GL Accounting Professional

GL Accounting Professional
Location: San Jose (onsite, 5 days per week)
Salary Range: $110,000 – $200,000 base + equity

The Accounting team manages the core accounting responsibilities at X. X is seeking a self-motivated accounting professional to join the GL accounting team as an individual contributor on-site in San Jose. This candidate will play a critical role in ensuring accuracy, compliance with U.S. GAAP and timely reporting of financial information.

In this role, you will work cross-functionally with business partners across the organization and with related-party entities developing processes that are efficient and scalable. The ideal candidate is someone who is inquisitive, motivated, organized, detail oriented, and analytical. You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment with competing priorities and have the ability to work independently with limited direction. You have a working knowledge of US GAAP and a good understanding of end-to-end accounting processes. You’ll work to ensure the highest levels of quality are maintained in our day-to-day operations, proactively minimize operational risk, take full ownership of the areas you are responsible for, and demonstrate a commitment to meeting deadlines.

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What You’ll Do

• Perform month-end close processes, including agreement review, account reconciliation review, preparation of journal entries, and fluctuation analyses.

• Prepare financial information for management and support with any ad-hoc requests from cross-functional teams and external auditors.

• Document and maintain relevant policies and procedures.

• Design & monitor process controls.

• Fulfill external audit requests.

• Partner with data owners and data leaders to drive quality control and enhancements of accounting data.

• Analyze accounting implications and confirm we can operationally support business agreements.

• Build strong collaborative working relationships with outsourced teams with a focus on driving efficiencies and improving levels of service.

• Coordinate annual updates to accounting desktop procedures (DTPs).

• Assist with maintaining and monitoring project deliverables & related documentation.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related degree.

• Working knowledge of US GAAP.

• 3+ years of accounting experience.

• Experience executing in a dynamic, high speed and demanding environment while demonstrating strong organizational, problem-solving and prioritization skills.

• High attention to detail with excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to consistently meet deadlines.

• Experience working in a cross-functional global environment and building lasting business relationships.

• Experience thinking strategically and connecting the end-to-end process to the strategy of the business.

Preferred Qualifications

• Big 4 public accounting experience.

• Recognized accounting qualification (CPA, ACA, CIMA, or ACCA).

• Experience with Oracle E-Business Suite.

• Project management skills with the ability to work with minimal guidance and in a team environment.

• Experience driving change and improving the end-to-end processes with a proven track record in business process re-engineering and systems analysis.