Senior Accountant

At Cogo Labs, we build startup companies from scratch.

We're not venture capitalists. We're a collaborative team of engineers, analysts, and entrepreneurs using innovative tools, big data, and intellectual curiosity to build a platform that spins up successful online businesses, fast.

Cogo Labs is looking for a high-powered, strategic Senior Accountant to join our team and take on a central role in building and operating a modern financial ecosystem. We need a badass generalist that will own their domain, bringing a growth mentality to Accounting while helping scale the entire Finance function to support 30+ concurrent companies. We want an entrepreneur that likes to operate with autonomy and will drive impact across multiple areas, looking to constantly automate and improve our operations while also executing on core accounting tasks and responsibilities. You will team with the Controller and other staff accountants to ensure the recording and integrity of our financials. You will partner with our big-swing, high impact projects across the incubator, providing financial structure and expertise to manage and understand their businesses. You will be a key player in our financial operations, accelerating our growth by helping us build a scalable system that will grow to 30+ incubating companies. 

What to expect from Cogo:

• Near obsessive use of data to inform business decisions. We believe that efficient growth happens when we make every decision based on solid, well directed analysis.
• Unmatched opportunity. We believe in mentoring people to grow as quickly as they can. Today's new grad hires are tomorrow's trail blazers.
• Flexibility and novelty. Your role will define itself over time, as you identify the problems that you are uniquely capable of solving.
• A fun, supportive culture. Happy employees are the most successful. We take care of our own, and not just because it's good business.
• The ability to take big swings. We are a successful company today due to the great ideas that have been generated and executed by our phenomenal Cogo team.

About you:

• Have 4+ years of accounting experience and a BS in accounting or finance
• Demonstrated ownership and autonomy over multiple accounting functions, both executing on tight timelines and providing clear communication to teammates and stakeholders
• A gravitation towards modernization and growth – particularly through continuous process improvement and automation – demonstrated by automating manual tasks or implementing new fintech tools and systems
• Curious and passionate about business models and providing financial expertise – such as best practices, planning, and analyses – to partners across the business
• Enthusiastic about taking on new challenges and owning key, high-visibility initiatives
• Proven understanding of and experience using at least 2 core accounting tools: accounting/ERP systems, payroll, AR/AP, financial reporting, etc.
• A strong communicator and storyteller that can partner with stakeholders and translate the financials into a language the business can understand
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, agile, team-oriented environment
• Organized, detail-oriented, and thorough on priorities and tasks

If you're reading this and questioning whether you should apply, apply! There's no such thing as a perfect candidate, and we don't expect you to check every box. We're inspired by the uniqueness that people like you bring to the table. The companies that we incubate are only as innovative as the breadth of lived experiences shared by the teams building them. We can't wait to read your application!

Cogo Labs is an equal opportunity employer and individuals seeking employment with us are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Cogo Labs Leadership Principles

1. Take Big Swings

Thinking small is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Leaders strive to spend their time exclusively on what’s important, and they shed the rest. They seek out the highest return on their team’s time and effort.

1. Data Driven

Leaders work backwards from the solution to generate plans. They use data to be sure their time and effort are always leveraged at the most impactful work. They admit when they are wrong and use the data to eliminate their blind spots.

1. Make Moonshine

Leaders create value from spare and under-utilized parts. They’re resourceful and tenacious. They expect and require innovation and invention from their teams, and they find ways to simplify. They are situationally aware; they look for good ideas from anywhere.

1. Insist on the Highest Standards

Leaders keep the standards relentlessly high. They demand high quality products, services, and processes because they deliver high quality products, services, and processes. Leaders solve root problems and ensure that when problems get fixed, they stay fixed.

1. Bias for Action

Leaders run everywhere they go. Many decisions and actions are reversible and don’t need extensive study. Leaders value calculated risk taking because they know that in business, speed wins.

1. Have Integrity; Earn Trust

Leaders listen attentively, speak candidly, and treat others respectfully. They are vocally self-critical, even when doing so is difficult or embarrassing. Leaders are not arrogant. They benchmark themselves against the best and identify their gaps.

1. Hire and Develop the Best

Leaders raise the bar with every hire and promotion. They want to work with other leaders. They recognize exceptional talent and enthusiastically propel them throughout the organization. Leaders are serious about their role in coaching others.

1. Ownership

Leaders think long-term and don’t sacrifice long-term value for short-term results. They own all the inputs to their business. They act on behalf of the entire company, beyond just their own team.

1. Disagree and Commit

Leaders respectfully challenge decisions when they disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or awkward. They have conviction; they do not compromise in the name of social niceties. Once a decision is reached, they commit wholly.

1. Dive Deep

Leaders operate at once with immense perspective and granular detail. No task is beneath them. They audit frequently, and they are skeptical when metrics and anecdote differ.

1. Deliver Results

Leaders focus their time on the key drivers for their business. They pursue them obsessively to deliver results with the right quality and in a timely fashion. They rise to the occasion and never compromise.