Senior Accountant/ Assistant Controller at TubeScience (Hybrid-Downtown Los Angeles)

TubeScience is looking for a talented Senior Accountant/ Assistant Controller to join our thriving team in Downtown LA!

Quick ‘about us’:

We’re a data-driven video startup based in LA that’s grown to become the largest producer of video ads on paid social in the 4 years since founding. Collectively, our videos account for ~5% of all paid video views on Facebook and Instagram in North America and reach 100-200 million people per day.

What You’ll Do:

As Senior Accountant/ Assistant Controller, you will support a wide variety of functions which include transactional processing, monthly close activities, financial analysis and the implementation of financial and compliance controls. Reporting to the CFO, you will serve as a key management resource ensuring that financial records are complete, accurate and comply with GAAP, policies and the needs of management. The team is growing and this role actively manages direct reports in Payroll, and General accountant resources.

You will work closely to enhance the Company's existing accounting procedures and internal controls and seek opportunities to improve accounting operational efficiency and effectiveness. You will collaborate with various cross-functional teams, such as Sales, Production, and Growth to support accounting processes, track and analyze operational expenses.

Objectives

• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of accounting and financial reporting.
• Implement controls, processes, and systems to enable the company to meet operational, reporting, and audit requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to identify improvement opportunities and design / implement controls to manage.

Responsibilities

• Complete month-end close accurately and timely, including preparing monthly account reconciliations; analyzing balances to ensure accuracy; identifying, resolving and communicating unreconciled items to the CFO.
• Prepare monthly financial statements in conformity with GAAP and company accounting policies.
• Prepare cash-basis profit and loss report for management review.
• Assist with preparing monthly invoices to clients.
• Manage accounts receivable and drive compliance to terms.
• Review fixed asset purchases and prepare documentation for eligible purchases for financing.
• Oversee payroll payroll and contractor processing including managers review timesheets for hourly employees, processing reimbursements and deductions.
• Assist with external audit and tax supporting schedules.
• Prepare ad hoc financial reports upon management requests.
• Proactively identify/resolve operational and financial challenges as they arise
• Assists with process improvements, and provides recommendations to management.
• Effectively cross-trained to support other accounting team members.
• Manage accounts payable controls, teams and compliance to policies and contracted agreements.
• Operates in a management capacity and cultivates a strong financial team through management expertise and experience (including hiring, team building, performance management, and training)

Required Skills and Qualifications

• BS degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent.
• At least 5 years of progressive and relevant accounting experience (including 3 in a management role)
• Working Knowledge of GAAP accounting policies.
• Expert in Microsoft Office applications (Excel), Google Sheet, and QB/QuickBooks Online.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel formulas (Pivot Tables, VlookUp, Sumifs required)
• Strong Analytical and Organization skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, ability to multitask and work under pressure, thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working in a heavy deadline driven environment. Willingness to work extended hours required.
• Advanced problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA license or in process - Preferred
• Experience with multi-state payroll processing and payroll taxes for out of state employees.

Benefits:

• Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Flexible PTO
• 401k Matching
• $500/yr for Education/Training
• Monthly Remote Work Stipend
• Personal Coaching
• Creative Working Environment
• Paid Sick Leave
• Generous holidays

What's atypical about the company:

• We're fast and data-driven: our teams develop concepts in the morning, shoot/edit in the afternoon, launch in the evening, and iterate the next day based on real-world performance.
• We’re a behavioral R&D lab at the core: We put 2,000 video experiments per week, watched by tens of millions of people per day, that give us deep insights into how people make decisions. Over the past couple years, we’ve built an enormous library of IP around human behavior and visual communication.
• We work on a pure pay for performance basis. Zero production fees for video. Clients only pay us if our videos outperform anything they’re running internally.

Our clients are among the largest advertisers on FB and Instagram, across a wide range of verticals (incl. fashion, beauty, food, fitness apps, healthcare apps, financial services), giving us unique visibility into what drives success at scale. We focus on profitable growth with clients and grow their investment by 80% on average.