Accountant - Los Angeles

Description · Jump is transforming the live sports experience with the only end-to-end fan engagement platform built specifically for sports teams and venues. By focusing on aligned incentives between teams and fans, our platform unifies ticketing, merchandise, and game day opera ...

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Description

Jump is transforming the live sports experience with the only end-to-end fan engagement platform built specifically for sports teams and venues. By focusing on aligned incentives between teams and fans, our platform unifies ticketing, merchandise, and game day operations - creating a smoother, more fan-friendly experience.

Founded in 2021 by e-commerce innovator Marc Lore, MLB legend Alex Rodriguez, and tech entrepreneur Jordy Leiser, we've raised $60 million from top investors including Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six and Forerunner Ventures. Our platform powers teams across the NBA, WNBA, and NWSL helping them grow revenue and deliver innovative fan experiences.

We're a remote-first team driven by core values - begin and build with trust, play like the underdog, win as a team, and do your thing. If you're collaborative, adaptable, and eager to shape the future of live sports, Jump is the place for you.

The Role:

We're hiring a high-agency Staff or Senior Accountant to bring accounting fully in-house and own the monthly close and core accounting operations end-to-end. This is a hands-on role for someone who has personally run close processes, understands operational accounting deeply, and can execute with minimal oversight.

You'll be responsible for driving discipline, accuracy, and reliability across close, revenue, billing, cash management, and reconciliations. This is an execution-focused role with clear ownership and accountability.

What you'll do:

Own the monthly close

• Lead and execute the monthly close process end-to-end

• Prepare journal entries and complete all balance sheet reconciliations

• Maintain organized, audit-ready support documentation

• Ensure accurate and timely financial statements

Own revenue, billing, and cash workflows

• Manage billing and revenue recognition processes

• Reconcile Stripe activity, including cash and fee tracking

• Handle customer billing inquiries and resolve discrepancies directly and professionally

Oversee AP / AR operations

• Manage accounts payable and accounts receivable processes

• Oversee credit cards, reimbursements, and AP workflows through Ramp

• Maintain strong cash controls and reconciliation discipline

Support audit and reporting

• Prepare monthly financial reporting packages

• Support the annual audit and provide required documentation

• Maintain and strengthen internal controls and documentation standards

Improve systems and processes

• Oversee QuickBooks, Stripe, and Ramp administration

• Identify and implement process improvements that reduce manual work and increase control

What you'll bring:

• 5–8 years of progressive accounting experience

• Ability to directly owner a full monthly close process

• Strong reconciliation skills and operational accounting discipline

• Experience in SaaS, marketplace, or platform-based environments preferred

Attributes that will make you successful on our team

• Comfort communicating directly with customers regarding billing

• High reliability and strong sense of ownership

• Detail-oriented and deadline-driven execution style

• A strong desire to learn. You hold yourself to a high standard and continually look for ways to build your skills.

• Tenacity. You enjoy working on challenges that others can't or don't want to tackle and you aren't afraid of failing fast in order to find better solutions.

• Empathy. You thrive in an environment where everyone can truly be themselves. You understand that our differing life experiences influence who we are and how we show up, and these diverse perspectives enrich both our team and our product.

• Customer-centric mindset. You can understand the problem to be solved and who we are solving it for.

• Innovation: Passion for exploring and implementing AI technologies to enhance automation, optimize workflows, and drive innovation

Location:

• This is a fully remote role in the U.S., but must be able to work EST hours

Benefits

• Remote first company

• Competitive salary and equity

• Flex PTO policy

• 401(k)

• Generous medical, dental and vision plans

• 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers

• $1,000 reimbursement for work-from-home tech setup

• Company-paid sustainability subscription to ensure carbon neutrality is maintained for employee activities, such as travel

Compensation

Compensation is something we don't want our candidates or employees to worry about. Our goal is to offer competitive salaries that are regularly benchmarked against the market. The core tenets of our compensation philosophy are fairness and transparency.

We have established a standardized leveling framework based on job scope and responsibilities. This means that every person at a certain level is paid the same as everyone else, regardless of their background, previous compensation, location, or any other factor.

The compensation for this role is $110,000 - $125,000 depending on level and includes a meaningful equity package.

Application

Some candidates may see the requirements and feel unsure that they match all the criteria. We encourage you to apply There's a good chance you have important skills that we have not stated. We especially encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, nonbinary folx, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, veterans, and people with disabilities. We're committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can bring their authentic self and thrive, and we value the diversity brought by different life experiences.