Staff Accountant

Nice to have:

At least two years of accounting related experience required

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Proficiency in use of Microsoft Excel is required

Health & Wellness:

Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums and to HSA accounts. Additional benefits such as pet insurance, free access to the Calm app, and more to help you stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.

Work From Home:

We are a fully remote company. We provide a monthly tech stipend to support your WFH needs!

Supporting ALL Families:

Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, including parental leave, fertility support, adoption, and more!

As a Staff Accountant at Newsela, you will play a key role within the accounting organization. Contributing to Newsela’s month end close, financial reporting, internal controls process, and continued growth of our accounting operations. You will support accounting initiatives from start to finish, playing a hands-on role in areas such as accounts payable, accruals, fixed assets, software capitalization, and financial reporting. Your work will have an immediate impact, helping to strengthen and streamline our general accounting processes.

Responsible for bank reconciliations, accounts payable processing and 1099 reporting.

Maintain expense reporting software, review expense reports, and assist in administering the credit card program.

Responsible for the accounting and reporting of fixed assets.

Preparation of monthly reconciliations and analysis of all balance sheet and income statement accounts.

Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.

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Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s individual skills, qualifications, and experience. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits.

Base Compensation Range

$60,000

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