Accounting Analyst

What you'll do:

• Accounting and Tax:
• Perform accounting operations for 5’s revenue and accounts receivable, ensuring accurate billing, timely issuance of invoices and collections.
• Handle accounts payable processes, including expense classification, payment approvals, and cash-flow alignment
• Review monthly Mexico accounting activity prepared by Mexico accounting team.
• Perform and review monthly balance sheet and income statement reconciliations, including bank accounts, credit cards, receivables, and payables
• Prepare, review, and analyze financial statements, schedules, and supporting documentation, ensuring accuracy and completeness
• Drive continuous improvements in the speed, accuracy, and scalability of the financial close process
• Serve as the primary accounting lead and liaison with external CPA firms and the Mexico-based accounting team
• Apply understanding of accrual and cash-basis accounting to ensure appropriate treatment of transactions and financial reporting
• Excel analytics:
• Build and maintain Excel workbooks to support reconciliations, roll forwards, and month-end close activities
• Maintain organized Excel schedules to support audits and management reporting
• Perform data validation and cross-checks in Excel to ensure accuracy and completeness of financial information
• Assist in creating standardized Excel templates to improve efficiency and consistency
• Support ad hoc financial analyses and reporting requests using Excel
• Payroll:
• Manage bi-weekly payroll inputs in FTE and 1099 payroll systems
• Assist in onboarding new hires ensuring proper set up in the PEO system
• Expense Management:
• Manage 5’s corporate credit card accounts
• Manage 5’s employee expense reporting process (Concur & Rippling)

What you'll bring:

• High integrity, able to handle confidential information with discretion
• You have solid experience with Microsoft Excel to support day-to-day reporting and analysis
• You have 3+ years of experience working in QuickBooks and are confident navigating complex accounting workflows within the system.
• You have 3+ years of hands-on accounting or bookkeeping experience, including ownership of month-end close, reconciliations, and day-to-day accounting operations.
• You have a strong understanding of both accrual and cash-basis accounting and know how to apply those principles in real-world scenarios.
• You are highly organized and detail oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and minimizing rework.
• You communicate clearly and professionally, both in writing and verbally, and are able to partner effectively with internal teams, external CPA firms, and vendors.
• Bilingual in Spanish is strongly preferred, as this role partners closely with our Mexico-based accounting team.
• An accounting degree or a CPA are a plus, but not required.