Among bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks: 31% (high).

Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

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🚀 Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!

Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops.

As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our values and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact.

We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.

💻 Role

The Whatnot Finance team consists of FP&A, Tax, Payroll, and Accounting. The Accounting team is responsible for financial reporting, year-end audits, and accounting operations.

Month-end close: Responsible for assigned monthly GL close tasks, which includes maintaining accurate supporting documentation, posting various journal entries, preparing reconciliations, analytics, and variance explanations. Support close activities across multiple international entities, including intercompany transactions and multi-currency balances

Ensure efficient day-to-day operations: Assist in the creation and management of entity level reporting in Netsuite and day to day finance operational tasks in assigned areas including ongoing process improvement.

Ad Hoc Projects and requests: Support external audit requirements related to specific areas of responsibility, own ad-hoc projects as necessary (ie: process improvements, building SOPs, drafting memos, software implementation, building account reconciliations for new entities)

Cross-functional partnership: Manage assigned projects and collaborate with cross-functional team members within and outside of Finance in delivering impactful, high quality information to our business partners

We offer flexibility to work from home or from one of our global office hubs, and we value in-person time for planning, problem-solving, and connection. Team members in this role must live within commuting distance of our San Francisco, New York City, or Los Angeles hubs.

👋 You

People who do well at Whatnot tend to be comfortable figuring things out as they go, biased toward action, and genuinely curious about what they're building. They care more about outcomes than credit and stay close to the product and the people using it.

As our next GL Accounting Associate, you should have 2-3+ years of professional accounting experience, preferably a combination of private and public accounting, plus:

BA/BS in Accounting; CPA is desired

Detailed understanding of month-end close processes and thorough US GAAP expertise

Experience in e-commerce/tech industries preferred

Advanced Excel and data transformation skills

Curiosity and willingness to adopt AI tools to improve efficiency and quality of work

Proven ability to succeed in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment while running tight deadlines

Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership, takes initiative to simplify and improve processes

Prior experience with NetSuite, FloQast, ZIP, Gappify, and Workday is a bonus

🎁 Benefits

Generous Holiday and Time off Policy

Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision

Work From Home Support

Home office setup allowance

Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet

Care benefits

Monthly allowance for wellness

Annual allowance towards Childcare

Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses

Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally

Monthly allowance to dogfood the app

All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product. We're passionate about building the best user experience, and all employees are expected to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of their job (our dogfooding budget makes this fun and easy!).

Parental Leave

16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.

Please note: Whatnot will only contact you through official @whatnot.com email addresses. If you see an email impersonating a Whatnot recruiter, please disregard and report it as spam.

💛 EOE

Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.