Senior Accountant

Rent The Runway

🏠 Remote
📍Brooklyn, NY
Posted May 22, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Senior Accountant

Company

Rent The Runway

Location

Brooklyn, NY

Work Type

Remote

Job ID

li-4400258491

Job Description

About Us
Rent the Runway (RTR) is transforming the way we get dressed by pioneering the world’s first Closet in the Cloud. Founded in 2009, RTR has disrupted the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by inspiring women with a more joyful, sustainable and financially-savvy way to feel their best every day. As the ultimate destination for circular fashion, the brand now offers infinite points of access to its shared closet via a fully customizable subscription to fashion, one-time rental or ownership. RTR offers designer apparel and accessories from hundreds of brand partners and has built in-house proprietary technology and a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation. RTR has been named to CNBC’s “Disruptor 50” five times in ten years, and has been placed on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list multiple times.

About The Job
We are looking for a Senior Accountant to join our growing Finance team. The Senior Accountant will play a key role in the day-to-day operations of the Accounting group reporting directly to the Manager, Accounting. This is a great opportunity to be a part of a fast-paced, extremely successful, high energy company.

What You’ll Do

  • Support the month end close by preparing ongoing journal entries and accruals for revenue, expense and balance sheet accounts

  • Maintain weekly and monthly schedules performing reconciliations of balance sheet accounts including, but not limited to fixed assets, prepaid expenses, other assets, accounts receivable and deferred liabilities

  • Investigate reporting discrepancies / anomalies and communicate issues as they arise in a timely manner

  • Review invoices, expense reports, and capital expenditures as needed to ensure proper coding and accounting treatment by Accounts Payable

  • Assist in the preparation of support for the year-end financial statement audit, as well as any statutory audits that may arise

  • Support the planning and budgeting team during the planning and budgeting processes by compiling ad-hoc reports and schedules

  • Be a key collaborator for any company-wide system implementations

About You

  • BA/BS degree in Accounting or Finance required

  • 4+ years of relevant accounting experience in either public accounting and/or relevant private industry experience

  • CPA license preferred

  • Must be a highly organized detail-oriented self-starter with the ability to work both independently and within a team environment

  • Exceptional Excel skills - must be comfortable with analyzing and manipulating large data sets

  • Ability to execute and follow-through on multiple tasks simultaneously

  • Strong attention to detail

  • Superior problem-solving skills

  • Experience with a major ERP system preferred

  • Strong work ethic and solutions oriented approach is a must

  • Able and willing to communicate effectively with various internal and external partners at various levels

Benefits
At Rent the Runway, we’re committed to the wellbeing of our employees, and aim to create a workplace that fosters both personal and professional growth. Our inclusive benefits include, but are not limited to:

  • Paid Time Off including vacation, paid bereavement, and family sick leave - every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.

  • Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents + flexible return to work program - because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention.

  • Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service - Unplug, recharge, and have some fun!

  • Exclusive employee subscription and rental discounts - to ensure you experience the magic of renting the runway (and give us valued feedback!).

  • Comprehensive health, vision, dental, FSA and dependent care from day 1 of employment - Your health comes first and we’ve got you covered.

  • 401k match - an investment in your future.

  • Company wide events and outings - our team spirit is no joke - we know how to have fun!

  • Hybrid work - our accounting team have the option to work remotely two days per week, in accordance with Company policies.

*Rent the Runway is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee based on any legally-recognized basis, including, but not limited to: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age (40 and over), national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran status, uniformed service member status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.*
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The anticipated base salary for this position is $85,000 to $105,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held.

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.Walk me through your process for preparing accruals and journal entries during the month-end close, specifically for a subscription-based business like Rent the Runway.
  • 2.How do you approach reconciling complex balance sheet accounts, such as deferred liabilities or accounts receivable, when dealing with high transaction volumes?
  • 3.Rent the Runway has unique inventory and fixed asset cycles due to our reverse logistics model. How would you ensure proper accounting treatment and coding for capital expenditures and related assets?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you discovered a significant reporting discrepancy or anomaly during a close period. How did you handle it?
  • 2.Describe a time you had to manage multiple high-priority tasks simultaneously, such as supporting the year-end audit while also completing your regular month-end close responsibilities.
  • 3.Give me an example of when you collaborated with a cross-functional team, such as IT or FP&A, during a system implementation or budgeting process.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are reviewing invoices processed by Accounts Payable and notice a pattern of incorrect coding for capital expenditures versus regular expenses. The close deadline is tomorrow. What do you do?
  • 2.During a company-wide ERP implementation, the FP&A team requests a complex, ad-hoc report that requires you to pull and manipulate a massive amount of historical data, but you are also finalizing the month-end reconciliations. How do you handle this?

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