Hearst Health

Senior Accountant

Hearst Health
Posted 10/20/2026full-timeDallas • Texas • United StatesSeniorWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in GAAP, ASC 606, and advanced accounting practices, with a strong focus on month-end and year-end close processes. Proven ability to enhance internal controls, mentor junior accountants, and collaborate effectively across finance functions.

Highest-signal resume keywords
GAAP ExpertiseASC 606 KnowledgeAdvanced Excel SkillsCPA CertificationSaaS Accounting Experience

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own key areas of the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close with accountability for accuracy and timeliness
  • Prepare and review complex journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules
  • Improve balance sheet governance, resolve aged reconciling items, and identify financial reporting risks
  • Partner with the Assistant Controller to accelerate close timelines and improve close quality
  • Lead technical accounting research and prepare accounting memoranda for complex or non-routine transactions
  • Apply GAAP across revenue, accruals, reserves, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, and software capitalization
  • Support ASC 606 and other technical accounting areas through schedules, analyses, and documentation
  • Identify accounting implications of non-standard transactions and recommend actions to Accounting leadership
  • Design, document, and improve accounting processes and internal controls
  • Identify inefficiencies, root causes, and control gaps; propose and implement solutions
  • Ensure compliance with internal policies, audit standards, and SOX-lite controls
  • Support audits by delivering clean, well-supported schedules
  • Partner with Finance leadership on audit readiness, remediation initiatives, and continuous improvement of internal controls
  • Collaborate with FP&A, Billing, AR, AP, Payroll, Sales Ops, Product, and Legal
  • Translate operational activity into accurate accounting outcomes
  • Provide guidance to junior accountants and serve as an informal mentor
  • Maintain system discipline across ERP, billing, and subledgers
  • Partner on system implementations, enhancements, and automation initiatives
  • Use Excel and reporting tools to reconcile data and identify risks

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5–8 years of progressive accounting experience
  • Strong background in SaaS, technology, or subscription-based businesses
  • Experience in a public-company-ready or audit-heavy environment preferred
  • CPA or CPA-track strongly preferred
  • Deep knowledge of GAAP
  • Working knowledge of ASC 606 (revenue recognition) and SaaS billing concepts
  • Strong understanding of accrual accounting and balance sheet management
  • Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and complex reconciliations
  • High ownership and accountability
  • Strong judgment and attention to detail
  • Ability to operate with speed and accuracy
  • Clear communication skills and strong business acumen
  • Comfortable working in ambiguity and fast-changing environments

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Hard Skills
Journal Entry PreparationAccount ReconciliationFinancial ReportingTechnical Accounting ResearchBalance Sheet ManagementAccrual AccountingInternal Controls DesignAudit SupportProcess ImprovementData Analysis
Soft Skills
Attention to DetailClear CommunicationHigh OwnershipStrong JudgmentAbility to Work in Ambiguity
Tools & Technologies
ERP SystemsReporting ToolsExcel
Certifications & Qualifications
CPACPA-Track
Industry Keywords
SaaSSubscription-Based BusinessPublic Company AccountingAudit StandardsSOX-Lite Compliance