Staff Accountant

Keystone is a high-growth, premier consulting firm that delivers extremely novel solutions to the world’s most challenging strategy, technology, and economics problems.

We work with leading companies that are changing the way modern business is done, including Facebook, Nike, Amazon, Zillow, and many others.

We are looking for a client-oriented, motivated individual to join us as our next Staff Accountant.

Keystones headquarters are in New York City and has grown substantially each year.

This position is critical to our continued growth and can be located in either Boston or New York.

You will work directly with the rest of the Accounting and Finance team, as well as the broader Keystone organization, to ensure that we are doing our best every day to serve our clients.

You will have broad exposure within the organization and will be in a position with significant growth opportunity.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented and excited to learn new things.

If you have an entrepreneurial drive, positive energy, a willingness to pitch in wherever needed, and a desire to be an integral part of a fantastic team, this is the right opportunity for you. 

Some of your responsibilities will include: 

General Accounting

• Monitor the accounting inbox, responding to inquiries from vendors, clients, and internal stakeholders
• Perform accounting tasks as-needed, including running reports from the accounting system, reviewing variances, and generally supporting the broader accounting team
• Assist with month-end and year-end close processes
• Accounts payable
• Prepare semi-monthly check runs, ensuring invoices are approved, accurately entered into the system, and ready for payment before the check run
• Track all contractor invoices for timely submission and approval
• Review and approve employee expense reports
• Invoicing:
• Work with our client service teams to draft and review client invoices 
• Ensure timely completion of invoices and submission to clients
• Accounts receivable:
• Work with client finance and accounting teams to ensure we are set up in their billing systems
• Track receivables, working with customers to ensure timely receipt of payment

Desired skills & experience

• Successful: track record of exceeding expectations in your previous work and/or educational experiences.

  At least one year of work experience required.

• Organized: highly organized with a strong attention to detail
• Creative: innovative problem-solving skills
• Collaborative: experience working well in teams
• Self-Starter: demonstrated a “can-do” attitude in tackling a difficult challenge
• Technical: Accounting knowledge (experience or undergraduate degree, CPA not required), experience with Netsuite and Looker is a plus