Accountant - Highwire

Highwire is the Contractor Success Platform for asset owners, general contractors, and facilities managers. The world's most admired organizations — including Skanska, Merck, and Bond Brothers — use Highwire to ensure their contractors and subcontractors deliver great work, on budget and on schedule, by collaborating with them to dynamically mitigate safety, financial, quality, and sustainability risks during capital projects and facilities maintenance. In 2021, Highwire raised a $96 million investment led by the growth equity firm Summit Partners. Highwire is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, with a second office in Boise, ID.

Your mission:

As an Accountant at Highwire, you're not just crunching numbers or processing A/P—you're safeguarding the accuracy and integrity of our financial data. By ensuring reliable reporting, supporting GAAP compliance, and delivering insights that drive smart business decisions, you'll be an essential part of Highwire's growth.

What you"ll do:

• Keep our ledger in line. You'll maintain and update ledger records, tracking down discrepancies to keep our financial data sharp, accurate, and always ready for action.
• Support the month-end close. You'll help prepare reconciliations and verify transaction data, ensuring everything is to deliver rock-solid monthly financials.
• Be audit and tax-ready. Working closely with the Senior Finance Manager, you'll organize and maintain records to keep audits and tax filings running smoothly and stress-free.
• Make sense of the numbers. You'll analyze data to spot trends and variances, helping Highwire stay ahead of the curve with financial insights that guide our next steps.

Who you are:

• Analytical and detail-focused: You're tuned into the numbers, spotting trends and insights that make financial reporting stronger.
• Curious and proactive: You love diving into financial processes, solving complex problems, asking why, and finding ways to improve.
• Organized and reliable: You're the team player who gets things done, prioritizing tasks and never missing a deadline.
• Clear communicator: You can break down complex financial information, tailoring it for different audiences.
• Proficient in accounting software & Excel: You're no stranger to Excel magic—think pivot tables, formulas, and all the shortcuts. Plus, you're tech-savvy and can quickly learn new accounting software (like Quickbooks or Netsuite).

At Highwire, you'll have a chance to make an impact, sharpen your skills, and help us redefine what it means to build a safer, smarter construction industry.

Benefits:

Our benefits go well beyond the basics. To support your work-life integration, we built a benefits program that takes care of the whole person, including physical, mental, financial, and emotional health.

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance. We offer health, dental, and vision insurance to all full-time employees. Best part? You'll be eligible on day one.
• 401k. We offer a 401k and a 3% company contribution (even better than a match) to help you get ready to retire no matter how far off that seems.
• Parental leave. We take care of new parents by offering paid time off for births, adoptions, and fostering.
• Flexible PTO. Our culture of trust and measurement means there's no limit on time off, just an expectation of performance.
• Mentorship. Our office-based culture fosters meaningful learning, growth, and mentorship for our team.

At Highwire, our approach to compensation is simple: we hire exceptional people and pay them well.

The compensation for this role is comprised of a base salary and an annual performance bonus. The total On-Target Earnings (OTE) range is provided below. However, where you land within this range will be determined by several factors, such as your skills, experience, and impact.

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