Staff Accountant

Instawork's goal is to be the essential hiring engine for all businesses that support an hourly workforce.  We create flexible opportunities for workers to earn additional income, build new skills, and even test out new employers prior to accepting full-time positions.  Our on-demand staffing app allows warehouse, distribution, and other supply chain employers to connect with local skilled pros looking to take on additional shifts.  The Light Industrial staffing is an antiquated $70 billion dollar market opportunity that is primed for disruption.  Our technology allows for better matching between workers and employers and a world-class dispatching solution to ensure hiring targets far exceed the status quo. 

Instawork delights thousands of businesses across the country.  We’ve been fortunate to be funded by some of the greatest investors in Silicon Valley: Benchmark (Bill Gurley), Y Combinator, Spark Capital, Google Ventures, among many more. Leveraging our accelerated growth, we will continue to expand throughout the US and globally in order to revolutionize the labor market.

Instawork is seeking a Staff accountant to join our fast-growing team in the San Francisco, CA area. This individual will lead our billing, accounts receivable and cash collection process within the Finance & Accounting function and will, among other activities, interact daily with our sales and Account Management teams over customized partner invoicing needs, perform follow up with partners with outstanding balances and apply an analytical mindset to drive greater efficiencies within the process.

We are looking for someone that excels in communicating with cross functional groups and with our valued partners to create an all-around positive user experience. We are looking for someone who is both intellectually curious and personable, as well as excited at the opportunity to drive the company forward by tackling some of its most important challenges.

You will have the unique opportunity to learn our business through the lens of accounts receivable while working with individuals with different and unique skillsets in the fast-paced and exciting start up environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the billing and cash collection function to ensure the timely and accurate processing and collection of partner invoices and any adjustments
• Communicate with our Sales and Account Management teams over unique invoicing requirements as well as invoice set up in our administration system
• Resolve outstanding customer balances, review aging, and make timely calls/emails with partners with delinquent balances
• Analyze and resolve billing issues to improve billing integrity including long-tail accounts receivable investigation and follow up
• Compile and analyze financial information to improve and create efficiencies in the billing and cash collection process
• Perform accounts payable and corporate credit card reconciliations, accounts payable aging, and execute employee expense reimbursements
• Assist the team in platform improvement initiatives that integrate with the billing process
• Maintain and prepare various billing reconciliations
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations
• Assist with monthly, quarterly and year-end close cycles
• Maintain and update department process documentation
• Provide further finance and accounting assistance where needed
• Provide audit support as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required
• 1-2 years experience required
• Demonstrate an excellent ability to communicate with cross functions of the Company as well as external partners to create a positive user experience for our partners
• Outstanding project management, communication, and organizational skills
• Ability to work well with members of our team as well as others within the organization through positive collaboration
• Drive and willingness to exceed expectations with a strong work ethic
• Highly organized and can track and consistently follow up on multiple items independently over time
• Passion for Instawork and a strong motivation to have a positive impact on the business
• Display a strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel through the tracking and analyzing of accounts receivable balances
• Display strong analytical skills, and able to work independently through problems in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities

Instawork Values:

Bias for Action --We practice high-velocity decision-making, despite encountering ambiguity frequently.

Act Like an Owner -- We have a strong ownership mentality, because of this, we work smart, hard, and long. Every person on the team has the potential to have a large impact.

Always Be Learning -- We learn rapidly and eagerly, from different teams within and outside the company. Respectful debate makes our organization stronger

Empathy, Trust, Candor -- Being empathetic to our users and each other helps build trust in our community and company and fosters successful decision-making.