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Base Salary: $110,000-144,000
Location: San Jose (onsite)

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Who We Are:

The Accounting team manages the core accounting responsibilities at X. 

Who You Are:

X is seeking a self motivated individual contributor to fill the role of General Ledger Accountant on-site in San Jose. This candidate will play a critical role in ensuring accuracy, compliance with GAAP and timely reporting of financial information.    

What You’ll Do: 

In this role, you will work cross-functionally with business partners across the organization 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 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, and take ownership of the areas you are responsible for. 

• Perform month-end close processes, including agreement review, account reconciliation review, and preparing journal entries. 

• 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.

• 4+ 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.