Junior Accountant

About Sezzle:

With a mission to financially empower the next generation, Sezzle is revolutionizing the shopping experience beyond payments, blending cutting-edge tech with seamless, interest-free installment plans that make shopping smarter and more accessible. We're not just transforming payments; we're redefining how people discover, interact with, and purchase the things they love while driving real impact on merchant sales through increased conversions and higher order values. As we continue to shape the future of fintech and retail, we're building an innovative, dynamic team passionate about creating more than just a transaction but a truly unique shopping journey. If you're excited about pushing boundaries in tech and delivering a game-changing experience for consumers and merchants alike, come join us at Sezzle and help create the future of shopping

About the Role:

We are seeking a talented and motivated Junior Accountant who is best in class with a high IQ plus a high EQ. This role presents an exciting opportunity to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment within a rapidly growing team, with abundant prospects for career advancement.

Our Junior Accountant will be responsible for our day-to-day accounting function, primarily focused on ensuring the books and records of Sezzle are completely and accurately maintained while executing and maintaining a robust controls environment. This individual will work closely with colleagues both within and outside of the Finance department. Our ideal candidate is someone with 1-3 years' experience with excellent technical and communication skills that aid in the process to quickly understand, document, and account for the Company's evolving business processes.

What You'll Do:

• Preparation and booking of the Company's monthly financial close and related reporting activities, ensuring adherence to US GAAP
• Perform bookings of required daily entries such as cash movement, shopper receivables, merchant payables and corporate expense transactions
• Adhere to and document proper controls over the Company's significant business processes
• Compile financial information for external auditors
• Support the overall Finance function with ad hoc reporting and projects, as needed

What We Look For:

• 1-3 years of experience in a public company corporate accounting role
• Bachelor's degree in accounting
• Knowledge of US GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley and ability to provide this knowledge to situations where procedures may not be defined
• CPA preferred, not required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong analytical, operational, organizational, technical, management and problem-solving skills
• Ability to multitask and manage priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Works well in a team environment
• Excellent communicator
• Comfortable working with ambiguity

About You:

• You have relentlessly high standards - many people may think your standards are unreasonably high. You are continually raising the bar and driving those around you to deliver great results. You make sure that defects do not get sent down the line and that problems are fixed so they stay fixed.
• You're not bound by convention - your success—and much of the fun—lies in developing new ways to do things
• You need action - speed matters in business. Many decisions and actions are reversible and do not need extensive study. We value calculated risk-taking.
• You earn trust - you listen attentively, speak candidly, and treat others respectfully.
• You have backbone; disagree, then commit - you can respectfully challenge decisions when you disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting. You have conviction and are tenacious. You do not compromise for the sake of social cohesion. Once a decision is determined, you commit wholly.
• You deliver results - you focus on the key inputs and deliver them with the right quality and in a timely fashion. Despite setbacks, you rise to the occasion and never settle.

What Makes Working at Sezzle Awesome:

At Sezzle, we are more than just brilliant engineers, passionate data enthusiasts, out-of-the-box thinkers, and determined innovators. We believe in surrounding ourselves with only the best and the brightest individuals. Our culture is not defined by a certain set of perks designed to give the illusion of the traditional startup culture, but rather, it is the visible example living in every employee that we hire.