Videogame Studio Accountant and Administrator
Videogame Studio Accountant & Administrator
Seismic Squirrel LLC
Job Title: Videogame Studio Accountant & Administrator
The Role: Provide accounting, administrative, and operational support for a growing videogame studio.
The Game: A vehicular RPG videogame set in an alternate history 1930s New York.
Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in a small-business accounting and administrative role.
Location: USA (Remote) – Must reside within the UTC-4 to UTC-8 timezones.
Team Size: 24
Pay: $36 - $46 USD per hour – Depends on skills and experience.
Job Type: Contract-to-Hire
Job Overview
This is a multi-hat role, requiring a variety of business skills and experience. On one hand, we need a careful, detail-oriented accountant and bookkeeper, on the other hand someone resourceful at administration and operations with a clear talent for organization and coordination, someone adept at logical and systemic thinking with a collaborative spirit, excellent communication skills, and an enthusiasm for videogames and the videogame industry. The ideal candidate enjoys working with management and a team of talented creatives, with a drive to help us to efficiently create great products.
The ideal candidate communicates effectively in a small cross-functional remote team environment. They bring a passion for working within a product development environment, having a collaborative spirit and an enthusiasm for supporting a team of creative individuals.
This is a remote, contract-to-hire position which requires regular collaboration online during our core work hours (9:30 AM – 5:30 PM Pacific), attending relevant team meetings. Occasional calls during late evenings and early mornings should be expected.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the USA. The option to convert to full-time employee may be available, depending on applicant's location, skills, performance, aptitude, and project needs. H-1B transfers and sponsorships are not available at this time.
The Company
Seismic Squirrel is a close-knit, fully remote videogame studio with a team spread across the USA and Canada. We are passionate for developing well-crafted story-based games for the thoughtful gamer. Our nimble size allows for everyone to have a voice in our projects, demanding the ability to be both detail-oriented and flexible.
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Quests
Accounting
- Participate with management, presenting accounting reports and advice to enable data-driven decisions
- Create and present financial forecasts
- Monitor and report on ROI for marketing campaigns
- Coordinate with outside CPAs on tax compliance
- Oversee state and provincial government registrations and filings
- Help manage vendor relationships, setting up and maintaining billing and payment processes and systems
Bookkeeping
- Handle QuickBooks categorization and bank reconciliation
- Monitor accounts for funding and irregularities
- Process sales tax, use tax, and property tax
- Validate timesheets
- Oversee vacation and sick time accruals
- Sync PTO (vacation, sick time) between timesheet and payroll systems
- Process expense reports and reimbursements
- Administer 401(k) and Health Insurance enrollments, deductions, and payments
- Reconcile benefit deductions from payroll with actual benefit payments
- Keep insurance coverage up to date – e.g. Workers Compensation coverage when workers are hired, terminated, move homes
- Ensure that team members and vendors are issued tax forms: W-2, 1099, T4, etc.
Marketing Support
- Collect, analyze, and report on Market data
- Evaluate the ROI of Marketing campaigns
- Help organize and manage Marketing events
Personnel Support
- Ensure that each contractor's contract is up-to-date
- Administer our pool of external testers
- Prepare and facilitate Performance Reviews
- Administer eLearning and training compliance
- Coordinate time-off requests: scheduling, payroll
- Coordinate travel pl