Junior Accountant

What is the role?

We are currently seeking a detail-oriented Junior Accountant to join our finance team. This role is focused on the day-to-day transactional accounting that keeps our business running - processing payables, reconciling card and bank activity, managing payment disputes, and supporting our senior accountant through the month-end close. As a key member of our finance team, you will report to the Controller and work closely with the Senior Accountant, contributing to the accuracy and timeliness of our financial records across multiple entities.

The Junior Accountant owns the recurring transactional workflows that flow into our close - daily bank monitoring, AP processing in Bill.com, corporate card coding in Ramp, expense report processing in Expensify, and payment dispute responses across Stripe and Fiserv. You will support our Senior Accountant on month-end close tasks within FloQast and Sage Intacct, including bank reconciliations and standard schedules. Success in this role means consistent, accurate, and on-time execution of recurring deadlines across multiple entities, with the discipline to flag exceptions early rather than letting them become close issues. 

If you are a driven individual with a passion for numbers and a desire to thrive in a collaborative high-growth environment, we invite you to apply and become an integral part of our team at Paradigm.

In this role, you will:

• Support the day-to-day management of accounting and finance with a focus on efficient processes
• Monitor bank account balances daily across multiple entities; flag low-balance accounts and unusual activity before they create issues
• Process accounts payable in Bill.com: enter invoices, route for approval, and ensure timely payment
• Code corporate card transactions in Ramp; reconcile Ramp charges and process payoffs
• Review and process employee expense reports in Expensify, ensuring proper coding and policy compliance
• Manage payment disputes and chargebacks across Stripe and Fiserv: triage incoming disputes, coordinate with support teams to gather evidence, and submit timely responses within processor deadlines
• Escalate high-dollar or complex disputes to the Senior Accountant or Controller with a complete evidence package
• Process customer cancellations and affiliate payouts on their recurring schedules
• Prepare and submit monthly sales tax filings
• Support month-end close in FloQast and Sage Intacct: prepare bank reconciliations, Ramp reconciliations, prepaid and fixed asset schedules, and standard accruals under Senior Accountant review
• Maintain accurate documentation and process records for all recurring workflows, supporting audit readiness across our entities
• Build a working understanding of our Sage Intacct chart of accounts and entity structure to accurately code transactions across our businesses
• Identify opportunities to tighten automation rules in Ramp, Bill.com, and Expensify to reduce manual effort and exception handling

Qualifications

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business preferred; relevant work experience may substitute
• 0-2 years of experience in bookkeeping, accounts payable, or accounts receivable; experience in a multi-entity environment is a plus
• Must have strong Excel skills, including report creation, report formatting, charting, and use of common financial functions (vlookups, sumifs, pivot tables, etc.)
• Solid understanding of debits, credits, and basic accounting principles; comfortable reading and reconciling general ledger activity
• Sage Intacct experience is preferred but not required
• Hands-on experience with Bill.com, Ramp, and Expensify is strongly preferred; familiarity with FloQast is a plus
• Experience handling payment processor disputes or chargebacks (Stripe, Fiserv, or similar) is a plus

Who is the ideal candidate?

• Analytical, can find meaning in numbers, and be a data-driven decision-maker
• Excellent communicator: written and oral
• Possess a high sense of urgency, excellent time management and organizational skills
• Adept at learning web-based tools
• Resourceful, able to achieve results creatively with finite resources
• Thrives in a nimble, lean, unstructured, fast-paced environment
• Impeccable integrity and ethical standards
• Self-aware, accepting, honest, open, polite, and respectful of others
• Ability to create and execute on processes for a growing SaaS business using best practices
• An undying commitment to personal growth and development

Benefits/Perks

• Competitive salary
• Paid vacation + sick and parental leave 
• 100% remote working flexibility 
• Budget for home office improvements 
• Company culture that encourages work / life balance 
• 100% paid PPO medical, vision, and dental insurance, 401k matching, equity grants