Senior Accountant

Job Description

About WeWork

WeWork provides members around the world with space, community, and services through both physical and virtual offerings. Its mission is to create a world where people work to make a life, not just a living. WeWork has 625 locations in over 127 cities and 33 countries. Our 609,000 memberships represent global enterprises across multiple industries. We are committed to providing our members around the world with a better day at work for less.

The WeWork team believes deeply in the power of “we” and in the movement we’re a part of. We challenge convention and achieve amazing things through dedication and collaboration. There is a contagious energy in our spaces as we work together toward accomplishing our goals.

Our hunger for building great spaces; empowering startups, freelancers, and small businesses; and connecting interesting people is far from being satisfied. We’re just getting started, and our journey gets increasingly exciting as more team members join the movement!

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly payroll journal entries for Global Payroll.
• Accounting for international (non-US) payroll, which involves interpreting labor laws in the regions.
• Collaborate with Payroll Operations team to understand underlying transactions and ensure proper posting to Workday ERP system.
• Assist in preparing annual reconciliations, including inventory reconciliations, for external auditors and year-end close.
• Partner with Finance team to investigate and reconcile variances in financials.
• Work with payroll management on projects to develop automated/future-state processes.
• Work with global cost center managers to field inquiries regarding compensation expense.
• Collaborate with Benefits team to reconcile the various benefit liabilities and perform variance analysis on the benefit expenses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 2+ years of experience in Accounting
• Prior Big 4 experience a plus
• CPA preferred
• Proficient in MS Office and Excel
• Workday experience preferred
• Strong organizational skills

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.