Senior Accountant

Merge is the leading provider of agentic tools and customer-facing integrations for frontier LLMs, Fortune 500 organizations, and B2B SaaS companies. Our platform offers three core products: Merge Unified, which enables businesses to add hundreds of integrations to their products with a single API, Merge Agent Handler, which empowers AI agents with secure access to thousands of third-party tools, and Merge Gateway, the control plane for running AI in production. Merge's enterprise-grade platform handles the entire integration lifecycle, from authentication and security to monitoring and maintenance. Thousands of companies trust Merge to accelerate product development, unblock sales, reduce customer churn, and save engineering resources—allowing them to focus on their core product. Who are we looking for? Merge is seeking a highly motivated Senior Accountant to join our growing accounting team and assist in preparing day to day corporate accounting operations, supporting the month end close process, and helping to implement systems and processes that will support Merge as we continue to grow. You’ll have the opportunity to work in a dynamic, fast and high-growth environment, and have the opportunity for ownership over financial processes. The ideal candidate thrives in a high-growth start-up, is detail-oriented, and has excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Additionally, the candidate has demonstrated the ability to build scalable cross-functional relationships through systems and process implementation. We hope you will join our team! What will you be doing? Financial Reporting: Perform month-end and year-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and variance analysis Build or enhance balance sheet account reconciliations including reviewing and performing some clean-up of historical reconciliations and related balances Assist in the preparation of various financial statements, such as balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement Identify and drive process improvements to gain efficiencies and reduce close timelines Operations: Oversee accounts payable functions, including managing our offshore team’s work, coordinate vendor onboarding, reviewing vendor invoices, managing vendor payments, and ensuring timely issuance of 1099 forms Manage the Billing and Accounts Receivable processes, managing tasks including invoice processing and collections Utilize financial software systems (e.g. Campfire, Ordway, Stripe, Ramp) and tools proficiently to manage financial data and reporting tasks efficiently Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives to streamline accounting workflows, reduce manual effort, and improve scalability Leverage technology, data analytics, and AI-enabled solutions to enhance reporting accuracy, operational efficiency, and financial insights Audit Preparation: Assist in annual financial statement audit, preparing audit schedules & other audit requests, and interacting directly with external audit staff Stay current on pertinent accounting standards, regulations, and best practices to ensure compliance and drive ongoing improvement initiatives What experience is required? Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; CPA or equivalent preferred 1+ years of relevant accounting experience; Combination of public accounting (Big 4 strongly preferred) and industry experience (start-up through to becoming a public Company experience a plus) Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP Experience with general ledger functions and the month end/year end close process is strongly preferred Experience with financial audit preparation is strongly preferred Proven proficiency of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, etc); must be highly proficient in Excel and Google suite products Excellent writing, oral communication, analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills with a high attention to detail Excellent problem solving skills; project management experience a plus, ability to work in a fast pace environment Added bonus to have: direct accounting experience for any/all of the following areas: accruals, ASC 718 share-based payments, ASC 842 leases. Proficiency in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, etc.), Campfire, Ramp, and Ordway Compensation The cash compensation range for this role is $105,000-135,000 Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications. In addition to cash compensation, all employees receive an equity compensation package. Benefits: Unlimited PTO + 10 company holidays Pre-Tax commuter benefits 100% covered health, vision, and dental insurance 401K Plan $200 one-time home office stipend In office snacks and free dinner when working past 7pm