PlayOn Sports is looking for a Senior Accountant to join our Accounting team and help keep our financial foundation strong as we continue to grow. You’ll play a key role in the month-end close, general ledger maintenance, and core accounting, ensuring our numbers are accurate, timely, and useful for decision-making.
In this role, you’ll own key components of the close process—preparing journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules—while helping to improve how we work by refining processes, documentation, and controls. Reporting to the Director of Accounting, you’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to resolve issues, support audits, and provide clear financial insights that support PlayOn’s business objectives.The ideal candidate has solid technical accounting skills, strong attention to detail, and a continuous-improvement mindset.
You’re comfortable in NetSuite (or a similar ERP), enjoy digging into the details to understand what’s really going on in the numbers, and like making processes cleaner and more repeatable over time.
The Outcomes You’ll Deliver
·Accurate, timely month-end close: Complete close activities (journal entries, reconciliations, analyses) on time each month with minimal rework, helping the team meet close deadlines and deliver reliable financial statements. ·Clean, well-documented balance sheet accounts: Maintain accurate, well-supported balance sheet accounts and records—ensuring that reconciliations, schedules, and supporting documentation are organized, current, and audit-ready.·Stronger processes, controls, and visibility: Identify and help implement practical process improvements that reduce manual work, strengthen internal controls, and improve visibility for Finance, Operations, and other partners.
In this role, you can expect to
- Execute key components of the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, including preparing journal entries, accruals, and reclasses for assigned areas (such as prepaids, fixed assets, goodwill, intangibles, and other general accounting accounts).
- Reconcile general ledger accounts on a regular cadence, investigate variances, and resolve issues to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Perform variance analysis on balance sheet and income statement accounts, providing clear explanations and supporting schedules to senior leaders.
- Partner with internal stakeholders (e.g., Finance, Operations, IT) to gather information, resolve accounting questions, and support budgeting and planning.
- Help maintain and improve accounting policies, process documentation, and close checklists related to your areas of ownership.
- Participate in system and process improvement initiatives (including NetSuite enhancements), providing input on requirements, testing changes, and helping roll out new ways of working.
To thrive in this role, you have
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 3+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in a general ledger / month-end close role in a growth or multi-entity environment.
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and comfort working with complex accounts and reconciliations.
- Experience with an ERP system such as NetSuite (preferred), including comfort with general ledger, reporting, and basic system navigation.
- Proficiency in Excel (e.g., pivot tables, lookups, and intermediate formulas) and comfort working with large data sets.
- Excellent attention to detail and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Clear, professional communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- High ethical standards and integrity in handling confidential and sensitive information.
How You Play
- Ownership over Participation – You take responsibility for achieving holistic outcomes, prioritize key objectives, and adapt quickly when situations require a different approach. You follow through even against the toughest challenges.
- Team over Stars – You are a bridge builder, establishing processes and relationships with teams outside your own. You work to rally around common goals, find win-win solutions, compromise when necessary, and help others succeed.
- Growth over Comfort – You are driven by a desire to grow and actively seek opportunities to expand your comfort zone, skills, and confidence. You embrace new challenges with curiosity, accepting discomfort and failure as opportunities to learn.
- Fairness over Popularity – You approach decisions with a scientist’s mindset, challenging your assumptions and remaining objective. You consider long-term impact rather than relying on short-term gains, proactively seek others’ perspectives, and manage emotions in decision-making.
Company Overview
PlayOn is a dynamic growth-stage company dedicated to championing the spirit of play in the high school space. Backed by KKR, our family of brands—including GoFan, NFHS Network, and MaxPreps—empowers schools with innovative solutions and exceptional service. Our fan engagement platform is the only one that offers event ticketing, streaming, fundraising, concessions, merchandise sales, and website management in one place. We save administrators time so they can focus on what truly matters: supporting the students, staff, and fans who bring their programs to life. Trusted by thousands of schools across the country, we're here to help create more instant replays, hold-your-breath moments, last-minute comebacks, and games you want to watch over and over again. When being there means everything, we make sure you never miss a moment.
Why you’ll love working at PlayOn
Product, potential, and people. We’re a leader in the high school event space, constantly evolving our product to meet the needs of administrators. We focus on solving real challenges, learning quickly, and creating impactful solutions. This is a growth-stage company, meaning your contributions have real impact. You’ll have opportunities to grow your skills, tackle meaningful problems, and make a difference in the lives of schools and the students and fans they serve. Our culture is built on accountability, collaboration, growth, and fairness.
We don’t just show up—we show up for each other. Everyone wears the same jersey, and we play hard, make the extra pass, and cheer one another on. Losses teach us, challenges motivate us, and persistence drives us forward. We value integrity over shortcuts, choosing to do what’s right even when it’s hard. Together, we strive to be better every day—because we know that’s how we win as a team.
The Benefits We Offer
Multiple medical insurance plans to choose from Dental, vision life and disability insurance Employee Emergency Fund Company equity (stock options) Open PTO policy 401K plan with company match Hybrid/flexible work environment Note: Must be a full-time employee to participate in the company’s employee health benefit plan. Part-time employees and interns are not eligible to participate. Apply for this job
