Senior Accountant, Global Accounting

Parallel Wireless

$80K — $95K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
  • CPA required or active progress toward certification
  • 4-7 years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in multi-entity or multinational settings
  • Hands-on experience with NetSuite preferred
  • Solid understanding of US GAAP
  • Experience with ASC 606 revenue recognition and contract review
  • Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and lookup functions

Responsibilities

  • Own areas of accounting ensuring accuracy and timeliness of journal entries and account reconciliations
  • Prepare and record revenue transactions, maintain schedules and support workpapers under ASC 606
  • Assist with external audits, prepare requested schedules and resolve auditor findings
  • Support internal control documentation and testing for intercompany processes
  • Research technical accounting issues and prepare analysis for review
  • Standardize intercompany accounting procedures across subsidiaries
  • Identify and propose improvements to inefficient accounting processes
  • Manage defined projects and collaborate with accounting leadership
  • Facilitate NetSuite improvements and act as contact for cross-functional teams
  • Serve as a NetSuite subject matter expert and provide staff training

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional team exposure
  • Opportunities for technical and project responsibilities
  • Support for continued learning and process modernization
  • Dynamic role influencing accounting procedures globally
  • Engagement with modern accounting technologies and practices
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Global Accountant to join our Nashua team. This position supports a range of general accounting activities across our US and international entities, including close, consolidation, revenue, audit, and process improvement.

Reporting to the Assistant Controller, the role partners with cross-functional teams across the business - including IT, Supply Chain, FP&A, and sales - and offers room to take on greater technical and project responsibility.

What You'll Do

  • Own assigned areas of accounting, taking responsibility for the accuracy and timeliness of journal entries, account reconciliations, and reviews through month-end and year-end close.
  • Serve as the primary preparer for revenue accounting, including recording revenue transactions, maintaining revenue schedules and supporting workpapers, and preparing contract reviews and revenue recognition conclusions under ASC 606.Provide coverage for bank reconciliations and credit card accounting during peak periods and team absences.
  • Support external audits, including preparing requested schedules, responding to auditor inquiries, and assisting with resolution of findings.
  • Support internal control documentation and testing for intercompany and NetSuite-driven processes.
  • Research technical accounting matters and prepare supporting analysis and draft memoranda for review by accounting leadership.
  • Document and help standardize intercompany and multi-entity accounting procedures across our US and international subsidiaries.
  • Identify inefficient or manual processes across the accounting function and propose and help implement improvements.
  • Take on defined projects assigned by accounting leadership, working with them to scope the work and carrying it through to completion.
  • Partner with Business Applications on NetSuite improvements and act as an accounting contact for cross-functional teams.
  • Serve as a NetSuite subject matter resource for the accounting team, including testing new functionality, documenting system processes, and training staff.


What You'll Bring

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
  • CPA required, or active progress toward certification.
  • 4-7 years of progressive accounting experience; multi-entity or multinational experience preferred.
  • Hands-on NetSuite experience is preferred.
  • Solid working knowledge of US GAAP.
  • Hands-on ASC 606 revenue recognition experience, including contract review and preparation of revenue schedules.
  • Demonstrated track record of independently scoping ambiguous problems and delivering completed work products.
  • Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookup functions, and construction of reconciliation workbooks.
  • Enthusiasm for modernizing how accounting work gets done, including adopting automation and AI tools as the function evolves.
  • Experience supporting external audits (schedule prep, auditor requests, resolving findings).
  • Experience in open communication and collaborating cross functionally with internal teams across time zones to drive results.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce process documentation suitable for use by others.

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