Accounting Support

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Job description

Position: Senior Accountant

Location: REMOTE

Duration: 12+ months

Top skills:

1. Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

2. Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

3. Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines

Interview process: interview with Director of Finance, Controller, and potentially GM

Position Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled and highly motivated Senior Accountant with FP&A experience.

As a Senior Accountant, you will play a critical role in supporting our organization's efforts to optimize financial performance through the application of digital technologies, through the development of accurate forecasts and financial models, and through insightful analysis that drives process improvements and cost savings.

This role requires a consistent application of critical thinking skills, an excellent understanding of financial statements, sound financial logic, complex problem solving, and the ability to drive results through independent work. The successful candidate will have the ability to think both strategically and tactically. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including IT, Finance, Operations, Legal, and Supply Chain to identify opportunities, analyze data, develop financial models, and provide recommendations to management that will drive informed data-driven decisions.

Primary Responsibilities:

Supports all accounting and financial functions, including month-end/quarter-end close process, key account reconciliations, variance analysis, and provides insight into the business's results (i.e. you must be able to clearly and concisely articulate the story behind the numbers and the key drivers).

Functions as a business partner and trusted advisor to business leader(s) in Sales/Sales Ops, R&D, or Product Development.

Analyzes financial data, creates reliable forecasts, and clearly communicates drivers and assumptions in the forecasts. Proactively advises management of opportunities and potential risks regarding financial forecasts, budgets, and long range plans.

Financial Planning & Analysis: supports complex financial analysis, creates accurate bookings, revenue, and churn forecasts, creates complex financial models, creates standardized reports, synthesizes and analyzes data from various sources in an effort to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement, uses data analysis to evaluate the business's performance against key performance indicators (KPIs), and provides insight to management that supports data-driven decisions.

Significantly contributes to the data analysis, due diligence and creation of financial materials, slides, and write ups for mid-quarter reviews and quarterly business reviews.

Contributes ideas for process improvements and contributes to building new reports in BI tools.

Reviews various requests for approval.

Coordinates with other members of the finance team to review financial information and forecasts.

Completes ad hoc projects as assigned.

Required Skills:

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field, or equivalent experience

10+ years of progressive Finance experience along with a clear demonstration of driving change and achieving results in prior roles.

A critical thinker with strong Finance and Accounting skills, sharp analytical skills, and excellent reasoning abilities.

Extensive experience in Microsoft Office and Google Suite.

Background with accounting ERP Systems (Oracle and Netsuite experience is a plus) and BI tools.

"Roll up the sleeves" self-starter with the ability to both dig into the details and think strategically.

A well-organized and self-directed individual with high attention to detail who can work independently with minimal guidance in the midst of ambiguity.

An intelligent and articulate individual with excellent communication skills who can interact with people at all levels of an organization.

Preferred Skills:

MBA from a top-tier university and/or CFA/CPA/CMA/FPAC.

Hardware and Software Industry experience in a high growth environment preferred

Experience in SaaS is preferred

Significant experience in business partnering is preferred

Experience with Hyperion / Smart View are a big plus.

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