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Senior Accountant

Garage· Operations
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New York City, NYFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Accounting Lead for a fast-growing, transaction-heavy marketplace. Owns the accounting foundation, GAAP accruals, month-end close, and scalable processes. Reports to the CEO and partners with the Finance Lead.

Responsibilities

  • Own Garage’s books in QuickBooks Online, including accurate financial statements, account reconciliations, and month-end close.
  • Lead GAAP accrual accounting across AP, AR, payroll coordination, vendor payments, expenses, sales commissions, and related workflows.
  • Reconcile marketplace transactions, payments, settlements, and funds movement across internal systems and external partners.
  • Build and improve accounting processes, close calendars, review routines, documentation, and controls that can scale with the business.
  • Partner with the Finance Lead to provide clean, reliable accounting inputs for planning, reporting, and business decision-making.
  • Identify and resolve accounting operations issues quickly, bringing structure and clarity to complex or ambiguous workflows.
  • Help Garage prepare for future audits, diligence requests, systems upgrades, and a more mature accounting function as the company grows.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of accounting experience, ideally including ownership of accounting operations in a lean or high-growth environment.
  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
  • Strong experience with QuickBooks Online and proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
  • Strong knowledge of GAAP accrual accounting, including AP, AR, month-end close, reconciliations, and financial statement management.
  • Excellent reconciliation skills across multiple bank accounts, payment flows, systems, and vendors.
  • Ability to build, document, and improve accounting processes rather than only execute existing ones.
  • Strong organizational judgment and follow-through, with the ability to manage multiple accounting workstreams at once.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity and taking ownership in a fast-moving, early-stage environment.

Skills

Required:QuickBooks OnlineExcelGAAP accrual accounting

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and stock options
  • Health, dental and vision insurance (100% covered)
  • Unlimited paid time off every year (in addition to company observed holidays)
  • Daily lunch and dinner
  • $100 monthly wellness stipend
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Bi-annual team offsite
  • Relocation assistance
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Garage

Marketplace for emergency vehicles, equipment, and more.

Garage is a marketplace for used equipment and vehicles, starting with government surplus. By automating every part of the transaction—including payments, freight, paperwork, warranty, and financing—we reduce what used to take months down to minutes. We're building the modern platform for equipment that powers America’s essential industries.

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