Job Department: Finance & Accounting

About Us 

Shorelight is reinventing the international education experience for students worldwide. Based in Boston, the company works directly with top-ranked, nonprofit American universities to build innovative programs and high-touch, technology-driven services that help talented students thrive and become global citizens. 

Job Overview 

The Financial Planning Analyst is responsible for managing business planning and evaluating investment opportunities.  The Financial Planning Analyst supports the FP&A team in being strategic advisors to our leadership team, university partners, and global recruitment network.  This role will have the unique ability to participate and influence all aspects of the business, so the ability to build strong relationships and influence business partners is essential.  The Financial Planning Analyst reports to the Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A).

The Financial Planning Analyst is self-motivated with the ability to adjust quickly to shifting priorities and manage time efficiently.  He/She/They thinks creatively, pays close attention to detail, and can articulate with excellent oral and written communication skills.  The Financial Planning Analyst is an energetic team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has the ability to condense complex analysis into actionable information for business leaders at all levels of the organization.

Essential Functions

• Monitor financial performance across product & loss (P&L), balance sheet, and cash flow statements and highlight trends across key performance indicators
• Partner with accounting team to execute the monthly close and provide business reporting to department and university leaders to help drive business performance through visibility and accountability
• Provide analytical support to department and university leaders for ongoing initiatives and ad hoc requests
• Work closely with department and university leaders to validate that the return on investments (ROI) of initiatives are in line with strategic expectations
• Lead annual budget and monthly forecasting process for designated business areas
• Partner with FP&A team members to assist in building efficient and repeatable processes to improve automation of standardized reporting, including use of business intelligence (BI) tools
• Support Senior Manager, FP&A and corporate finance team in creating presentation materials for our board meetings and quarterly business reviews

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or Accounting
• 2+ years of experience in Finance or Accounting with increasingly challenging roles
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including strong experience with financial modeling and advanced functions and formulas
• Eligibility to work in, and travel freely to and from, the United States without sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• Experience with Adaptive Planning
• Experience with Netsuite, Tableau, and Salesforce

Application Process  

To apply for this position, please visit the Shorelight Careers page to submit an application with a resume and cover letter.  

Background Check Required–Education, Criminal, Identity     

Shorelight is an Equal Opportunity Employer

About Us

Shorelight is reinventing the international education experience for students worldwide. Based in Boston, the company works directly with top-ranked, nonprofit American universities to build innovative programs and high-touch, technology-driven services that help talented students thrive and become global citizens.

Job Overview

The Account Manager position contributes to oversight of accounting activities for all Campus accounting, under the direction of finance corporate leadership, and helps lead the campus team in accurate reporting of financials, and key operating initiatives, as well as special projects. He/she/they is fiscally responsible and looks for opportunities to improve operational practice to align with financial goals. The Accounting Manager is a strategic thinker and problem solver with strong attention to detail and a proven customer service approach to working with others. This role reports to the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer.  Shorelight has approximately twenty campus relationships overall, that can very significantly in campus size. 

Essential Functions

Accounting

• Manage a team of approximately six direct reports, at the senior to staff accountant level
• Work with Campus leaders to manage financial performance against budgeted expectations
• Train new Senior and Staff Accountants on month end processes and reconciliations
• Assist management with monthly and quarterly financial reviews
• Collaborate with campus staff on all financial aspects of assigned partnerships, including maintaining KPI’s on student enrollment, budget to actual review, operational expenses, and student invoicing.
• Work on special campus related projects.
• Identify process gaps and key areas to improve financial performance
• Review journal entries and associated balance sheet reconciliations for the monthly financial close, associated with campus operations, revenue/receivables and all required accruals as examples.

