Senior Accountant

Job Description

Amplitude is a leading digital analytics platform. More than 1,800 customers, including Atlassian, Chick-fil-A, Marks & Spencer, NBCUniversal, PayPal, Shopify, and Under Armour rely on Amplitude to gain self-service visibility into the entire customer journey. With Amplitude, teams can understand what product features are working, where users are getting stuck, and what actions lead to the right outcomes. As an organization, we approach challenges with humility, take ownership of our contributions, and embrace a growth mindset that pushes us to constantly improve ourselves, each other, and the value we bring to customers and partners.

Amplitude’s Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Amplitude believes that diversity enables creation of better products, ability to solve complex problems, and drive more powerful solutions. In order to make diversity possible, we commit to striving to create an environment of inclusion: an environment focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection, which will allow employees of all backgrounds to feel the care they need to thrive.

About The Role & Team

We’re looking for an experienced, hands-on individual to own the accounting for Amplitude’s equity plans and assist in equity plan administration. Reporting to our Director of Revenue Accounting and Operations, you will partner closely with Legal, People Operations, and Payroll to support the administration of our global equity platform and help drive efficiency and process. You have a passion for excellent customer service to all equity participants and enjoy managing communication and assisting participants in education and training regarding Amplitude’s plans.

• Reconcile monthly equity activity, including shares outstanding and share reserves among company records, and third-party vendors;
• Perform all stock plan financial reporting activities including month-end close, including:
• preparing stock-based compensation entries
• reconciling monthly stock related activity to the general ledger
• evaluating stock plan or award changes for modification accounting
• and being a subject matter expert for all audit and external reporting inquiries related to equity accounting
• Prepare quarterly stock disclosures for internal and external reporting
• Assist our equity admin with administering equity plans, including processing stock option and restricted stock unit grants, exercises and releases modifications, cancellations, and terminations
• Assist in development and maintenance of policies and procedures related to stock administration, and ensure compliance with internal controls
• Assist in the preparation of grant files for all new equity grants including related valuations
• Assist in addressing participant inquiries in a timely manner

• Three years of experience in equity accounting for public companies through public or private accounting
• Understanding of accounting standards relating to equity compensation (ASC 718)
• Understanding of internal controls and experience in a SOX environment
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Experience with analyzing data using Microsoft Excel (e.g., pivot tables, V-lookup)
• Experience with Shareworks system
• Experience with U.S. federal and state taxation relating to equity compensation and general knowledge of global taxation
• Strong organizational/project management skills and detail-oriented self-starter
• Great communication skills and experience preparing employee communications

Who We Are

The Company: Amplitude is filled with humble, life-long learners who are eager to help one another and the company succeed. Our values of growth mindset, ownership, and humility are core to the way we work: we’re tenacious in the face of challenges, we take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared success, and we operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view.

We care about the well-being of our team: along with excellent health insurance, we offer flexible time off, a monthly wellness stipend, a generous parental leave, a subscription to Modern Health, and a generous Learning & Development stipend.

The Product: Amplitude is a digital analytics platform – we help companies understand their users, rapidly release better product experiences, and ultimately grow their business. We’re super proud of what we’ve built and continue to expand: a platform that empowers companies to thrive in the digital era.

Other fun facts about Amplitude:

• G2: #1 product analytics solution and #3 best software product
• Business Insider: A top tech company to bet your career on
• Fast Company: #3 most innovative enterprise company in the world
• Amplitude went public via a direct listing in September 2021 and is now trading under the ticker AMPL.
• Founded in 2012, Amplitude is backed by Benchmark Capital, Sequoia Capital, IVP, Battery Ventures, Y Combinator and other top tier investors.
• We’re a global and fast-growing team! We have offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Vancouver, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Singapore, and employees around the world.
• Our mascot is the datamonster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs. Nom nom.

Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.