Senior Executive

Role description (where you fit) We are looking for a diligent senior accounting executive to join our global finance team. You sit in the Record-to-Report team and own multi-state sales and use tax compliance alongside core general ledger work. You will support the close through reconciliations and payroll journal review, working closely with the Assistant Controller and the U.S. Accounting team.

Key responsibilities

• Support the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close, meeting close calendar deadlines and preparing supporting schedules and fluctuation analysis for assigned accounts.

• Prepares Profit & Loss (P&L) statements, Cash Flow statements, and Balance Sheets for management review.

• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and clear reconciling items promptly.

• Prepare, review, and file multi-state sales and use tax returns, ensuring each return is accurate, adequately supported, and filed by its statutory due date.

• Maintain the sales-tax engines (Avalara or similar): calculation, tax codes, exemption certificates, integration, nexus updates and products mapping.

• Prepare and post recurring and ad-hoc journal entries, including accruals, prepaid amortization, and depreciation, with adequate supporting documentation.

• Maintain the fixed asset subledger, including additions, disposals, and depreciation schedules

. • Assist with the coordination of internal and external audits, preparing requested schedules and gathering adequate support for sample selections

• Identify and drive process improvements, and maintain written documentation of accounting procedures and internal controls

• Document procedures and flag process gaps or control risks to the Assistant Controller.

• Support business license, annual report, and other recurring regulatory filings as required.

• Identify and drive process improvements and maintain written documentation of accounting procedures and internal controls.

• Guide and mentor accounting executive team members.

Required qualification and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Accounting or Finance; CA/CPA candidate is a plus.

• 58 years of progressive accounting experience; SaaS/technology preferred.

• Working knowledge of US multi-state sales and use tax and an engine such as Avalara.

• Experience preparing balance sheet reconciliations and general ledger journals.

• Familiarity with payroll journal entries and reconciliations

• Proficiency in Sage Intacct or a comparable ERP.

• Advanced Excel skills.

• Detail-oriented, with good written communication for U.S. stakeholders.