Senior Accountant
Seattle, WAJob$85–137K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
REI’s Senior Accountant supports accurate accounting records and data by helping close the books each month, building reports, improving data, and using approved tools. The role leads accounting and data work, guides staff accountants, and collaborates with Finance and Technology teams. It also supports system updates, audit work, and process improvements while maintaining sound controls.
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Overview
At REI Co-op, we believe time outside is vital to a life well lived. This role helps us make sound choices. It keeps our books and data clear, useful, and correct.
As a Senior Accountant, you will lead key work in accounting and data. You will help close the books each month. You will build reports, improve data, and find safe ways to use approved tools. You will also guide staff accountants and work with teams across Finance and Technology.
Responsibilities and Qualifications
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Review financial data, find gaps, and help post data from source systems to the general ledger on time.
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Build and care for datasets, dashboards, reports, and audit files used by Accounting.
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Make close and report work easier. Cut manual steps, set clear repeat steps, and use approved automation and AI tools with sound controls.
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Work with other Finance departments and Technology on system updates, testing, upcoming accounting technology projects, data quality, and SharePoint access.
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Coach staff accountants, help auditors, lead assigned projects, and share clear updates on risks and solutions.
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Complete and review month-end work. This includes journal entries, account reviews, balance sheet files, and fixes that follow GAAP.
Required Skills & Experience
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Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
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Four or more years of work in accounting or finance.
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Knowledge of GAAP, the general ledger, month-end close, account review, internal controls, and ERP data.
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Strong Excel and data skills. This includes work with large datasets, dashboards, reports, automation, and approved AI tools such as Copilot.
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Skill in writing down data flows and business needs, checking risk, solving problems, planning work, and working across teams.
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Clear speech and writing, respect for coworkers, a desire to learn, and care for correct work.
Preferred Qualifications
It is a plus if you have used SAP, Snowflake, Sigma, SQL, or SharePoint access tools. System testing, project work, or public accounting work is also a plus. CPA license is a plus.
Closing
At REI, we believe the outdoors is for all. We are committed to becoming a fully inclusive, anti-racist, multicultural organization (https://www.rei.com/newsroom/article/rei-antiracist-multicultural-fully-inclusive-commitment) . We know that there's strength in our diversity – that each employee brings unique skills, experiences, and perspectives. Every day you are driving change, fostering a culture of respect, and knowing you're backed by benefits that support your whole life. To work towards this commitment and fulfill our brand promise of inspiring and enabling a life outside for everyone, we seek employees who demonstrate different ways of working, create a sense of belonging, and actively listen and learn.
Pay Transparency
We are committed to practices that promote pay equity and transparency. As required by applicable Pay Transparency laws, REI provides a range of compensation for roles that may be hired in locations under these requirements. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include a wide array of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic location or other relevant factors.
REI offers all regular employees a generous employee discount, access to health benefits, a retirement savings plan and accrued time off. Click here (https://foryourbenefit-rei.com/) for a detailed overview of benefits plans by employee profile.
Pay Range
$85,400.00 - $136,700.00 per year
How this job compares
Set against the 4,886 open Accounting jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$85–137K/yr
- Washington median$95–150K/yr67 salary ranges
- US median$95–135K/yr2,397 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $111K, is 14% below the Washington median midpoint ($129K) — in the middle half of Accounting salary ranges in Washington.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 85 open Accounting jobs in Washington and 4,886 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Washington
- Amazon12 open
- Deloitte7 open
- Paccar Winch Inc.7 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Accounting postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,582 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,462 of the 4,886 open Accounting jobs (50%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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