# Accountant

**Company:** [Atomicmachines](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/atomicmachines)
**Location:** Emeryville, CA, Santa Clara, CA
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $125k – $150k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Excel, Google Sheets, Bill.Com, Ramp, Carta, ERP, US GAAP, SQL, CPA
**Posted:** 2026-05-11

> Handles month-end close, financial reconciliations, journal entries, and audit support in a high-growth hardware startup. Requires 3+ years accounting experience, GAAP knowledge, advanced Excel, and a bachelor's in Accounting/Finance.

## Job Description

## What you’ll do

- Own the month-end close calendar, driving it to completion on schedule by coordinating cutoff across the AP, payroll, and operations functions
- Prepare and post journal entries with full supporting documentation, ensuring accuracy and GAAP compliance
- Complete key balance sheet reconciliations, including bank, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, accrued liabilities, and deferred items
- Prepare the monthly financial statements package for Controller and Head of Finance review, including flux analysis and variance commentary
- Maintain a well-organised, audit-ready general ledger — clean account structure, consistent methodology, and complete support for every material balance
- Collaborate with Accounts Payable to ensure proper subledger cut-off and accurate accruals at period end
- Partner with Facilities, Operations, and Procurement to capture accruals for commitments that are not yet in the AP subledger
- Support tax and audit preparation by organising the financial data and supporting schedules required by external auditors and tax preparation parties
- Maintain internal controls over the close process — ensuring segregation of duties, approval documentation, and support retention are consistent with a pre-IPO control environment

## What you’ll need

- 3+ years of experience in accounting - preference will be given to associate and senior level personnel employed by CPA firms, ideally with exposure to manufacturing, hardware, or capital-intensive clients
- A first-principles mindset — you question assumptions, reframe problems from the ground up, and approach challenges with a foundational understanding rather than relying solely on precedent
- Familiarity with accounting tools like **Bill.com**, **Ramp**, **Carta**, and experience with any scaled ERP system with focus in the manufacturing environment
- Advanced **Excel** and **Google Sheets** skills
- Experience managing confidential information, exercising a high level of care of support data, and demonstrating exceptional attention to detail
- Strong knowledge of **GAAP** and accounting principles, with expertise in leases, debt, and equity transactions, with working knowledge of revenue recognition and inventory accounting
- Team player with the ability to deliver under pressure, meet deadlines, and adapt to a dynamic startup environment
- **Bachelor’s degree** in Accounting or Finance with significant career investments made in the field

## Bonus Points For

- A **CPA** license, or CPA track, is strongly preferred
- Experience in Big 4 accounting firms is a plus
- Experience with **SQL** or BI dashboard development is a plus

**Compensation:** Salary Range $125,000—$150,000 USD, plus equity and benefits.

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