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Salary: USD 120,000 - 130,000 / annual
Scratch Financial is a late-stage venture-backed fintech company based in Pasadena, California, serving as the payment partner for veterinary practices. The company operates two main products: Scratch Pay (point-of-sale lending including BNPL and payment plans) and Scratch Checkout (integrated payment processing). With 17,000+ partner practices across the US and Canada, Scratch is the fastest-growing financing provider in veterinary care.
As Senior Staff Accountant, you will be a core partner to the Director of Accounting/Controller, primarily supporting daily, weekly, and monthly accounting and reconciliation for the payments processing business while also supporting month-end close tasks across the entire organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Pull and analyze transactions from BigQuery database, transform data in Google Sheets/Excel, and import entries into QuickBooks Online for the payments processing business
- Calculate, run, and analyze monthly billing for payments processing, including AR tracking and timely payment entry into QuickBooks Online
- Reconcile payments processing activity by clinic and clinic consolidators monthly, analyzing discrepancies and working with Product and Revenue Teams to resolve differences
- Own defined month-end close tasks including journal entries, accruals, and required schedules
- Support month-end close for the lending business, including journal entries and account reconciliations; serve as backup for daily and monthly lending reporting
- Assist in preparing audit schedules and provide support for annual and other financial audits
- Execute special projects as assigned by the Director of Accounting/Controller
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- Working knowledge of US GAAP and accrual accounting
- Hands-on experience with month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations
- Advanced Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, and working with large transaction files
- Proficiency in Google Workspace, especially Google Sheets, Docs, and Drive
- High attention to detail
Nice to Have:
- Experience with QuickBooks Online (Advanced preferred), including bulk journal entry and transaction imports
- Ability to write and run queries in Google BigQuery or similar SQL tools
- Experience in payments, merchant services, fintech, or lending
- Exposure to multi-currency accounting or Canadian operations
- Experience with loan servicing platforms such as LoanPro
- Experience with Stripe or related platforms
- CPA or progress toward CPA certification
