Senior Accountant in Hiawatha, Iowa at Channel Fusion

About Channel Fusion

Founded more than 20 years ago, Channel Fusion provides brands and their channel partners with an ecosystem of channel marketing technologies, solutions and services. By coupling innovative technologies, industry expertise and a relentless customer-focused support team, we provide a unique combination of platforms, products and people.

Our purpose is simple: inspire our clients to achieve their desired outcomes by transforming channel marketing into impactful business results. We do this by ensuring an understanding of your desired outcomes first and then deploying tailored solutions using a disciplined process to achieve those outcomes.

Once a program is operational, our support team of Fusers becomes an extension of your brand to ensure your channel partners have an optimal customer experience while maximizing their marketing investment in your brand. Our account leadership teams stay involved every step of the way to ensure programs continue to exceed expectations and drive your desired outcomes.

About the Role

Channel Fusion is transforming from a services-heavy channel marketing company into a product-led, AI-enabled platform business. As we scale, our Finance function needs to scale with it — with clean books, tight close cycles, and accounting infrastructure that can support a growing, increasingly complex organization.

The Senior Staff Accountant will own core accounting operations for Channel Fusion — month-end close, account reconciliations, payroll reconciliation, capitalized labor and fixed assets, and recurring tax compliance filings — reporting directly to the Director of Finance. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role for someone who wants to run their piece of the close, not just execute tasks inside it.

What You Own

• Reconciliations & Month-End Close — Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations for all accounts, resolve reconciling items timely, and own the month-end close checklist and calendar. Prepare and post journal entries, including accruals, prepaids, and amortization.
• Banking Execution — Perform bank reconciliations across multiple accounts. Execute internal fund transfers directing client payments to the correct accounts, based on instructions from the payments team, following established authorization and verification procedures.
• Payroll Reconciliation — Support payroll processing and reconciliation. Reconcile payroll registers to the general ledger and assist with benefits and deduction reconciliations.
• Recurring Tax & Compliance Filings — Prepare and file sales and use tax returns and other recurring compliance filings on schedule.
• Financial Reporting Support — Assist in preparing and reviewing monthly financial statements. Flag variances and unusual items to the Director of Finance.
• Billing & AP Accuracy — Review billing entries and accounts payable transactions for accuracy, completeness, and proper coding, partnering with the billing team to resolve discrepancies.
• Capitalized Labor & Fixed Assets — Track and calculate capitalized labor. Maintain fixed asset registers and amortization schedule

What You Do NOT Own

• Tax strategy and complex/annual tax filings — Owned by the Director of Finance and outside tax/CPA firm. You own recurring, routine filings (e.g., sales and use tax) on an established cadence.
• Final financial statement sign-off — Owned by the Director of Finance. Your job is accurate preparation and clear variance flagging, not final certification.
• Banking authorization limits and procedures — Owned by the Director of Finance. You execute transfers within established, pre-approved authorization and verification procedures — you do not set or modify them.
• Billing terms and pricing — Owned by the billing team. You review entries for accuracy and coding, not commercial terms.
• Payroll policy and benefits plan design — Owned by HR/People. You reconcile payroll and benefits deductions to the general ledger; you do not set policy.
• Budget approval — Owned by the Director of Finance.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, or equivalent practical experience
• 4+ years of general accounting experience, with demonstrated readiness for broader scope
• Strong working knowledge of GAAP
• Hands-on experience with month-end close and account reconciliations
• High attention to detail and a strong sense of ownership
• Comfortable working independently and proactively raising issues

Preferred

• QuickBooks Online experience
• Experience with payroll systems (Rippling or similar)
• Prior experience in a company managing multi-entity or multi-account banking structures