Director, Accounting San Francisco Fastly

3 weeks ago

San Francisco, United States Hollywood IT Society Full time

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

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Reporting to the VP, Corporate Controller, the Director, Accounting will be responsible for leading global accounting activities of the Company. The ideal candidate is someone who inspires a high-performing accounting team, but can also embrace ambiguity and loves solving problems. The candidate will possess a solid knowledge of US GAAP principles as well as a solid background in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and accounting operations. Managing a team of managers and experienced staff, the candidate will also possess strong management and team leadership competencies gained through prior experience managing a corporate accounting team. This will be a critical role in ensuring we continue building a world-class accounting function while partnering across the business to ensure our systems and processes are running smoothly.

What You’ll Do:

Oversee, support, and develop the corporate accounting team while driving efficiency and automation to scale the accounting function

Manage the accounting operations for general ledger areas, including review of journal entries, detailed variance analysis and reconciliation of general ledger accounts, while ensuring compliance with US GAAP and internal policies

Own and drive coordination of the monthly global financial close process across multiple teams

Responsible for consolidation and preparation of financial statements

Oversight of NetSuite ERP including chart of accounts, various modules, allocations, intercompany and FX

Streamline, automate, maintain & improve processes, systems and internal controls. Enhance operational effectiveness and efficiency of the Controllership organization to support our goal of decreasing days to close

Maintain effective SOX compliance activities for the corporate accounting team

Partner with cross-functional team including FP&A, internal and external auditors, business systems team and other stakeholders

Team leadership through managing talent including motivating, coaching, and mentoring team members

Ad-hoc projects as needed

What We’re Looking For:

BS Accounting or related degree

CPA required

12+ years of progressive experience including as a Director of Accounting at growth-stage and large public companies

Audit experience at a Big Four accounting firm

Strong knowledge of US GAAP and SOX

Ability to lead a team in a dynamic environment, managing multiple and ever changing priorities while consistently meeting deadlines; Experience building, developing, mentoring, and inspiring a high performing accounting team in multiple locations

Proven track record in making improvements in all areas of accounting practices & policies

Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills

Extensive experience working in ERP systems (preferably NetSuite)

Candidate must be hands-on, have a strong work ethic, excel in a fast-paced environment, and be adaptable to changing responsibilities and priorities

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