Accountant, Highlight
$80-100k
In-home product testing platform
Job no longer available
In-home product testing platform
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$80-100k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To empower brands to create products people love - faster, smarter, and with confidence.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a detail-oriented and motivated Senior Accountant to join our Finance & Accounting team
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- 3+ years of relevant experience in accounting or finance
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and accounting software (e.g., QuickBooks or similar)
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Eagerness to learn and take on new challenges
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills
- Familiarity with GAAP principles
- Experience with financial systems or ERP platforms
What the job involves
- In this role, you’ll own many of the day-to-day accounting operations, build with financial reporting, and ensure that our records are accurate and up to date
- Record and reconcile daily financial transactions, including accounts payable and receivable
- Prepare and review accurate client invoices in accordance with contract terms, ensuring timely billing and compliance with revenue recognition policies
- Prepare monthly accounting journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations
- Maintain the general ledger and perform month end, quarterly and year-end close processes
- Support the preparation of financial reports and statements
- Reconcile bank statements and credit card transactions
- Maintain accurate and organized financial records and documentation
- Process team member expense reports and reimbursements
- Manage sales tax collection, filing, and compliance across applicable jurisdictions, ensuring accurate administration and timely remittance
- Help ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures
- Oversee continuous process improvement projects for areas of responsibility
- Assist with audits and other ad hoc projects as needed
Our take
With over 95% of consumer products failing, and more consumer products than ever on the market, accurate and insightful market research has become a must. Highlight is a next-generation market research company offering engaging and scalable ways to home-test products with consumers.
Highlight delivers free ‘discovery’ boxes to users in exchange for feedback, covering all kinds of consumer goods, from beverages to personal care. This setup has won it high engagement rates with users, and correspondingly deep insights into product development, which is invaluable in an industry that places such a high premium on quality feedback.
With its testing platform originally coming to the fore when in-person testing was taken off the table by the pandemic, Highlight has subsequently benefited from the general trend towards convenience, and has grown immensely since founding in 2021. Now, it boasts partners like Colgate, Nestle, Mars, and Pepsi, just to name a few.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2023
$18m
SERIES A
Mar 2022
$7m
SEED
Total funding: $33.8m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision with 100% premium covered
- Generous PTO / sick leave
- Flexible, remote WFH culture
- Optional office space - Access to Hearst Tower & its facilities in NYC (should you choose to be in person)
Company HQ
Hell's Kitchen, New York, NY
Leadership
Dana Kim
(Founder & CEO)Studied at Barnard and The Wharton School. Worked in Research at Kelton Global and as an Investment Fellow at Amplifhyer Ventures.
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