2022 Bay Area Best Places to Work " list by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal
• One of Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies for 2022 and proud contributor of free ediscovery resources to benefit the greater good through "Everlaw for Good"
• #LI-JD1
• #LI-Hybrid

Pursue Truth While Finding Yours

At Everlaw, we are deeply invested in pursuing the truth, for our clients and for our employees. We know that when you're empowered to pursue your passions, it is reflected in the work. That's why we're committed to the professional growth of all our team members, offering an annual learning and development stipend and regular career check-ins with managers. If you're looking for a place that values passion, integrity, and a desire to learn, we'd love to hear from you!

About Everlaw

We help law firms, government agencies, and corporations sift through millions of documents of evidence in big lawsuits and investigations to find the proverbial smoking gun (or needle in the haystack -- pick your metaphor). It's a multi-billion dollar space typically dominated by service-oriented vendors, and we're coming at it with cutting-edge technology and elegant design. It's working, and we've been growing very rapidly: we host hundreds of terabytes of data and work with all 50 state Attorneys General and hundreds of law firms on some of the most high-profile cases litigated today.

Everlaw is an equal opportunity employer. We pride ourselves on having a diverse workforce and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law. We respect the gender, gender identity and gender expression of our applicants and employees, and we honor requests for pronouns. It is our policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity, including the California Equal Pay Act . Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Everlaw requires all of its employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless a medical or religious exemption applies. If you are hired, we will require you to prove that you have received the COVID-19 vaccine, unless you have received a medical or religious exemption.

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