Senior GL Accountant

Overview

Cohesity is hiring a Senior General Ledger Accountant to help prepare a full, accurate set of financial statements and strengthen the accounting close as the company grows. This is a hands-on role reporting to the Sr. Director of Accounting.

What you'll do

• Prepare journal entries for the monthly close, including recurring expense accruals, channel partner marketing programs and sponsorships, debt schedule, interest income and expense, and adjustments to prepaid assets and other current assets and liabilities.
• Prepare account reconciliations and review financial statements.
• Review open PO accruals, highlight trends, and analyze the causes of unexpected variances.
• Review entries posted by the accounts payable team.
• Perform balance sheet and income statement flux analysis and follow up with business owners outside the accounting team on variances.
• Work with the Corp Finance team to resolve discrepancies on open Purchase Orders.
• Assist the cash application team in determining account coding for miscellaneous non-trade cash receipts.
• Help maintain internal financial controls and procedures and update them to improve efficiency and SOX readiness.
• Prepare audit schedules and review outstanding items lists for external audits.
• Complete census-related forms and other government-mandated requests.
• Help create and implement policies and procedures to identify, resolve, and document accounting issues, and to make the close, reporting, and business processes more efficient and accurate.
• Participate in system enhancements and implementations that support rapid business expansion.
• Deliver ad-hoc reporting and analysis and take on special projects as needed.

What you'll need

• 6+ years of progressively responsible accounting experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• Strong working knowledge of GAAP.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Effective problem-solving skills: methodical, detail-oriented, innovative, and highly analytical.
• Conscientious about the timeliness of assignments and the quality of work product.
• Able to multitask accurately in a fast-paced, rapidly growing environment, and to prioritize workload.
• Able to work both as part of a team and independently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Creative thinker who is highly driven and self-motivated.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India (Office).
• In-office expectation: employees within a reasonable commute work out of core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing; candidates located in or near the job location are strongly preferred. Candidates outside the area should apply only if committed to relocating before their start date and legally authorized to work in the job location.