Staff Accountant
Polly
Accounting & Finance
San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on Sep 18, 2025
As a Staff Accountant at Polly, you will be responsible for all areas relating to day-to-day accounting operations, reporting, and compliance. Reporting to the Controller, you will be responsible for maintaining strong processes, controls and timely financial statements. This position requires a proactive, analytical mindset and a strong understanding of US GAAP.
Does this sound like you? If so, keep reading and apply today!
What you’ll do:
- Ensuring proper approval and coding of expenses as well as maintaining T&E and corporate card systems.
- Manage billings and be the point of contact for customers on monthly reconciliations of invoices.
- Monitor accounts payable functions, ensuring that all vendor payments are approved and paid on-schedule, and AP aged balances are reviewed frequently.
- Ensuring proper setup of vendors, including approval, documentation, and ACH implementation.
- Perform month-end closing activities including preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance analysis.
- Maintain accounts receivable records to ensure aging is up to date, credits and collections are applied, uncollectible amounts are accounted for, and miscellaneous differences are cleared.
- Perform daily cash management duties, including the recording of bank deposits, updating and distribution of cash receipt records, and posting of cash to the accounts receivable sub-ledger.
- Support in filing of tax forms with federal and state agencies.
- Effectively using accounting knowledge to collaborate with varying levels of employees and management to drive sound business decisions.
- Identify improvements to automate existing processes.
- Provide support with annual financial audits.
- Audit monthly usage of products by customers.
- Assist in other ad-hoc projects as necessary.
What you have:
- [Strongly Preferred] Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, CPA qualification
- [Required] NetSuite Experience
- 2-3 years of accounting experience
- Strong understanding of US GAAP and accounting standards
- Strong Excel skills mixed with the ability to find more efficient ways to improve current processes
- Outstanding attention to detail coupled with an ability to see the bigger picture
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines and strong problem-solving skills
- Strong communication, interpersonal and analytical skills
- [Preferred] Expense Management and Salesforce experience
Why join Polly?
- We are attacking a trillion-dollar market with gross inefficiencies and seeking to transform the way an entire industry operates
- We have an experienced leadership team that previously built large and impactful platforms
- Outstanding opportunity for professional growth and upward mobility
- Direct engagement with the decision makers and senior business leaders
- Competitive salaries
- 100% paid medical/vision/dental/disability/life insurance
- Flexible PTO
- Hybrid environment; 3x weekly in an innovation hub in San Francisco or Dallas.
Team Facts:
- The existing accounting team consists of three people (auditors from Big 4 so this will be a great opportunity to learn and develop.)
Let's get to know each other.
Polly has pioneered the next generation of mortgage capital markets technology with its cutting-edge, data-driven platform. Its enterprise-grade solutions, including the industry's only cloud-native, commercially scalable product, pricing, and eligibility (PPE) engine and first-of-its-kind Polly/™ AI platform, empower the nation's top banks, credit unions, and mortgage lenders to increase profitability, automate workflows, and revolutionize the loan officer and broker experiences. As a mortgage technology trailblazer, Polly is committed to driving meaningful value and ROI through best-in-class innovation that enables unlimited configurability, flexibility, granularity, and scalability. Polly was founded by a seasoned team of mortgage capital markets and technology experts and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Recognized as a pioneer in mortgage capital markets, as well as in culture and career development, Polly was named to Forbes' America's Best Startup Employers in 2025. This evaluation was based on three key criteria: Employer Reputation, Employee Satisfaction, and Company Growth.
To learn more, follow Polly on LinkedIn or visit www.polly.io. Polly is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy status, disability status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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