Staff Accountant

IANS Staff Accountant

Requires 2 days a week on site in Boston, MA office

About IANS

For the security practitioner caught between rapidly evolving threats and demanding executives, IANS Research is a clear-headed resource for decision-making and articulating risk. We provide experience-based security insights for Chief Information Security Officers and their teams. The core of our value comes from the IANS Faculty, a network of seasoned practitioners. We support client decisions and executive communications with Ask-an-Expert inquiries, our peer community, deployment-focused reports, tools and templates, and consulting.  To learn more about us, visit www.iansresearch.com.

Description

As a result of rapid and expanding growth and sales of our main product line of Decision Support subscriptions, IANS is seeking a Staff Accountant to assist the Director of Revenue Operations. They will closely collaborate with the Director of Revenue Operations to ensure prompt and accurate invoicing and proper revenue recognition of all opportunities. Collections responsibility is also an important part of this job. Some background and knowledge of Sage Intacct and Salesforce and/or other ERP systems is helpful. Importantly crucial is a strong commitment to delivering exceptional results and excellent communications skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and reconcile balance sheet and general ledger schedules during close periods
• Investigate and resolve account discrepancies
• Prepare transactional & close-period journal entries
• Own the cash outflow cycle for vendor payments and ad-hoc invoicing
• Own the order-to-cash (OTC) cycle for the consulting and forum revenue segments
• Assist with the annual financial statement audit
• Research technical accounting matters in a rapidly changing environment
• Provide information for the preparation of federal, state, local, tax returns
• Maintain and/or implement systems of internal control applicable to accounting-related activities & reporting
• Provide administrative and financial reporting support to the Controller as needed.
• Support Finance Department performing other duties as needed.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of related accounting experience, close cycle experience a plus
• Prior public accounting experience a plus
• Experience preferred (but not required) with:
  • Sage Intacct - accounting software
  • Salesforce - CRM platform
  • com - cloud payment facilitation tool
  • Nexonia - cloud expense management tool
• Working knowledge of US GAAP
• Professional proficiency with Microsoft Excel
• Organized and detail-oriented, strong analytical/problem-solving ability
• Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team
• Effective interpersonal and time management skills