Staff Accountant

Here’s the Gist

Job Overview

Accruity is looking for a detail-oriented and growth-minded Staff Accountant to join our dynamic, client-focused team. In this role, you’ll apply your accounting expertise and knowledge of GAAP to deliver accurate, timely financial services to our real estate investment clients. You'll manage bookkeeping workflows, prepare journal entries and reconciliations, and play a key role in the month-end close process.

Employment Type

Permanent | Salaried, Exempt

Schedule

Monday through Friday

Compensation

Salary, non-exempt
$50k - $70k/year

What you'll do

• Manage and support bookkeepers to ensure accurate daily recording of cash and credit card transactions in compliance with internal standards.
• Liaise with clients to resolve accounting inquiries, improve processes, and deliver custom recurring reports and analysis.
• Prepare and review journal entries, including those related to payroll, debt, shared services, property acquisitions, refinances, and dispositions.
• Perform month-end close activities, including balance sheet reconciliations and review of cash and credit card reconciliations.
• Oversee client accounting systems to ensure compliance with firm standards, including chart of accounts and custom reporting management, and deliver monthly reporting packages.

Problems we need help with

This role exists because there’s real work to do. We’re not just looking to fill a seat — we need someone who can help us tackle challenges like:

• Balancing increasing client volume with sustainable team bandwidth
• Strengthening client communication touchpoints throughout each engagement
• Bringing more structure and accountability to internal handoffs
• Supporting a growing team with better documentation and workflow standardization

What we're looking for

• Technical Accounting: Strong foundational understanding of US GAAP.
• Ability to meet deadlines: This role will be a crucial piece to ensuring that we meet our month-end close deadlines and deliver on our services in the timeline promised to our clients.
• Communication Skills: This role will occasionally be client facing, whether by email, phone or video conference. Ideal candidate is able to professionally communicate with our Clients as required.
• Drive: We are looking for a self-starter to play an active role in the enhancement and evolve our systems, process and most importantly, our client deliverables.
• Software: Working knowledge of accounting software and/or ERPs. Knowledge of Quickbooks Online, Appfolio or larger ERPs is desired.
• Strong Excel skills: Ability to perform analysis and reconciliations efficiently and in a repeatable way is crucial.
• Education: A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field.
• Work Experience: 1-2 years previous accounting experience.

Where you'll work

At Accruity, we embrace a flexible, results-driven work culture rooted in trust and accountability. While our team is largely remote, we value collaboration and connection. We are actively seeking candidates in the Pittsburgh area to support a hybrid work model and strengthen our local presence—but we also welcome applicants from outside the region who thrive in a remote environment and can align with our commitment to communication, responsiveness, and shared success.

Other Things to know

Benefits Offered

• Medical : we offer an ICHRA plan through Bavvy, we contribute $300/month to employee premiums
• Dental : we offer dental through Guardian, and we pay 100% of employee premiums (if they have dependents, they pay dependents premiums via payroll deduction)
• Vision : we offer vision insurance through Guardian, and pay 100% of employee premiums (if they have dependents, they pay dependent premiums via payroll deduction)
• Simple IRA : We offer employees a SIMPLE IRA through Vanguard, and we match dollar for dollar on up to 3% of employee contributions.

Devices & Hardware

Full-time employees are provided with an Accruity-issued laptop for use during their employment. 1099 contractors are expected to supply and use their own device.