Senior General Ledger Accountant

Job Description

Udacity is on a mission to change lives, businesses and nations through radical talent transformation in digital technologies. We offer a unique and immersive online learning platform, powering corporate technical training in fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Autonomous Systems, Cloud Computing and more. Our rapidly growing global organization is revolutionizing how the enterprise market bridges the talent shortage and skills gaps during their digital transformation journey. Udacity is proud to be backed by respected investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River Ventures, Bertelsmann and Drive Capital, among other leading VC firms, and provides a powerful and differentiated solution inside of a $32b total addressable market opportunity. Udacity has more than 100 enterprise customers including Airbus, Bertelsmann, BNP Paribas, Leidos, Mazda, and the United States Air Force.

Requirements

• Reconcile bank accounts and assist international entities on cash entries
• Month end accruals, fixed assets reconciliations and other balance sheet reconciliations.
• Reviews and verifies accuracy of account balances and classifications. Analyzes changes in balance sheet and income statement accounts and makes recommendations to correct errors as appropriate.
• Manage various local and state use tax/property tax returns
• Manage Sales tax accrual and filing using Avalara
• Manage vendor onboarding and year end 1099 filing
• Assist in documenting internal processes/controls as well as identifying actionable insights and suggest recommendations to address issues and improve accounting processes/efficiencies.
• Participate in consolidated audit on preparing required schedules, identifying adjustment entries
• Adopt new accounting standards
• Partner with cross-functional teams on a regular basis to identify areas for improvement and solve problems
• Ability to multi-task, stay organized and prioritize deadlines in fast paced and continuously changing environment
• Participate in ad-hoc projects

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance is preferred
• Thorough understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and basic knowledge of international accounting requirements
• Minimum of 6 years of related work experience
• Big 4 accounting firm experience a plus
• CPA or equivalent a plus
• Experience with NetSuite or other large ERP system a plus, with experience in consolidations
• Advance knowledge of MS Excel and Power Point
• Promotes teamwork and works well with others

Consider applying if your experience is close to what we described above. We look for people with exceptional potential, as we know highest performing teams include people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences.

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