Sr Staff Accountant

The Opportunity

FitLab is looking for a proactive and detail-driven Senior Staff Accountant to join our dynamic finance team. This role offers the chance to own day-to-day transactional accounting and play a key part in producing accurate and timely financial statements that support strategic decision-making across the organization.

As Senior Staff Accountant, you’ll be at the center of our month-end close process—ensuring data integrity, streamlining workflows, and delivering draft financials to the Controller by the 5th of each month. You’ll collaborate cross-functionally with teams throughout the company and have the opportunity to improve processes, build strong relationships, and contribute to a culture of accountability and excellence.

If you enjoy rolling up your sleeves, mentoring others, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, this is a fantastic opportunity to grow with a mission-driven organization.

This is a fully remote position

Job Responsibilities:

• Month-End Close & Reporting - Deliver accurate financials to the Controller by the 5th of each month using fast-close procedures. Monitor the month-end close timeline and resolve roadblocks to ensure timely and accurate close.
• Balance Sheet Reconciliations Maintain and review detailed balance sheet reconciliations; delegate and oversee reconciliations performed by team members.
• Team Oversight & Leadership Supervise GL and AR clerks, holding weekly check-ins, managing workloads, offering performance feedback, and ensuring proper training.
• Transaction Review & Accuracy Review work from GL and AR clerks for accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to controls.
• Bank & System Controls Ensure daily soft bank reconciliations are completed and that the accounting system is properly locked post-close.
• Interdepartmental Collaboration Partner with operations and purchasing on vendor questions and inventory accounting matters.
• Intercompany & Compliance Reconcile intercompany accounts and prepare compliance data for income tax and sales tax filings (including Avalara).
• Variance & Performance Analysis Provide monthly budget vs. actual variance analysis and financial insight to support leadership decisions.
• Audit & Special Projects Support audits, inventory counts, system conversions, and other cross-functional accounting initiatives.
• Inbox & Documentation Management Ensure the accounting inbox is managed and that source documentation is accurately filed in accounting systems/shared drives.
• Support the annual budget process by providing vendor level historical spend trend reports and notes
• Prepare compliance data for review by supervisor for income tax return preparation
• Review monthly sales tax returns ahead of automated filing through Avalara
• Support organizational-wide projects such as the annual audit, inventory counts, consolidation of subsidiaries, accounting system conversions, and more