Compliance and Process Improvement

• Assist with corporate audit readiness, with a Big 4 auditor.
• Work with Finance, Analytics, and IT team members to identify ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of month-end processes and assist in initiatives to implement the improvements for financial reporting
• Support ongoing projects to improve NetSuite design and reporting capabilities in Salesforce
• Document, review, recommend, and implement best practices regarding accounting policies and procedures

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• Experience managing a team of at least four employees
• Minimum 3 years of experience in accounting management role, with preference to Corporate accounting or a divisional manager
• At least five years of accounting experience overall
• Proven expertise using Microsoft Office products, primarily excel and PowerPoint
• Budget, month end, and operational initiative experience
• Detail oriented, with exceptional organization and communication skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• The ability to lead Finance presentations
• Ability to adapt to changing business needs and manage multiple priorities
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels in the company
• Customer service focused, with demonstrated ability to communicate courteously and timely
• Eligibility to work in, and travel freely to and from, the United States without sponsorship

Helpful Qualifications (Not Required)

• Experience with a CRM system such as Salesforce
• Experience working with accounting software such as NetSuite or similar large-scale ERP platform
• Experience with revenue recognition and accounts receivable/billing processes

Application Process

To apply for this position, please visit the Shorelight Careers page to submit an application with a resume and cover letter.

Background Check Required–Education, Criminal, Identity

Shorelight is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Us

Shorelight is reinventing the international education experience for students worldwide. Based in Boston, the company works directly with top-ranked, nonprofit American universities to build innovative programs and high-touch, technology-driven services that help talented students thrive and become global citizens.

Job Overview

The Staff Accountant contributes to accounting activities for Corporate accounting, under the direction of finance corporate leadership, helps lead the finance team in accurate reporting of financials. He/she/they is fiscally responsible and looks for opportunities to improve operational practice to align with financial goals. The Staff Accountant is a strategic thinker and problem solver with strong attention to detail and a proven customer service approach to working with others. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Corporate Accounting.

Essential Functions

Accounting

• Prepare journal entries and associated balance sheet reconciliations for the monthly financial close, including those for cash, prepaids, fixed assets, payroll, payables, intercompany/consolidation, and all required accruals as examples
• Provide support and oversight as it relates to team members supporting accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll
• Collaborate with Finance team on all financial aspects of assigned partnerships, including maintaining KPI’s on corporate expenditures and target operational metrics

Strategy and Data Management

• Prepare monthly and ad-hoc financial reporting for senior leadership
• Assist management with monthly and quarterly financial reviews by documenting analysis explaining unusual adjustments and differences to budget

Compliance and Process Improvement

• Assist with corporate audit readiness
• Work with Finance, Analytics, and IT team members to identify ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of month end processes and assist in initiatives to implement the improvements for financial reporting
• Supporting ongoing projects to improve NetSuite design and reporting capabilities
• Support new rollout of Coupa software for expense procurement/payables/treasury and employee expenditure activity
• Review, recommend, and implement best practices regarding accounting policies and procedures

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• Minimum 1-2 years of experience in accounting
• Proven expertise using Microsoft Office products, primarily Excel
• Budget, month end, and accrual experience
• Detail oriented, with exceptional organization and communication skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to adapt to changing business needs and manage multiple priorities
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels in the company
• Customer service focused, with demonstrated ability to communicate courteously and timely
• Eligibility to work in, and travel freely to and from, the United States without sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with a CRM system such as Salesforce
• Experience working with accounting software such as NetSuite or similar large-scale ERP platform
• Experience working with Coupa
• Experience working with FloQast (similar to Blackline)

Application Process

To apply for this position, please visit the Shorelight Careers page to submit an application with a resume and cover letter.

Background Check Required–Education, Criminal, Identity

Shorelight is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Us

Shorelight is reinventing the international education experience for students worldwide. Based in Boston, the company works directly with top-ranked, nonprofit American universities to build innovative programs and high-touch, technology-driven services that help talented students thrive and become global citizens.

 Job Overview

The Senior Accountant contributes to accounting activities for Corporate accounting, under the direction of finance corporate leadership, helps lead the finance team in accurate reporting of financials. He/she/they is fiscally responsible and looks for opportunities to improve operational practice to align with financial goals. The Senior Accountant is a strategic thinker and problem solver with strong attention to detail and a proven customer service approach to working with others. This role reports to the Senior Manager of Corporate Accounting.

