Senior Accountant (Remote)

Senior Accountant (Remote, Canada or United States)

Employment type: Full-time Reports to: Finance & Accounting

About ZestyAI:

At ZestyAI, we build AI for impact — protecting what matters most. Our models help insurers reduce losses, close coverage gaps, and protect families, businesses, and communities from a changing climate. Using computer vision, generative models, and gradient boosting, we turn property and climate risk into precise, actionable intelligence for every property in North America.

We are a high-velocity innovation machine and one team with one dream. We aim high, hire higher, own our outcomes, and operate with trust and transparency. We are a remote-first company that comes together intentionally through team meetups, regional gatherings, and an annual company offsite.

About the Role:

We're looking for a Senior Accountant to own the day-to-day accounting operations that keep ZestyAI running smoothly and our books audit-ready. This role reaches across the entire general ledger — from accounts payable and receivable to billing, employee expenses, cash, and month-end close — so you'll be equally comfortable cutting an invoice, chasing a collection, reconciling a bank account, and preparing a journal entry. It's a hands-on seat at the heart of our finance/accounting team, and you'll partner closely with the Controller, Director of Finance, and cross-functional teams — with real ownership and room to grow as we scale.

We're a remote-first company that moves fast, and we want someone who works smarter, not harder. You should be genuinely excited to put AI and automation to work — in your own day-to-day and in the systems and processes we're building — to eliminate manual effort and make the close faster and cleaner. If you're detail-obsessed, take pride in clean reconciliations, like to roll up your sleeves and get stuff done, and get a kick out of finding a better way, we'd love to meet you.

What You'll Do:

• Accounts payable: Own the AP cycle — process and code vendor invoices, verify approvals, and prepare payment runs for release by an authorized approver, while maintaining strong vendor relationships. • Accounts receivable: Manage the AR cycle end to end, including customer invoicing, collections, cash application, and follow-up on outstanding balances. • Billing: Prepare and issue accurate, timely customer invoices in line with contract terms, and resolve billing questions and discrepancies. • Cash reconciliation: Perform daily and monthly bank and cash reconciliations, ensuring transactions are recorded accurately and discrepancies are investigated and resolved promptly. • Employee expense reports: Review and process employee expense reports for policy compliance, accuracy, and proper coding, and administer the corporate card program. • Month-end close: Assist with a timely and accurate monthly close, including preparing journal entries, accruals, and supporting schedules. • Account reconciliations: Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations, researching and clearing reconciling items on a timely basis for review by the Controller. • Audit support: Assist with annual financial statement audits, including preparing schedules, gathering supporting documentation, and responding to auditor requests. • Process & controls: Help maintain and improve accounting policies, internal controls, and process documentation as the company scales. • Automation & AI: Actively look for ways to streamline and automate accounting workflows, bringing AI and modern tools into day-to-day tasks and into the systems we rely on. • Ad hoc: Support special projects, system improvements, and cross-functional initiatives as needed.