Senior Accountant

Paystand is on a mission to rebuild the financial system — making business payments open, fair, and decentralized. As one of the fastest-growing B2B fintech innovators, we're transforming how money moves between businesses by replacing outdated, fee-based systems with a blockchain-enabled, cashless network that rewards efficiency and transparency.

Following the acquisitions of Teampay and Yaydoo, Paystand is integrating into one global fintech platform — connecting North America and Latin America under a unified vision for decentralized finance and commercial payments. We're scaling fast and preparing for our next major milestone: IPO readiness and beyond.

The Senior Accountant is responsible for maintaining the General Ledger (GL), performing month-end close activities, and preparing financial reports. This role requires a high degree of accuracy, strong analytical skills, and proactive communication across English- and Spanish-speaking teams.

Beyond core accounting expertise, this role is ideal for someone who is genuinely excited about using AI and automation to improve financial workflows — whether that means building smarter reconciliation processes, automating routine reporting, or finding new ways to surface insights faster.

• Perform full-cycle accounting including monthly, quarterly, and year-end close activities.
• Prepare financial statements and provide data-driven insights to senior leadership.
• Proactively identify opportunities to streamline and automate close processes using AI tools.

• Prepare and review complex journal entries and perform bank, credit card, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Leverage automation and AI-assisted workflows to improve accuracy and speed of reconciliation cycles.

• Oversee high-volume AP/AR, ensure accurate vendor payments, and manage invoicing.

• Ensure compliance with GAAP and assist with tax filings (1099s, CA tax regulations).
• Maintain internal control procedures and coordinate with external auditors.

• Perform variance analysis and deliver actionable financial insights.
• Use AI and data tools to build smarter, faster reporting pipelines.

• Act as a liaison with Spanish-speaking internal teams and Mexico-based counterparts to clarify accounting issues and financial data.

• Mentor or review the work of junior accounting staff.
• Champion AI adoption within the team — share tools, workflows, and best practices.

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience: 3–5+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in a senior or lead role.
• Languages: Professional working proficiency in Spanish (required for Mexico-based team communication).
• Technical Skills: Deep knowledge of GAAP; CPA or equivalent certification is a plus.
• Software: Advanced MS Excel (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables); experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, QuickBooks, Sage).
• AI & Automation: Demonstrated experience using AI tools, APIs, or automation platforms to improve accounting or finance workflows. This could include building automated reports, using AI for data analysis, integrating tools via API, or designing no-code/low-code solutions.

At Paystand, AI fluency is a real part of how we work — and it comes up in our interview process, including at the executive level. We're not looking for engineers, but we do want people who:

• Have actively used AI tools (beyond basic chat) to solve real work problems.
• Have built or contributed to automation workflows, prompt-based pipelines, or API integrations.
• Are curious, experimental, and eager to keep learning as AI capabilities evolve.
• Can speak concretely about how they've used AI to save time, reduce errors, or unlock new insight.

If you've automated a reconciliation, built a GPT workflow for month-end prep, connected a tool via API, or even just systematically explored what AI can do for finance — we want to hear about it.

• Attention to Detail: High accuracy in complex financial data.
• Independent Judgment: Comfortable working with limited supervision.
• Interpersonal Skills: Collaborative in a small, fast-moving team environment.
• Process Improvement: Constantly looks for smarter, faster, and more automated ways to work.
• Big Picture Thinking: Connects day-to-day accounting work to broader business and strategic goals.
• Customer-First Attitude: Treats business partners with care, responsiveness, and professionalism.
• AI Curiosity: Proactively explores and applies new tools to improve financial operations.