Sr. Accountant + AI Innovation

Senior Accountant – AI & Accounting Innovation

Location:                        New York City – Union Square
Pay:                                 $130,000 – $145,000 + performance bonus + employer-paid M/D/V
Position Type:                Permanent, Full-Time, Hybrid - 3 days in office

Our team at The Recruiting Pros is conducting a search for a Senior Accountant on behalf of a fast-growing B2B payments fintech company. This is a brand-new, hands-on role that blends bookkeeping/accounting for small-business clients with helping the company shape the future of AI-powered accounting. As the Senior Accountant, you will support a portfolio of U.S.-based accounting partners and small-business clients on a modern cloud accounting platform — owning reconciliations, AP/AR, month-end close and financial reporting — while using and evaluating AI-powered tools to make that work faster, more accurate and more scalable. The right person will be technically credible enough to do the accounting work personally, and entrepreneurial enough to question the existing process, document what they learn, and help translate accounting workflows for engineering, business and senior leadership. This is a newly created position reflecting the company's continued growth, offering direct exposure to the CEO and other senior leaders and the chance to help build a new capability from the ground up. This is a full-time, hybrid position requiring three (3) days per week onsite at the company's Union Square office in New York City.

Routine responsibilities will require you to:

• Support day-to-day bookkeeping for a portfolio of U.S.-based accounting partners and small-business clients on a modern cloud accounting platform, delivering accurate, reliable and timely work.
  
• Own hands-on bank and credit-card reconciliations, AP/AR, month-end close and financial reporting activities.
  
• Serve as a trusted, responsive and service-oriented point of contact for accountants and clients.
  
• Use AI-powered tools throughout the workflow to improve the speed, accuracy and quality of accounting work.
  
• Test and evaluate AI tools, identifying what works, what doesn't, and where the biggest opportunities for automation and efficiency are.
  
• Translate accounting workflows and client pain points for engineering, business and senior leadership teams.
  
• Document learnings, workflows and best practices so other bookkeepers can adopt and scale what you've built.
  
• Partner closely with senior leadership to help shape how the company delivers AI-powered bookkeeping services to U.S. small businesses.
  

Required education and experience:

• 4 – 6 years of hands-on accounting or bookkeeping experience for small businesses, ideally through an accounting firm, client accounting services practice or outsourced bookkeeping provider.
  
• Experience managing books or accounting work for multiple external clients rather than a single internal company.
  
• Strong command of reconciliations, AP/AR, month-end close and financial reporting.
  
• Solid understanding of U.S. bookkeeping practices and requirements.
  
• Genuine passion, curiosity and understanding of AI, automation and process improvement — including demonstrable experience using AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) to improve or automate workflows is a must.
  
• Familiarity with Xero or a comparable modern/cloud accounting platform is a plus; CPA credential is a plus.
  
• Startup, fintech or fast-growth environment experience is a plus.
  
• Highly independent and comfortable being the first person in a newly created role.
  
• Polished, confident and credible when working with senior executives, clients, engineers and business leaders.
  
• Strong written communication, process-documentation and client-service skills.
  

If you have the required skills and experience as outlined above, please click APPLY NOW. Once we’ve reviewed your information, you’ll receive a call or email regarding the status of your application. If you realize you are not fit for this position and know someone who is, we would certainly appreciate your referral.
Our team at The Recruiting Pros has more than two decades of success in placing GREAT CANDIDATES at GREAT COMPANIES. Learn more about us at www.TheRecruitingPros.com

Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Benefits

100% company paid medical, dental, vision options
401k company match
5 weeks PTO
Hybrid work schedule
Weekly catered lunch