.png)
Senior Accountant (Contract/Contract to Hire)
About the Company
Our client is a fast-growing, multi-brand e-commerce company, operating a family of direct-to-consumer brands alongside a services business. The company is investing heavily in technology, including AI, and is at an exciting inflection point in its growth. This is a great opportunity to join a high-growth organization and help build a scalable accounting function.
Culture
The team values energy and grit, a bias toward action, ownership and accountability, and a collaborative, low-ego approach. They work hard, move fast, and keep perspective.
About the Role
We're looking for a hands-on Senior Accountant to own the month-end close across a family of companies and keep the books clean as the business grows. You'll run the close for multiple entities, keep everything GAAP-compliant, and be the go-to for reconciliations, tax remittance, and audit support. Great looks like a close that's on time, accurate, and a little faster every month.
What You'll Own
- Run the month-end close for multiple entities, including preparing and recording journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations.
- Maintain and balance general ledger and subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.
- Prepare monthly financial statements and supporting schedules, including budget-to-actual reports and variance analysis.
- Apply revenue recognition under ASC 606 and support gross profit analysis.
- Ensure timely remittance of sales and use, federal and state, and franchise taxes.
- Keep all accounting work compliant with GAAP, company policies, and other regulatory requirements.
- Manage the company expense system and make sure reimbursements go out on time.
- Support the planning, coordination, and execution of the annual audit.
- Partner with finance leadership on reporting needs, special projects, and ad hoc requests.
What You'll Drive
- Investigate and resolve accounting issues, and recommend controls that keep them from coming back.
- Spot inefficiencies in current practices, recommend process improvements, and help implement them.
- Help build tools and processes that make the monthly financial statement review faster and more accurate.
- Provide quantitative analysis that helps leadership make strategic decisions.
What We're Looking For
- 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience, including month-end close, GAAP financial reporting, and sales tax compliance; public accounting experience strongly preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, plus strong Excel and NetSuite skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail and strong critical thinking, with the ability to communicate clearly with leadership and cross-functional partners.
- A proactive approach to ambiguous problems: figuring out what's broken and acting on it rather than waiting to be told what's next.
- Speed, real ownership of outcomes, and a high personal bar.
- Strong collaboration across teams with a low-ego, no-drama approach.
- Bonus: experience in startup or high-growth environments, or an active CPA.
- Curiosity about AI-assisted tools and eagerness to adopt them (openness matters more than existing expertise).
The Details
- Employment type: Contract, opportunity to convert to permanent if it's a good fit!
- Location: On-site, Denver, CO
- Compensation: $60-70/hour, based on experience (1099)
Skills Required
- 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience
- Experience with month-end close
- Experience with GAAP financial reporting
- Experience with sales tax compliance
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Strong NetSuite skills
- Strong attention to detail and critical thinking
- Clear communication with leadership and cross-functional partners
- Proactive approach to ambiguous problems
- Strong collaboration skills
- Public accounting experience
- Startup or high-growth environment experience
- Active CPA
- Curiosity about and willingness to adopt AI-assisted tools
Ascent CFO Solutions Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ascent CFO Solutions and has not been reviewed or approved by Ascent CFO Solutions.
-
Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — The remote-first model with flexible hours and schedule autonomy is emphasized, enhancing perceived total compensation value. Feedback suggests the ability to manage one’s own schedule and avoid heavy micromanagement is a standout part of the package.
-
Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for W-2 employees is consistently listed in career materials. This core insurance breadth is presented as a key element of the benefits offering.
-
Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company matching is included across postings. This employer match reinforces long-term financial security as part of total rewards.
Ascent CFO Solutions Insights
What We Do
Ascent CFO Solutions is a team of fractional financial professionals with deep and diverse experiences who thrive in multi-faceted roles. Our team provides financial modeling, cash flow forecasting, data visualization, funding/capital strategy, fractional CFO consulting, interim CFO and accounting, general accounting, and M&A support to high-growth startups and established companies in all stages. We are not simply service providers. Since 2011, Ascent CFO Solutions has committed to being a firm that partners closely with its clients. We become part of the client’s trusted team and work directly with senior leadership. We differentiate our team by our level of responsiveness, accuracy, and expertise, and we utilize cloud-based tools for innovative scalable processes. Our customized approach for each client ensures that companies move in the right direction - Upward.
Why Work With Us
As a Fractional CFO firm, our team members work for multiple clients on a wide range of business matters across a variety of industries. We offer flexible schedules, the opportunity to work with growing companies who are going through transformation, and a team of caring and intelligent financial professionals who always have your back.
Gallery
