Senior Accountant

  • Full-time
  • Department: Global Accounting & Tax

Company Description

About Tradeshift
Tradeshift is a unicorn in the fintech industry. We are disrupting a typically stagnant environment by connecting companies of all sizes and providing them with the platform and network needed to create value from old processes like procurement, invoicing, payments, and workflow. We recognize that business is both messy and social - two revelations that have driven the development of Tradeshift, a platform for all your business interactions. We work hard and our teams have great freedom and responsibility to choose the best solutions, technologies and approaches to evolve the product to the next level.

We believe that being a global, multicultural company is a tremendous strength and we have people working from 18 different countries with hubs in Bucharest, Copenhagen, Kuala Lumpur, and San Francisco. We believe that if we truly focus on how to work distributed and collaborate across locations and (home) offices, we will not only enjoy work more but also build better products for our customers, and ultimately be a better company.

Job Description

About The Role

As part of U.S. Accounting Team, this position will perform various recurring and ad-hoc accounting responsibilities for North America and selected APAC subsidiaries and participate in the monthly accounting consolidation of Tradeshift Holdings, Inc., and all worldwide subsidiaries.  This position is an integral part of the monthly accounting and close processes, supports preparation of monthly and year-end financial statements and supports corporate, statutory and tax-related audits.  The Senior Accountant will work under the supervision and guidance of the Manager, Accounting.  

The Senior Accountant will be responsible for performing a range of accounting responsibilities timely, accurately, in conformance with U.S. GAAP and meeting established deadlines.  Identify, researching and resolving accounting issues as well as identifying and implementing workflow improvements are key requirements for this role.  The ability to understand and maintain accounting processes and controls, be detail oriented, be organized with the ability to multi-task, possess effective oral and written communication skills and the ability to coordinate across teams are integral to successfully achieving these responsibilities.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Gather information, update and maintain supporting accounting schedules for a range of accounting responsibilities described below.

  • Prepare and/or review JEs, in USD and selected foreign currencies, for a range of accounting responsibilities that may include cash transactions, prepaid assets, fixed assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses, expense reimbursements, payroll expenses and related liabilities, bonuses, commissions, equity-based compensation, borrowings, capital transactions and inter-company transactions for US, Canada, Malaysia and Australia entities.  

  • Reconcile month-end balances and related monthly income and expenses for a range of accounting responsibilities such as bank transactions, fixed assets, prepaid expenses, accrued expenses, expense reimbursements, payroll and compensation-related liabilities, borrowings, inter-company AR and AP and capital transactions. 

  • Perform monthly, quarterly and year-end close and consolidation activities using Netsuite to support subsidiary-level and consolidated financial accounting and reporting in USD.

  • Responsible for inter-company transactions, accounting, settlements, eliminations and analysis.

  • Gather and provide information to support weekly/periodic cashflow analyses and forecasts 

  • Support the annual corporate audit, selected statutory audits and tax-related audits by preparing various audit schedules and responding to requests and inquiries from auditors.

  • Partner with all units and levels of the Accounting and Finance Organization such as Payroll, Revenue Accounting, AR/Collections, Corporate Tax and FP&A to deliver timely and accurate accounting and management information.

  • Seek and implement ways to improve efficiency and accuracy of accounting processes.

  • Perform other ad-hoc tasks and duties as assigned by management

Qualifications

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  • Have a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance; your CPA certification is a definite plus

  • Possess strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP in all areas of direct accounting responsibility and ability to apply it to applicable business transactions.  Your experience in payroll, equity compensation, commissions and/or software revenue accounting experience is a plus.

  • Have 5+ years’ experience of general accounting, monthly accounting close processes involving consolidation of parent and multiple subsidiaries, and translation of foreign currency transactions/balances of subsidiaries to U.S. dollar reporting basis.  

  • Have Netsuite ERP system operation experience, including integrations with other systems and the ability to create customized Netsuite reports

  • Are detail oriented, have strong organization skills, have the ability to identify and solve problems and have good analytical skills.

  • Are able to organize your responsibilities and work schedule to complete your responsibilities timely and accurately. 

  • Possess strong Excel skills for data management, review and analysis, including functions such as data lookups, pivot tables and data/financial formulas.

  • Possess a positive attitude and flexibility; able to embrace change.

  • Are self-directed, able to multi-task, prioritize responsibilities and a work in a fast-paced team environment.

  • Are able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with all levels within the organization.

  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills.

Additional Information

We value diversity at our company. Tradeshift prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religious or religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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