Pie's mission is to empower small businesses to thrive by making commercial insurance affordable and as easy as pie. We leverage technology to transform how small businesses buy and experience commercial insurance.
Like our small business customers, we are a diverse team of builders, dreamers, and entrepreneurs who are driven by core values and operating principles that guide every decision we make.
Working with the Accounting Manager and supporting our Controllers, you’ll be a part of building out our accounting function, helping to implement new financial systems, developing processes and procedures, and owning the financial statements. You’ll be primarily responsible for handling Pie’s accounting operations with a roll-up-your-sleeves approach. You’ll interface with fellow Pie-oneers, vendors, partners and related parties while being accountable for accurate and timely completion of all assigned tasks. You’ll also have valuable opportunities to help improve existing accounting processes, develop new accounting procedures, implement new financial systems, and take ownership of the company’s financial statements.
This role has the option to be hybrid or remote. Hybrid work locations provide team members with the flexibility of working partially from our Denver or DC office and from home. Remote team members must live and work in the United States* (*territories excluded), and have access to reliable, high-speed internet.
How You’ll Do It
- Participate in the monthly accounting close process. Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and variance analyses in accordance with U.S. GAAP and internal company policies. Deliver accurate information on time.
- Improve existing accounting processes wherever possible with a special focus on effective internal controls.
- Support year-end financial statement audit and quarterly reviews.
- Partner with the Finance team to analyze historical results and improve information quality.
- Support key accounts payable activities, including vendor maintenance and invoice processing. Drive timely and accurate vendor payments.
- Participate in larger projects around (a) automation, (b) system implementation, modification and integration and (c) implementation of best practices to drive efficiency in the accounting department.
- Assist in the preparation of monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements and footnotes.
- Maintain as well as improve the workpapers and process utilized to close specific accounts over which you will have ownership.
- Assist with ad hoc projects and requests as needed.
- Support other internal teams with their accounting-related, operational needs.
- Mentor accounting staff.
The Right Stuff
- 4-5 years of relevant accounting experience is required. Prior experience in both public accounting (ex: Big 4) and industry strongly preferred.
- Active CPA or currently pursuing certification is highly preferred.
- B.A./B.S. in Accounting or Finance is required.
- Proficiency in U.S. GAAP.
- Ability to apply technical accounting knowledge to real-world business transactions.
- Ability to develop, implement and document effective internal controls.
- Skilled at thorough and accurate documentation of work performed
- Self-starter and self-motivated to work independently and adapt within a fast-paced environment.
- Organized, detail-oriented and deadline-driven.
- Ability to learn reasonably complex responsibilities quickly and then to assume ownership.
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional team members.
- Strong communication skills of all types.
- Strong Excel skills and ability to work with large data sets
Base Compensation Range
$90,000—$115,000 USD
- Competitive cash compensation
- A piece of the pie (in the form of equity)
- Comprehensive health plans
- Generous PTO
- Future focused 401k match
- Generous parental and caregiver leave
- Our core values are more than just a poster on the wall; they’re tangibly reflected in our work
Our goal is to make all aspects of working with us as easy as pie. That includes our offer process. When we’ve identified a talented individual who we’d like to be a Pie-oneer , we work hard to present an equitable and fair offer. We look at the candidate’s knowledge, skills, and experience, along with their compensation expectations and align that with our company equity processes to determine our offer ranges.
Each year Pie reviews company performance and may grant discretionary bonuses to eligible team members.
Location Information
Unless otherwise specified, this role has the option to be hybrid or remote. Hybrid work locations provide team members with the flexibility of working partially from our Denver office and from home. Remote team members must live and work in the United States* (*territories excluded), and have access to reliable, high-speed internet.
Additional Information
Pie Insurance is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, citizenship, or other protected characteristic.
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What We Do
Pie's mission is to empower small businesses to thrive by making commercial insurance affordable and as easy as pie.
We leverage technology to transform how small businesses buy and experience commercial insurance. Our intense focus on granular, sophisticated pricing and data-driven customer segmentation allows us to match price with risk accurately across a broad spectrum of small business types.
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Employees work remotely.
As a remote first company, Pie supports our Pie-oneers in working in a U.S. location that’s best for them. Our Denver, CO office is available for larger team events and is open for local employees to use whenever they want.