Essential Functions

Accounting

• Prepare journal entries and associated balance sheet reconciliations for the monthly financial close, including those for cash, prepaids, fixed assets, payroll, payables, intercompany/consolidation, and all required accruals as examples
• Provide support and oversight as it relates to team members supporting the monthly financial close, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll
• Collaborate with the Finance team on all financial aspects of assigned partnerships, including maintaining KPI’s on corporate expenditures and target operational metrics

Strategy and Data Management

• Prepare monthly and ad-hoc financial reporting for senior leadership
• Assist management with monthly and quarterly financial reviews by documenting analysis explaining unusual adjustments and differences to budget

Compliance and Process Improvement

• Assist with corporate audit readiness
• Work with Finance, Analytics, and IT team members to identify ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of month-end processes and assist in initiatives to implement the improvements for financial reporting
• Support ongoing projects to improve NetSuite design and reporting capabilities
• Support new rollout of Coupa software for expense procurement/payables/treasury and employee expenditure activity
• Review, recommend, and implement best practices regarding accounting policies and procedures

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• Minimum 3 years of experience in accounting, with preference to Corporate accounting
• Proven expertise using Microsoft Office products, primarily Excel
• Budget, month end, and accrual experience
• Detail oriented, with exceptional organization and communication skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to adapt to changing business needs and manage multiple priorities
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels in the company
• Customer service focused, with demonstrated ability to communicate courteously and timely
• Eligibility to work in, and travel freely to and from, the United States without sponsorship

Helpful Qualifications (Not Required)

• Experience with a CRM system such as Salesforce
• Experience working with accounting software such as NetSuite or similar large-scale ERP platform
• Experience working with Coupa

Application Process

To apply for this position, please visit the Shorelight Careers page to submit an application with a resume and cover letter.

Background Check Required–Education, Criminal, Identity

Shorelight is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Us

Shorelight is reinventing the international education experience for students worldwide. Based in Boston, the company works directly with top-ranked, nonprofit American universities to build innovative programs and high-touch, technology-driven services that help talented students thrive and become global citizens.

Job Overview

The Payroll Specialist assists the Payroll Supervisor in processing payroll and will partner with the accounting team to ensure accurate recording of all general ledger accounting activities related to payroll. This position reports directly to the Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting.  He/she/they partners with Human Resources to ensure best practices are utilized and data accuracy is maintained.

Essential Functions

• Assist the Payroll Supervisor in processing US payroll for hourly, salaried, and temporary employees, including importing hours from time and attendance system within the payroll system (Paylocity)
• Support the accounting team in recording all payroll transactions in the company’s general ledger accounting system (Netsuite)
• Ability to calculate wages, benefits, tax deductions, commissions, etc.
• Work with international payroll providers to process monthly international payrolls
• Assist the Payroll Supervisor in Year W2 Preparation
• Support Employees with Self Service (Address Changes, Direct Deposit Changes, Password Resets)
• Produce scheduled and ad hoc reports pertaining to payroll and general ledger activities for review by management
• Reconcile Benefit Data from payroll records to benefit provider statements on a monthly basis
• Support the accounting team in preparing journal entries for benefit service provider invoices and report any discrepancies to Human Resources
• Responsible for maintaining data integrity in the system by running queries, analyzing data, and reviewing source documents for accuracy and completion of data input
• Work directly with Payroll Supervisor to implement and maintain payroll best practices to improve efficiency and partner with human resources on any initiatives to improve payroll and HRIS processes

Minimum Qualifications

• At least 2+ years of experience processing payroll and supporting all associated general ledger accounting activities
• Strong knowledge of a variety of computer software applications, including payroll, benefits, and time/attendance
• High level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations
• Adaptability and flexibility, with demonstrated positive, problem-solving attitude
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Strong organization skills and ability to complete multiple tasks and high volume of work on deadline
• Strong ability to work as a team player within a diverse environment
• Excellent time management, organizational, and follow-through skills
• Demonstrated ability to respond quickly and accurately to requests for data; ability to provide excellent customer service
• Eligibility to work in and travel freely to and from the United States without sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of basic human resources, payroll practices, and compliance or other related experience
• Ability to work under pressure with challenging deadlines
• Experience with Paylocity

Application Process

To apply for this position, please visit the Shorelight Careers page to submit an application with a resume and cover letter.

Shorelight is an Equal Opportunity Employer.