Accountant

About the role

You will master the daily pulse of Relay's cash position by performing bank reconciliations in NetSuite and partnering with billing to ensure customer payments are applied correctly before reconciliation. You will own the administration of Relay's modern expense and corporate card platform, streamlining onboarding and offboarding workflows while curating frictionless spending policies. You will act as the critical accounting liaison between Accounting, FP&A, and People Services to ensure payroll data flows accurately into NetSuite and is translated into clean departmental headcount spend. You will prepare and record journal entries, complete balance sheet reconciliations, and own the full lifecycle of assigned balance sheet accounts to ensure timely and accurate month-end close. You will collaborate with FP&A to allocate operating expenses by department across G&A, Sales & Marketing, and R&D, ensuring transactions are coded to the correct cost center and OpEx classification. You will monitor transaction data to detect spending trends, ensure consistent policy adherence, and surface any unusual or out-of-policy activity. You will serve as the steward of all payroll-related activity in NetSuite, working closely with cross-functional partners to deliver reliable visibility into people costs across the organization.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Execute daily cash visibility tasks by performing bank reconciliations in NetSuite and partnering with billing to confirm customer payment application.
• Administer Relay's expense platform and corporate card ecosystem, refining onboarding and offboarding workflows to support a frictionless employee experience.
• Curate and iterate on spending policies, leveraging transaction data to monitor adherence and identify trends or anomalies.
• Act as the primary accounting liaison for payroll activities in NetSuite, ensuring accurate and timely reflection of payroll data alongside People Services.
• Translate payroll data into departmental headcount spend, working with FP&A to assign expenses to the correct cost centers and classifications.
• Own the full lifecycle of balance sheet accounts, including preparing journal entries and completing reconciliations to support reliable month-end close.
• Partner with the billing department to ensure customer payments are applied promptly and accurately, maintaining clean records and real-time cash integrity.
• Collaborate with FP&A to ensure operating expenses are accurately allocated across G&A, Sales & Marketing, and R&D, supporting integrity in management reporting.
• Monitor general ledger activity for payroll-related transactions, maintaining clean records and ensuring financial statements reflect accurate people costs.
• Provide crisp, real-time insights into net cash position and working capital to leadership, enabling data-driven financial decisions.
• Maintain strict compliance with US GAAP across all financial reporting, ensuring transparent and auditable month-end processes.
• Support cross-functional financial initiatives that drive operational efficiency and data reliability across the Relay platform.
• Contribute to process improvements that enhance the accuracy and timeliness of financial close activities.
• Act as a trusted partner to frontline operations, aligning financial strategy with physical economy workflows.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of progressive accounting experience, with exposure to month-end close and reconciliation activities.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Strong proficiency in NetSuite, including general ledger, bank reconciliation, and journal entry preparation.
• Solid understanding of Brex and modern expense platform administration and policy enforcement.
• Experience with payroll data reconciliation and collaboration between accounting and people services functions.
• Familiarity with FP&A processes, including expense allocation and management reporting integrity.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and advanced data analysis techniques to support trend identification and reconciliation accuracy.
• Detail-oriented with excellent written and verbal communication skills to interface effectively with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship at this time.

Practical notes

Hours: Full-time (40 hours per week).

Location: Raleigh, NC.

Eligible candidates must be able to work onsite in Raleigh, NC.

No sponsorship available for this role at this time.

Deadline for applications is not specified.

Apply as soon as possible to be considered for this high-impact role in a hyper-growth environment.

This role reports to the Finance leadership team and works closely with cross-functional partners across billing, FP&A, and People Services.

The selected candidate will contribute to a platform capturing 1 billion new data points weekly and supporting over 10% of the Fortune 500.

You will join a company with 47% of revenue from $100K+ ARR customers and 135% Net Revenue Retention.

The Relay platform features award-winning AI tools with 500% year-over-year growth, supporting your impact at scale.

This is an opportunity to build the digital foundation for the 80% of the global workforce that does not work at a desk.

Success in this role requires ownership of cash visibility, expense policy leadership, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure financial integrity.

You will play a key role in maintaining clean records, providing leadership with real-time insights, and supporting strategic decisions in a hyper-growth setting.

The culture emphasizes doing the best work of your life through L.I.T., CHASE values, and continuous learning from talented teammates.

This role is critical to scaling Relay's mission of transforming analog frontline operations into a data-rich, AI-powered ecosystem.