Staff Accountant - Payroll

About the role:

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, hands-on individual to join our team as a Staff Accountant. This opportunity requires an experienced individual with an accounting background, high attention to detail, excellent problem-solving abilities, and an enthusiastic attitude. Candidates must have the ability to juggle multiple tasks and priorities, thrive in a highly driven environment, enjoy learning new skills, procedures, and systems, and have an overall desire to contribute to company growth. This is a collaborative role working closely with Payroll, Equity, Accounting and Corporate FP&A teams. The role is focused on payroll and equity related transactions therefore requires a detail oriented person with a high level of discretion managing confidential compensation data. The role reports into the Global Payroll and Equity organization, which is within the Corporate Accounting function at Samsara.

This role is open to applicants residing in Canada or the US, excluding the San Francisco Bay Area (125 mi. radius from 1 De Haro St, San Francisco) and NYC Metro Area (50 mi. radius from 131 W 55th St, New York).

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won’t be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.
• You’re energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-caliber team that will encourage you to do your best. 

Click here to learn about what we value at Samsara. 

In this role, you will:

• Perform month end close activities in accordance with Samsara policies and US GAAP
• Maintain and reconcile balance sheet accounts
• Prepare payroll JEs and related account reconciliations
• Participate in new benefits rollouts to ensure proper setups for accounting and reporting
• Work closely with Payroll to ensure proper payroll accounting setup for new entity rollouts
• Drive process improvements within payroll accounting and any upstream/downstream processes
• Provides reporting to our Strategic Finance team on monthly Payroll results and reporting
• Participate in ad hoc projects as needed
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices

Minimum requirements for this role:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in accounting
• CPA or interest in obtaining CPA
• 3+ years relevant accounting experience. Public accounting experience preferred
• Excellent analytical, technical and auditing skills 
• Experience working under strict deadlines and ensuring compliance with company policies
• Must be a fast learner, multi-tasker with a strong desire to learn and a ‘can do’ attitude
• Able to work with high volume of transactions in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of operational accounting processes
• Must be able to collaborate and communicate effectively
• Experience with NetSuite and intermediate Excel skills strongly preferred
• Critical thinker, able to implement scalable processes
• Strong organization skills with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through