Staff Accountant

Mobiz · United States · posted today ago

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About this role

Employment Type

Fully remote - any US state
Direct, full-time employment with Mobiz IT, Inc.
Third-party agency submissions are not accepted.

Role Summary

The Staff Accountant owns the recurring transactional accounting and reconciliation work that drives Mobiz’s monthly close, performed end-to-end in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. This is an ownership role, not a support role: you prepare and reconcile; you don’t just assist.

Mobiz is a global IT consulting and Microsoft licensing firm operating across multiple legal entities and currencies. Revenue and costs are tracked dimensionally — every customer is a department, every engagement is a project code — so accurate coding on every entry is essential to reliable customer and project profitability reporting.

What You’ll Own

Month-End Close and Journal Entries

Prepare and post the recurring close journal entries: revenue deferrals on multi-month and annual license contracts, expense accruals, prior-month accrual reversals, and prepaid amortization.
Prepare vendor rebate allocation entries and distribute rebate income to the correct customer departments.
Code every entry with the full dimension set — department, project, and site — and attach supporting documentation in Business Central before submitting.
Route all entries to the Controller for approval before posting; maintain the approved-entry archive in SharePoint.
Track close tasks against the published close calendar and flag at-risk items early. Reducing close cycle time is an explicit goal of this role.

Reconciliations

Reconcile operating bank accounts, corporate credit cards, brokerage accounts, and the line of credit monthly, moving toward a weekly continuous-reconciliation cadence.
Validate direct bank feeds into Business Central against source statement exports and resolve sync gaps.
Create correcting entries for unrecorded items — fees, interest, and timing differences — and clear each account to a zero difference before posting.
Reconcile AR and AP aging to the balance sheet, and reconcile prepaid, accrual, and deferred revenue accounts each month.

Multi-Entity and Intercompany

Prepare intercompany cross-charge entries between Mobiz entities on the close schedule, referencing the governing agreement in each entry description.
Reconcile due-to / due-from balances and resolve imbalances before period close.
Support foreign-currency transactions and translation at approved rates.

Cost Allocation and Customer Profitability

Own the monthly payroll allocation: pull time data from ServiceNow, run it through the allocation model, and reallocate wages and payroll taxes from administrative accounts to the customer departments and COGS accounts that earned them.
Validate that total allocated equals total payroll before submitting the entry.
Maintain separation of billable and non-billable cost so gross margin by customer stays accurate.

Reporting and Analysis

Produce monthly P&L by department and prepare variance analysis comparing the current month to the prior three months, investigating and documenting every variance above 5%.
Analyze gross margin by customer and surface trends and anomalies to the Controller.
Validate the reporting package before distribution: active client dimensions, department mappings, zero gross profit on corporate departments, and a balance sheet that nets to zero.
Assist with budgeting and forecasting by compiling actuals and identifying trends.

Tax and Compliance Support

Prepare and file sales and use tax returns; monitor economic nexus thresholds and register in new jurisdictions as they are met.
Assemble schedules and supporting records for the external CPA firm for federal, state, and local filings.
Track filing deadlines and maintain the record of submissions and advisor correspondence.
Provide documentation and reconciliations for audits and due diligence requests.

Controls and Continuous Improvement

Follow established internal controls, approval thresholds, and documentation standards without exception.
Document procedures and identify automation candidates in Business Central and Power Automate that remove manual steps from the close.

Business Central Requirements

Direct, hands-on experience with Dynamics 365 Business Central is required. You should be able to work independently in:

General journals, batch import of journal entries, and posting.
Bank Account Reconciliation and Payment Reconciliation Journals under Cash Management.
Dimensions and dimension values — assigning, correcting, and filtering by them.
Chart of accounts navigation and financial report / account schedule export to Excel.
Standard financial statements: trial balance, P&L, and balance sheet with dimension filters.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
Minimum 4 years of progressive accounting experience, including ownership of month-end close tasks.
Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, including revenue recognition for subscription and multi-period contracts, accruals, and deferrals.
Minimum of 2 years of hands-on Dynamics 365 Business Central experience as described above.
Demonstrated accuracy under deadline, with the judgment to escalate rather than assume.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in IT services, consulting, software resale, or another project-based business.
Multi-entity, multi-currency, or intercompany accounting experience.
Exposure to ServiceNow, Power BI, Power Automate, or Power Query.
CPA candidate or actively pursuing licensure.

Success in the Role

30 days — Independently reconcile assigned bank and credit card accounts and post approved recurring entries.
60 days — Own payroll allocation and intercompany cross-charge entries end-to-end.
90 days — Deliver monthly variance analysis with documented explanations and identify at least one opportunity to improve the close cycle.