Senior Accountant, Scope3
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Sustainability platform for media & advertising
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Sustainability platform for media & advertising
21-100 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To decarbonise media and advertising.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting; active CPA license
- 4-6+ years of progressive accounting experience
- Extensive knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and US tax regulations
- Strong technical accounting skills with experience in month-end close, reconciliations and audit preparation
- Strong analytical skills and high level of comfort working with large data sets
- Superior attention to detail and ability to successfully work on multiple concurrent projects and manage competing priorities
- Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively across all levels of the organization
- Excellent interpersonal and verbal & written communication skills
- Advanced Excel skills; familiarity with accounting software and programs
Desirable
- Prior experience in the advertising technology or internet industries
- Experience contributing to technical accounting memos including revenue recognition
- Experience with Wayfair ruling tax matters
- Experience working remotely in globally distributed startup environments
What the job involves
- Reporting to the Controller, the Senior Accountant will play a pivotal role in maintaining accurate financial statements and ensuring compliance with accounting principles
- This individual will collaborate with key partners across the company to drive process improvements and support our financial operations
- Oversee and ensure the integrity of transactions throughout the accounting cycle
- Plan and perform monthly and quarterly close activities, including preparing journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analyses and analytical reviews
- Research and review transactions and provide necessary analyses
- Assist with financial statements and tax audits; lead and assist in preparing audit schedules, providing data to auditors, coordinating with auditors and responding to their queries
- Work closely with FP&A to enhance reliability and accuracy of forecasts and reports
- Assist with developing, documenting, implementing, and maintaining streamlined process improvements, accounting policies, controls, and procedures as needed
- Ad hoc accounting requests and projects as needed
- We have always been a globally distributed, remote-first company and leverage remote-friendly tools to collaborate such as Slack, Zoom, Notion, Miro, etc
Our take
Digital advertising generates more than 2.6 million metric tons of carbon per year. Looking to fix this issue is Scope3, with a platform leveraging machine learning to decipher the best media advertising programs with the smallest carbon footprint.
Sustainability is fast becoming an essential part of business operations, which is why a service like Scope3 has the chance to make a real impact. Its tailored approach, which is supported by a team filled with expertise within the digital media space, sees it work closely with its clients to measure their current impact and create a solution to move forward seamlessly.
Scope3 has partnered with many across the media sector, in a variety of capacities. For example, it has formed partnerships with adtech start-up Greenbids and the Cannes-lions Film Festival, which also share climate crisis concerns. With good funding secured, the company has intentions to expand its global team and further develop its product.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2024
$25m
LATE VC
Oct 2023
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $45m
Company values
- A passion for the environment and climate work - We are a mission-driven company, and this is what motivates us to work hard and deliver outcomes for our customers
- A desire to communicate clearly and empathetically while working asynchronously - We are remote-first and have been operating across time zones from day one, so we do a lot of collaboration using Notion, Miro, and other tools
- Low tolerance for drama and no nonsense - We celebrate healthy conflict in the workplace, but we focus on the solutions and we move on quickly
- The ability and accountability to deliver what we promise - We do what we say we will do, and we don’t make promises we can’t keep
- Experience driving systemic change - Our mission is to decarbonize advertising and this requires a holistic approach to re-imagining and inspiring an industry movement at a global scale
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
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Leadership
Brian O’Kelley
(CEO)Also an Executive Producer at Wonderstruck. Previously Co-founder and CEO of Waybridge and AppNexus.
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