General Ledger Accountant

Job description

About Tekmetric

Tekmetric is a cloud-based auto-repair shop management system with an easy-to-use workflow and a modern approach to customer care. Tekmetric champions transparency, integrity, innovation—and above all—a service-mentality that puts customers first.

Founded in Houston, Texas in 2015, Tekmetric has been providing reliable, fast customer service to shops from day one. Our team is growing quickly, but our service philosophy of listening to customers still remains a core value.

We’re looking for hungry candidates to help us strengthen our industry-leading team. We’re building our software to be more intuitive. We’re building more integrations that make our customers’ lives easier. We’re building better internal processes to make our globally distributed organization run more smoothly. We’re building stronger relationships with the best and brightest partners in our industry.

Our customers love our products. We love serving them. And we love the journey we’re on together.

Come build with us!

What You’ll Do

In Tekmetric’s high-growth organization, the General Ledger Accountant role will provide vital support in multi-entity accounting and reporting.  In this role, you will work hand-in-hand with the Accounting team and Leadership to perform complex accounting work through month and quarter-end close processes, assist in delivery of consolidated entity reporting, and maintain the integrity of the general ledger.  This role will report to the Head of Accounting.

You will be responsible for:

• Ensure compliance with GAAP and SaaS accounting standards, particularly in a multi-entity environment, by applying proper accounting policies and principles.
• Develop a deep understanding of the company’s business operations and their impact on month-end accounting processes, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate accruals and financial reporting.
• Lead and support the month-end close process, ensuring timely, accurate, and efficient financial reporting.
• Reconcile complex accounts, including intercompany transactions and subsidiary ledgers, while maintaining a strong grasp of accrual accounting and its financial impact.
• Manage multi-entity reporting, including consolidations and eliminations, ensuring accuracy across all entities.
• Partner with FP&A to ensure alignment between financial statements and forecasts, providing flux analysis and insightful financial narratives that explain business trends and variances.
• Support and drive process improvements to enhance financial operations, automation, and efficiency as the company scales.
• Assist in evaluating, designing, and implementing process enhancements, ensuring financial and operational workflows evolve to meet the demands of a high-growth SaaS environment.
• Contribute to special projects, including M&A activity, financial research, decision support, and ad hoc strategic initiatives.
• Support external audits by preparing and providing required documentation, reconciliations, and analysis.

What You’ll Bring

• BA/BS degree in Accounting, CPA is preferred
• 5-8 years progressive finance experience with advance understanding of GAAP and grasp of financial statements
• Strong experience with multi-entity accounting, reporting and consolidations required
• Relentless attention to detail, the ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and adapting to new challenges.
• Ability to self-start and self-direct work in an unstructured environment; comfortable dealing with ambiguity and defining the agenda
• Proficiency in ERP software, preferably NetSuite, and Excel (i.e. LOOKUPs, Data tables, pivot tables, etc.) required
• Strong written and oral communication skills

Required Experience:

• Proficiency in NetSuite, including modules like GL, AP, AR, and reporting tools
• Experience with multi-entity accounting and consolidated financial reporting
• Accrual accounting knowledge, especially for SaaS business models (e.g., prepaid expenses, deferred revenue)
• Advanced Excel skills (e.g., pivot tables, lookups, reconciliation templates)
• Proclivity for system integrations and process optimization

Who You Are

Successful candidates will also demonstrate many of the characteristics that our core values represent:

• Build things that matter:

  • You have a love of building something new or improving on current processes and care about making a positive difference.

• We’re all entrepreneurs:

  • You love learning new things and are comfortable working in a startup-like, dynamic environment – moving quickly, even in the face of ambiguity. You are a self-directed leader who can jump in, structure their own work, and figure out how best to execute a plan yourself and with others. At Tekmetric our leaders are all players and coaches.

• Yes before no:

  • You keep an open mind and are excited about new ideas and helping others actualize their ideas. You are intellectually curious and analytical in a strategic context.

• We matter to each other:

  • You care about people and see the success of one is success for us all. You are a highly ethical individual with unquestioned integrity and the experience, confidence, and stature to protect confidential information in a growing company.

What We Offer:

Healthcare Insurance and Leave:

• Flexible and remote work opportunities
• Generous PTO
• Exceptional leave programs for all of life’s moments: maternity, paternity and parental bonding, as well as medical leave to care for yourself or loved ones
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage

Financial Benefits:

• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a 6% Match
• Employer covered STD, LTD, Life and AD&D Insurance Programs
• Up to $60 monthly for wellness expenses and activities
• Education Assistance- includes undergraduate/graduate courses and continuing education

Most importantly, we have a stellar team of coworkers, a really cool office, and lots of fun activities!

Tekmetric is an equal opportunity employer. We hire hard working individuals, regardless of gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We know that when our employees feel appreciated and included, they can be more creative, innovative and successful.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.