Palo Alto, California
|Remote
|Contract
|Job ID 72446|Posted Nov 7, 2025Join our dynamic accounting team as a Contract Accountant, where you'll leverage your expertise to enhance documentation quality, ensure compliance, and drive process improvements. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to make a significant impact in a collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
- Review and refine working papers prepared by team members, focusing on commissions, payroll, leases, accruals, and allocations.
- Ensure compliance with SOX controls during month and quarter-end close processes.
- Mentor and guide junior team members on best practices and documentation standards.
- Oversee end-to-end processes for assigned areas, ensuring accuracy and adherence to standards.
- Assist in standardizing processes to enhance efficiency and consistency across accounting functions.
- Collaborate with finance teams to identify and implement process improvements.
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Active CPA certification.
- Over 10 years of progressive accounting experience with a focus on review and mentoring.
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SOX compliance.
- Expertise in ASC 842 Leasing and ASC 340-40 Commissions.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Blackline, and Netsuite.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Leasequery for lease accounting.
- Familiarity with Xactly CEA for commissions accounting.
At Horizontal, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where every team member feels valued and empowered to contribute to our success.
Once you apply for this position, you may receive a phone call, SMS or email at the time of application from our Virtual AI Recruiter, Alex, to conduct an initial interview.We seek to provide employment opportunities to talented, qualified candidates regardless of race, color, sex/gender including gender identity and/or expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under federal, state or local law.
In addition, Horizontal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation in order to complete the application or interview process, please contact us.
All applicants applying must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment.