Sr. Accountant

BrightEdge is a leading SEO, search, and brand visibility platform helping companies understand how their digital presence drives real business results. Founded in 2007, we’re trusted by thousands of organizations across more than 80 countries, including brands like Microsoft and Visa. Our platform combines powerful data with AI-driven insights to help customers plan, optimize, and measure their digital marketing strategies and understand how their brand is showing up across an evolving search landscape.

What sets BrightEdge apart is our people. With 400+ employees across 7 global offices, we foster a collaborative, curious, and supportive environment where smart ideas are encouraged, and impact is visible. If you enjoy solving meaningful problems, working with data and technology, learning new things, and helping shape the future of digital marketing, BrightEdge is a great place to build your career.

BrightEdge is hiring a Senior Accountant to own our procure-to-pay (PTP) process end to end, from purchasing and AP through T&E, accruals, and the resulting GL impact. This is a hands-on role in our Chicago finance team, reporting directly to the Controller.

BrightEdge Technologies is a SaaS company headquartered in San Mateo, California. This position is based in Chicago and is in the office five days a week. You will manage one offshore team member who focuses on T&E and also supports AP.

• Own the PTP cycle: Manage purchasing, PO processing, vendor invoices, AP, payment runs, and vendor relationships.

• Oversee T&E: Review employee reimbursements and corporate card transactions for policy compliance, supporting documentation, and accurate GL and department coding; direct offshore support and submit transactions for Controller approval.

• Maintain reconciliations: Ensure accurate, supportable bank and credit card reconciliations.

• Leverage AI and automation: Improve the efficiency, accuracy, and controls of PTP workflows.

• Support monthly close: Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, calculate and post accruals, and provide supporting schedules and documentation.

• Analyze financial results: Perform monthly income statement variance analysis, investigate fluctuations, and document key drivers.

• Manage intercompany accounting: Prepare and post journal entries across domestic and international subsidiaries in NetSuite, ensuring accurate balances and accounting treatment.

• Support cross-border transactions: Apply working knowledge of foreign currency and intercompany AP accounting.

• Provide billing support: Serve as backup for billing and collections.

• Document processes: Build and maintain clear documentation to ensure continuity, coverage, and effective handoffs.

• Education: Accounting degree or equivalent accounting education.

• Experience: 4+ years of hands-on accounting experience, including AP and month-end close.

• Accounting knowledge: Working knowledge of US GAAP, accruals, and account reconciliations.

• Systems: Hands-on NetSuite experience and proficiency in Excel.

• AI adoption: Regular use of AI tools, with examples of improving efficiency, accuracy, or processes.

• In-office commitment: Ability to work onsite in our Chicago office five days a week.

• Communication: Ability to work effectively with vendors, budget owners, and offshore teammates across time zones.

• Salesforce: Experience working in Salesforce.

• Expense management: Experience administering expense or spend management systems.

• Process improvement: Experience implementing finance systems, workflows, or policies.

• Industry experience: Background in SaaS or high-growth technology companies.