
Senior Accountant
SynMax
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Houston • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $125,000 - $150,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Help lead the monthly close and financial reporting process with a focus on accuracy, consistency, and audit readiness
- Prepare and review journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules
- Support multi-entity and international accounting and consolidations
- Act as a reliable backup to the Controller during close cycles and peak periods
- Co-lead the NetSuite implementation from an accounting perspective
- Design and maintain the chart of accounts, dimensions, and reporting structure
- Own revenue recognition configuration under ASC 606, including deferred revenue and contract accounting
- Partner closely with external implementation consultants and internal stakeholders
- Serve as long-term accounting owner of NetSuite/Sage post-go-live, with an emphasis on traceability and control
- Serve as a senior technical accounting resource for complex or non-routine transactions
- Draft and maintain accounting policies and internal documentation
- Design and support internal controls appropriate for a lean but regulated, government-facing business
- Support audits, customer reviews, and future diligence processes
- Ensure accounting decisions are well documented and defensible under external scrutiny
- Work closely with Finance, Legal, and Operations to interpret contract terms and modifications
- Ensure revenue recognition aligns with contractual performance obligations and acceptance terms
- Maintain clear support for revenue, billing, and deferred revenue balances
Requirements
- 7–12 years of progressive accounting experience
- Experience owning or heavily leading month-end close in a $20–100M revenue company
- Direct, hands-on experience with at least one NetSuite or SAGE implementation
- Strong working knowledge of ASC 606 revenue recognition
- Experience operating in audit-heavy, regulated, or compliance-driven environments
- High attention to documentation, controls, and process discipline
- Comfortable working hands-on in a lean, fast-growing team
- CPA
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
journal entriesreconciliationsfinancial reportingrevenue recognitionASC 606internal controlsaccounting policieschart of accountsmulti-entity accountingconsolidations
Soft Skills
attention to detaildocumentationprocess disciplinecollaborationcommunicationleadershipproblem-solvingadaptabilityorganizational skillsaudit readiness
Certifications
CPA