Position Details

Senior Accountant

Department: Accounting / FinanceReports To: Corporate Controller

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Accountant to join our growing accounting team at a publicly traded media and technology company focused on subscription-based streaming content centered around conscious media, yoga, wellness, and personal transformation. This role will play a key part in supporting the monthly close process, SEC reporting, and technical accounting activities while ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP and SEC regulations. The Senior Accountant will work cross-functionally with finance, FP&A, content and engineering teams to support the financial reporting requirements of a dynamic digital media business.

The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of public company accounting, revenue recognition (ASC 606), and financial reporting, and thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Close & Reporting

• Prepare and review monthly and quarterly journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Assist with the monthly and quarterly close process, ensuring accuracy and adherence to reporting timelines.
• Analyze financial statement fluctuations and provide explanations for management review.
• Maintain and improve accounting documentation and internal controls.

SEC Reporting

• Support the preparation of SEC filings including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K.
• Assist in drafting financial statement footnotes and accounting policy disclosures.
• Coordinate with external auditors and internal stakeholders during quarterly reviews and annual audits.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and SEC disclosure requirements.

Revenue & Content Accounting

• Assist with revenue recognition analysis under ASC 606, including subscription revenue and other digital revenue streams.
• Support accounting for content costs and capitalization policies related to proprietary media and streaming content.
• Analyze new revenue arrangements to determine appropriate accounting treatment.

Technical Accounting

• Assist with research and documentation of technical accounting matters, including new accounting standards.
• Prepare accounting memos to support complex transactions such as acquisitions, equity transactions, or strategic partnerships.
• Support goodwill and long-lived asset analysis where applicable.

Accounts Payable Support

• Provide backup support for the Accounts Payable function, including reviewing invoices for proper coding and approval, preparing vendor payments, and assisting with the weekly AP payment run.
• Ensure vendor payments are processed in accordance with company policies, internal controls, and established payment schedules.
• Assist in maintaining accurate vendor records and documentation to support audit and compliance requirements.

Process & Controls

• Participate in SOX compliance efforts, including documentation and testing support.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, automation, and financial reporting efficiency.
• Maintain strong internal controls over financial reporting.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• 3–6 years of accounting experience, including public accounting or public company experience
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP
• Experience with financial statement preparation and close processes
• Advanced Excel skills

Preferred

• CPA or CPA candidate
• Experience with SEC reporting (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K)
• Familiarity with ASC 606 revenue recognition
• Experience in media, technology, SaaS, or streaming industries
• Experience with ERP systems and financial reporting tools

Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Detail-oriented with a strong commitment to accuracy
• Ability to work collaboratively across departments

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to work in a high-growth digital media and streaming environment
• Exposure to SEC reporting and complex technical accounting
• Collaborative and innovative finance team

Gaia exists as a transformational network to empower a global conscious community.

Gaia (Nasdaq: GAIA) is a publicly traded company in Louisville, Colorado. We offer global video streaming of over 8,000 original series, shows, films, documentaries, and practices for conscious living to our members in over 190 countries. Our vast video library serves as a vessel for the community we seek to empower. We are not a subscription service that streams whatever pays our bills. Our content goes deep into select niches of Seeking Truth, Transformation, Alternative Health and Yoga channels. We often cover subjects that other media companies won’t touch.

We expect you did explore Gaia’s library of original shows, documentaries, and films. If our work on ancient wisdom, who are we, our true history, coverups, and metaphysics resonates, you might be a good fit for Gaia. We seek to hire and inspire employees who embrace our mission to empower a global conscious community, who hope their work empowers our community of inspired members, to be a catalyst of transformation. The best work we do every day is to remember our vision is “to empower the evolution of consciousness.”

The perks of working collaboratively with a team dedicated to sharing this mission include an on-site gym; a beautiful solar-powered campus, complete with hiking and running trails, community garden, and a labyrinth; and an on-site, mostly organic café that serves breakfast and lunch daily including a full-service espresso bar featuring locally roasted coffee.

Full-time employees are offered alternative and traditional medical benefits including preventative coverage; as well as dental, vision, 401K, and life insurance.