Sr Staff Accountant

About Walla

Walla is a remote-first, pre-Series B SaaS platform serving 800+ boutique fitness studios — yoga, Pilates, and barre — with software that helps them run their business end to end. We're a small, fast-moving team where finance and operations work closely together, and where one person's attention to detail has a direct, visible impact on the business.

The Opportunity

We're hiring a Sr Staff Accountant to own billing, accounts receivable, and collections for our client base, while also supporting core month-end close, reconciliation, and reporting work. This is a hands-on role for someone who understands accounting fundamentals — the mechanics of the P&L and balance sheet, how transactions flow through close — but who is just as comfortable on a call with a client resolving an invoice question as they are reconciling a QuickBooks account. You'll work cross-departmentally with Sales, Customer Success, and Operations, and report directly to the VP of Operations.

If you've been waiting for a seat where your work is visible, your judgment is trusted, and there's nowhere for good work to get lost, we'd like to hear from you.

You'll Thrive Here If You

• Get real satisfaction from a clean reconciliation and a closed month
• Can deliver an awkward billing or collections conversation with a client and have them still like you afterward
• Like owning a full process end to end rather than handing off pieces of it
• Are comfortable being the only accounting person in the room on most days
• Ask "why" when a number looks off instead of just moving on
• Don't need a big team or a lot of structure around you to stay organized and get things done

What You'll Do

Billing & Accounts Receivable

• Own the end-to-end client billing cycle — invoice generation, billing accuracy, and timely delivery — working cross-departmentally with Sales and Customer Success to resolve billing setup issues before they reach clients.
• Manage AR collections: monitor aging, follow up on past-due accounts, and escalate appropriately while protecting the client relationship.
• Serve as a friendly, professional point of contact for client billing and collections questions — resolving disputes and payment issues with clear, courteous communication.

Accounting & Close

• Map and code expenses and transactions to the proper accounts in QuickBooks Online (QBO).
• Perform month-end close tasks: journal entries, account reconciliations (bank, AR, prepaid, accrual accounts), and supporting schedules.
• Support the accuracy of the P&L and balance sheet by applying sound accrual-accounting judgment and flagging discrepancies.
• Calculate monthly sales commissions in line with plan terms, coordinating with Sales leadership on inputs and exceptions.
• Maintain and update recurring finance spreadsheets, including MRR/revenue waterfall reporting and other management reporting tools.
• Assist with ad hoc financial analysis, audit support, and process improvement projects as Walla scales toward Series B.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience; comfortable operating at a Sr Staff Accountant level or above.
• Solid grasp of core finance principles — double-entry accounting, accrual vs. cash, and how transactions flow through the P&L and balance sheet.
• Hands-on month-end close experience: journal entries, reconciliations, and close checklists.
• Proficiency in QuickBooks Online; comfortable learning and troubleshooting within a company's chart of accounts.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills (pivot tables, lookups, waterfall/reconciliation models).
• A genuinely client-friendly communication style — able to have direct billing and collections conversations with clients while staying warm and professional.
• Strong organization and follow-through; comfortable owning a process with minimal oversight in a remote, small-team environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field preferred.

Nice to Have

• Experience in a subscription/SaaS business (recurring revenue, MRR concepts).
• Experience with Stripe or another payments platform.
• Exposure to sales commission plan administration.
• CPA-track or progress toward CPA/CMA.

Walla is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where every single member of our team is valued, has a voice, is empowered to show up to work every day as their full self, and most importantly that they know they belong, no matter who they are or where they are coming from. We actively seek to add members to our community who represent our customers and the places we live and work. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any other legally protected status.