Senior Accountant

Do you dream of leveraging your expertise to make an impact on the world’s most challenging sustainability issues? Are you looking to stretch your skills and enable a thriving building automation startup to function at its best? PassiveLogic is looking for a motivated, self-starter Senior Accountant to join our dynamic team!

About PassiveLogic

PassiveLogic is the first fully autonomous platform for buildings. We’ve reinvented the fundamental principles of automation to democratize technology, optimize buildings, and reduce the world’s carbon footprint. We are a team of technologists, engineers, and creatives dedicated to making a sustainable impact through deployable solutions.

We are looking for team members who have a passion for technology and who want to work on cutting-edge problems with real-world applications. Our culture is built on empowering people through generative autonomy to solve the world’s largest climate challenges. Backed by the world’s leading investors, our team works daily to make the future of smart cities a reality.

About the Role

This is a career-defining opportunity to play a crucial role in a hyper-scale AI company that is transforming the future of autonomous systems, energy, and the built environment.

As our Senior Accountant, you will oversee and hold responsibility for all operational accounting functions within a global and scaling startup environment. You will manage day-to-day purchasing, invoicing, payments, process control & implementation, all GL entries, financial reports, and more.

What you’ll do

Manage accounting policies and procedures: Manage the development, implementation and modifications of accounting policies, procedures, and process improvements/best practices.

Prepare and distribute financial reports: Collaborate with the Operations team via Apple Numbers; Create, organize, and maintain files using QuickBooks Online.

Operational accounting: Create customer invoices, support team members in their vendor interactions, issue purchase orders, issue payments, research problems, and provide consistent follow-up; Document and enforce policies, processes, and procedures; Process wire transfers and international PEO payments.

International accounting: Manage the accounting needs of PassiveLogic entities overseas, ensuring standardized processes across our international offices while adhering to diverse accounting standards in the countries where we operate.

Audit payroll: Audit payroll, including entries for taxable benefits, reimbursements, and allocation of payments to the GL.

Work on year-end activities & audits: Review, investigate, and correct errors and inconsistencies in financial entries and reports.

Team building: Assist with the recruitment process; participate in interviews and hiring decisions.

What you’ll bring

If your experience does not meet all our posted requirements below, we’d still love to hear from you. We are looking for practitioners who are passionate about understanding people, committed to lifelong learning, and driven by the love of what they do. If that’s you, please apply!

You must have

• Proven experience: 5+ years of accounting experience.
• Exceptional communication skills: Ensure continual communication with the Chief of Staff and other members of the Operations Team to ensure accurate and smooth flow of financial accounting information.
• Organized and strategic: Quantitative analytical skills with an ability to analyze and audit data to detect errors.
• Collaborative mindset: Enjoy working across teams, collaborating effectively across departments to meet diverse accounting needs.
• Adaptability: Comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment, eager to learn, iterate, and innovate.
• Problem solving: You own this role. When issues arise, be the empowered force that solves them, rolling-up.

You should have

• Proficiency in accounting tools: Experience in Apple Numbers, Quickbooks, and other accounting tools.
• Creative and adept approach to accounting: Willingness to challenge certain cost assumptions and implement new processes or make significant enhancements to existing processes.

It’s helpful to have

• A CPA license
• Tech industry or start-up experience: Previous experience in bolstering the accounting processes of a globally scaling startup.

We know there are candidates who might not fit everything we’ve described above or who might have experience and skills we haven’t considered. PassiveLogic can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities to the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background. Even if you don’t meet all the requirements above, we still want to hear from you.

Compensation, Benefits & Perks:

• Competitive compensation
• Generous equity share package
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Disability and Life Insurance options
• Flex PTO
• Team building events
• Free catered lunch in the office Monday — Friday
• Free ski pass (We are at the base of Big Cottonwood Canyon)
• Free National Park pass

When applying, include:

• A cover letter telling us why you're the perfect candidate for PassiveLogic
• A resume
• Extra mile — include a description of a project (of any type) you personally created, devised, built, managed, organized, or designed that was of your own self-initiative

Diversity and inclusion

Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is woven into our values and everything we do. We welcome all—come as you are and bring your whole self. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity every day by maintaining a safe and inclusive environment for our employees at every stage of their careers.