Accountant - Contract

Job description

Aperia is unlocking a new era of efficiency and sustainability for commercial vehicle fleets, by developing innovative hardware and data analytics solutions. Inventors of the award- winning and disruptive Halotm Automatic Tire Inflator, and the cloud delivered Halo Connect tire analytics platform. Aperia saves fleets thousands of hours of down-time every week, reduces the carbon footprint and environmental impact of the freight industry. Join us as we expand our product offering and take the next steps on our journey toward bringing the "backbone of our economy" into the automation age. **This role is a Contract through a Aperia Technologies Inc,** **We are unable to sponsor H-1B visas or other employment-based visas for this position at this time** **Your Role** As an Accountant you will be responsible for supporting the end-to-end accounting close process, including account analysis, reconciliations, payroll, and financial reporting. This role ensures accuracy in general ledger, compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and timely completion of month-end deliverables. **This contract (30-40 hours/week) position is onsite in Hayward, CA** **Your Responsibilities** - Execute month-end and year-end close activities by preparing journal entries, accruals, and depreciation expense entries to enable a timely and accurate financial close. - Maintain the fixed asset sub-ledger by recording additions, disposals, and depreciation, and reconciling balance to the general ledger to support accurate capital project reporting. - Timely and accurately record cash applications of customer payments. - Support revenue accounting with booking of revenue transactions as needed. - Support inventory accounting by partnering with the Aperia Operations Team to record transactions, investigate variances, and maintain accurate inventory balances. - Prepare account reconciliations and analyses by investigating variances and documenting adjustments to maintain financial accuracy and audit readiness. - Maintain accuracy in the general ledger and chart of accounts by reviewing coding, correcting misclassifications, and supporting hierarchy and scalability as the business grows. - Push to completion ongoing project invoicing the cleanup of deferred revenue and revenue recognition reporting. **Skills/Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or related - 5+ years of progressive accounting experience. - Working knowledge of GAAP and standard accounting procedures, specifically understanding of ASC 606. - Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to meet close deadlines. - Experience with ERP systems (Netsuite). \*The Pay Range for this role is $29-33 per hour.