Lightning AI
Senior Accountant - General Ledger
$100K–$150K
San Francisco, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 6, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of progressive accounting experience; a mix of public accounting and high-growth industry experience is ideal.
About the job
Supports the monthly general ledger close across legal entities, prepares balance-sheet reconciliations and financial reporting, and helps redesign and document close processes during a NetSuite implementation.
What you'll do
- Prepare journal entries, balance-sheet schedules, and reconciliations for cash, intercompany, payroll, prepaids, fixed assets, and leases.
- Prepare monthly financial statements and flux analysis with written commentary.
- Support the NetSuite implementation and establish documented close processes, reconciliation procedures, and review controls.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of progressive accounting experience, including hands-on monthly close work.
- Demonstrated command of balance-sheet close work, including cash, intercompany, prepaids, fixed assets, and payroll accounting.
- Experience supporting an external audit as a preparer, including building workpapers.
- Excellent written communication and advanced Excel skills; comfortable with large transaction datasets.
Nice to have
- Active CPA or CPA candidate, or a strong public-accounting foundation; working knowledge of ASC 842.
- Exposure to ASC 805 purchase accounting or multi-entity consolidation; ERP experience, particularly NetSuite implementation or migration, and comfort with QuickBooks.
Pay
$100,000 — $150,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
NetSuite, QuickBooks, Excel, ASC 842, ASC 805
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