Technical Accountant

About Vibes

Vibes helps marketing, loyalty, and customer experience professionals at the world's most respected brands create personal, revenue-driving and long-term mobile engagement between consumers and the brands they love. Industry leaders like Chipotle, The Children’s Place and Polo Ralph Lauren use Vibes to activate and grow customer relationships with timely, relevant, high-volume mobile messaging at a global scale. Our intelligent mobile engagement platform enables marketers to seamlessly connect with their customers using a data-rich and API-packed platform that beautifully optimizes and unifies their SMS, MMS, RCS and Mobile Wallet campaigns. To learn more about Vibes, visit www.vibes.com.

Job Summary

We are currently seeking a top performing Technical Accountant with a mission to assist the Finance and Accounting team with key tactical accounting activities and regular reporting to internal and external parties. The top candidate will report directly to our Controller.

This is a unique opportunity to leverage your academic and hands-on accounting experience in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment.

This is a full-time position located in Chicago, with the option of working remotely.

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage GL Accounting (accruals, balance sheet recs, flux analysis) for all COGS and OpEx accounts


• Serve as the main liaison between Finance,the Message Operations, and Data & Analytics teams


• Become a subject matter expert on the technical elements of the business, including: all elements of carrier pricing, the functional process and all technical details of message sends from origination to handset, , and general trends and changes within the telecom market


• Reconcile complex data sets to ensure vendor bills are accurate and initiate communication with vendors to address any errors or inconsistencies


• Act as the accounting point person for report writing and BI tool assistance


• Forge constructive relationships with vendor partners to anticipate and address any changes in pricing or methodology that could impact the business


• Ensure data integrity in all reports utilized by Accounting and Finance


• Prepare other ad hoc analytic reports as needed

Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, CPA or working towards CPA is a plus


• Minimum of 4-6 years related experience


• Strong attention to detail


• Ability to work cross functionally to achieve alignment on core business initiatives


• Excellent organization, time management, and communication skills


• Ability to juggle multiple priorities and deadlines


• Professional, high-integrity, reliable, organized, driven, and results-oriented


• Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year-end close process


• Superior MS Office skills


• Experience with NetSuite a plus


• Experience with Looker or similar BI tools a plus

Our Core Values:

• Respect, honesty, and integrity for all stakeholders     


• Always be learning


• Relentless focus on the customer                               


• Never be satisfied


• Create value                                                               


• Seek accountability and ownership

Compensation and Benefits

The compensation range for this role is $110,000 to $130,000. Final compensation will be determined by factors such as relevant work experience, skills, and certifications. Vibes offers a full slate of benefits from competitive salaries, options, medical, dental and vision coverage, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, 10 paid holidays, flexible vacation, summer Fridays, Winter Holiday break, commuter benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, and a paid parental leave program.

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Vibes is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, parental or pregnancy status, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations will be made to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.