Role Type: Full-Time
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)
Reports To: CFO
Position OverviewThe Financial Accountant will play a key role in maintaining Parallel’s Accounting function: providing foundational support across core accounting functions. The ideal candidate has prior experience working in a high-growth or early-stage company and has a strong understanding of Finance and Accounting. This role is ideal for someone who is eager to take ownership of core accounting processes and grow with a mission-oriented company. A detailed understanding of all financial statements is a must.
Key Responsibilities- Manage end-to-end monthly close processes, including preparation and review of journal entries
- Ensure accurate and timely customer billing; support the development of a scalable and automated billing system
- Perform cash and bank account reconciliations to maintain accurate cash flow reporting
- Review and reconcile employee expense reports and corporate credit card transactions
- Oversee accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) transactions to ensure accuracy and timeliness
- Prepare internal accounting documentation in support of the company’s first external audit
- Support federal, state, and local tax filings and ensure compliance with applicable regulations
- Contribute to ad hoc financial reporting projects and internal analysis requests
- Identify, recommend, and help implement improvements to accounting systems, workflows, and internal controls
- Detailed understanding of Income statement, Balance sheet and Statement of Cash flow is a must
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- 2-4 years of Accounting or Finance experience
- Strong understanding of US GAAP accounting principles
- Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in Excel and QuickBooks; familiarity with other softwares a plus
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Passion for Parallel’s mission
- Authorization to work in the United States is required
- Role is remote, but candidates interested in a hybrid setup in our NYC office is a plus
This role's annual base salary range is competitive, with the added advantage of equity options.
Parallel is the first tech-forward provider of care for learning and thinking differences across the United States. We believe learning differences are parallel ways of thinking that should be celebrated! Our mission is to provide students with the resources and encouragement to succeed in the classroom and beyond. To us, this means helping them build confidence in their unique strengths and create strategies to work around their challenges.
Parallel simplifies the process of getting support for learning differences by consolidating providers and resources on a single platform. We connect students with qualified professionals while significantly reducing waiting times, costs, and confusion. We provide a variety of services, including:
- Psychological Assessment & Therapy
- Counseling
- Speech-Language Therapy
- Special Education
- And more!
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Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
At Parallel, we believe in celebrating differences. This belief extends from schools into our workplace and through the ways we work together toward our mission. We are committed to fostering a diverse, accessible environment that represents many different cultures, backgrounds, viewpoints, and abilities by championing diversity, equity and inclusion.
This is why we are committed to having and fostering a diverse workforce, including those from historically marginalized groups, and are committed to a work environment where employees’ strengths are championed, differences are celebrated, and no one is discriminated against based on age, race, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, national origin, or any other characteristic.
We are a proud equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization in order to build the foundation for different learners and thinkers to thrive.
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What We Do
We bring together providers and resources on one platform to help students with learning differences receive support. It’s our mission to help every student thrive in the classroom and beyond, and through our services we’re able to drastically reduce wait times, costs, and confusion for families. We provide:
● Comprehensive Psychological Evaluations
● Speech-Language Therapy
● Executive Function Coaching
● Behavioral Therapy & Counseling
● Skill-Based Tutoring
Why Work With Us
We are a remote-first company with unPARALLED growth opportunities. (See what we did there?) You should join us if you want to
● Work in a female-led, DEI-focused startup
● Work somewhere that is team-oriented, where people are equipped to succeed
● Help increase access to care for those with learning differences
● Join the next edtech unicorn
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