Senior Accountant

Location: On-site five days per week in McLean, Virginia

Salary: $90,000–$115,583 USD annual base salary, excluding bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global provides a digital identity wallet and identity verification technology used by consumers, government agencies, healthcare organizations, and brands.

What you will do

• Own payroll accounting, including payroll journal entries, employer taxes, withholdings, accruals, and liability reconciliations.
• Prepare and maintain bonus, PTO, commission, severance, benefits, insurance, 401(k), HSA/FSA, COBRA, and workers’ compensation accounting.
• Reconcile headcount and compensation data across HRIS, payroll platforms, and the general ledger.
• Partner with HR/People and FP&A on labor-cost analysis, departmental allocations, and internal-use software capitalization.
• Support accounts payable, corporate card and T&E reviews, bank reconciliations, month-end close, audits, and ad-hoc analytics.
• Improve payroll and compensation workflows using AI and agentic/LLM-based automation, while supporting HRIS-to-ERP implementations and internal controls.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of relevant accounting experience; public accounting experience is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with payroll and compensation accounting, including journal entries, tax reconciliations, bonus and PTO accruals, and benefits accounting.
• Working knowledge of US GAAP for employee costs, including ASC 710, ASC 420/712, and ASC 340-40.
• Experience with multi-state payroll, payroll and HRIS platforms such as ADP, UKG, or Workday, and ERP systems; NetSuite is preferred.
• Strong analytical, Excel/Google Sheets, process-improvement, and attention-to-detail skills, with discretion when handling sensitive employee data.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field is preferred; CPA or progress toward CPA is a plus.

Nice to have

• Experience with self-insured benefit plans, IBNR claim accruals, and stop-loss arrangements.
• Experience in a high-volume SaaS or technology environment.
• CPA certification or progress toward CPA.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, in-office work culture with five days per week at an hirify.global office.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, accident, and critical illness insurance.
• 401(k) with company match, parental leave, unlimited paid time off subject to policy terms, and company holidays.
• Learning and development benefit, employee assistance program, pet insurance, wellbeing resources, and childcare discounts.