Senior Accountant
Are you ready to own a core accounting process, play a lead role in month-end close, and exercise independent judgment?
About the role
At Spotlight, it’s our mission to craft and sustain a successful Influence Orchestration program for our clients. The Senior Accountant supports that mission as the owner of full-cycle Accounts Payable and by playing a lead role in month-end close.
This position is well suited to someone who can work independently, exercise sound judgment on accrual-basis accounting, and take ownership of a growing set of close responsibilities without close supervision.
Your Responsibilities
Accounts Payable
Facilitate bill entry, approval routing, and payment tracking
Review, post, and reconcile all corporate card expenses
Verify and post employee expense reports; resolve employee issues
Review, post, and reconcile relevant bank transactions
Maintain and reconcile various balance sheet subledgers
Ad hoc reporting as required
Month-End Closing Tasks
Execute required entries for accrual basis reporting (enter accruals, prepare and post prepaid and amortized expenses)
Prepare salary/wage accrual and reversal entries, and bonus accrual entries
Prepare cost allocation entries
Support revenue recognition analysis as a contributor, escalating judgment calls to the Controller
Support review of financial statements for accuracy
Annual Tasks
1099 reporting
Support A/P functions of financial audit
Other
Additional projects and duties as assigned
Desired Skills and Experience
Required
3+ years of experience in accounts payable, general ledger accounting, or a combined accounting role
Demonstrated ability to own month-end close tasks (accruals, reconciliations) independently
Working knowledge of GAAP accrual-basis accounting
Experience with cloud-based AP platforms (BILL, Ramp, or equivalents)
Comfortable owning close tasks independently with minimal supervision
Strong organizational habits and clean documentation practices
Nice to Have
NetSuite experience
Exposure to multi-entity or multi-subsidiary accounting
Experience supporting revenue recognition or subscription billing analysis
Details
Start Date: October 2026
Work style: Hybrid
We are a fun, smart, growing firm based in Kansas City’s Crossroads neighborhood — and a consistent recipient of the KC Business Journal’s Best Places to Work award. Learn more at spotlight-io.com
Spotlight is an equal opportunity employer. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
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About Spotlight
Spotlight is a B2B consultancy that helps enterprise technology companies shape how the people who matter most to their business — analysts, customers, and key communities — perceive and talk about them. We call this influence orchestration.
Our work spans analyst relations, customer engagement, influencer relations, and AI influence, partnering with ambitious software and digital companies to build the kind of market credibility that drives real growth.