Senior Accountant

About the Role

We are looking for a highly motivated, hands-on, and collaborative Senior Accountant to help drive financial accounting quality and efficiency in a high-growth environment. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Accounting, you will be responsible for a variety of financial close and reporting activities, while also playing a role in overseeing our inventory tracking.

What You'll Do

• Perform monthly close activities, including preparing and recording journal entries, general ledger reconciliations, and variance analysis.
• Ensure accuracy and adherence to US GAAP and company policies for all assigned accounting areas and monthly close activities.
• Lead inventory accounting initiatives, including perpetual-to-general-ledger reconciliations, calculating Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), landed costs, and resolving standard cost variances.
• Partner closely with Operations and Supply Chain to coordinate periodic physical inventory counts and cycle count programs across internal warehouses and 3PL locations.
• Prepare periodic and ad hoc financial reporting, conduct financial analysis, and explain trends or relationships on the financial statements.
• Ensure compliance with SOX 404 key controls, analyze reserves (such as E&O), and assist with internal and external audit requests.
• Support cross-functional initiatives by providing accounting insights, troubleshooting operational issues, and contributing to process improvements that optimize month-end close efficiency.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
• 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience. Experience with inventory/cost accounting is preferred, but not necessary.
• Solid foundation in US GAAP accounting relevant to a hardware and software tech company.
• Familiarity with month-end close processes, account reconciliations, and journal entry preparation.
• Excellent critical thinking, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and timelines effectively.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets is preferred
• Familiarity with major ERP systems (NetSuite preferred).
• Ability to work independently and stay organized in a fast paced environment
• Background in Public Accounting, exposure to Hardware/Distribution is strongly preferred

Employee Benefits

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

• Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
• Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching contributions beginning January 2027
• Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
• Expanded mental health support
• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
• Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
• Professional development stipend
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily
• Commuter benefits
• Hybrid - 4 days in office

Additional Information

You must be independently authorized to work in United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role, at this time.