Sr Accountant
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Job Description
As a part of Visas North America Controllership team you will manage accounting and finance operations for Visas corporate activities in North America within the broader Global Controllership function. This role offers opportunities for significant responsibilities crossfunctional collaboration and career development.
You will collaborate with other Visa Finance business functions providing accounting support and contribute to process improvement system optimization and standardization projects. This position offers the opportunity to support accounting at a growing public company work crossfunctionally with a dynamic leadership team and provides significant responsibilities and opportunities for collaboration and career development.
The successful candidate will report to the Senior Accounting Manager in Foster City California and will handle accounting activities including compensation and benefits litigation and equity for North America and Global. Responsibilities include performing monthend close consolidation analytical review and research of technical and operational accounting issues.
As the Senior Accountant you will play a key leadership role in the Controllership organization around closethebooks process improvement system optimization projects scaling accounting infrastructures and standardizing processes globally.
Essential Functions:
- Collaborate with Visa Finance business functions to provide accounting support and contribute to process improvement system optimization and standardization projects.
- Perform monthly quarterly and annual close processes for North America and global consolidation ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
- Coordinate with regional accounting teams for timely and accurate submission of local reporting packages and adherence to accounting policies.
- Reconcile and prepare journal entries for payroll equity stockbased compensation benefits and related intercompany activities.
- Analyze interpret and record financial transactions reporting this information accurately.
- Own specific components of the North America balance sheet and income statement review balances during monthend closing prepare balance sheet account reconciliations and perform variance analysis and other analytical reviews.
- Identify and implement process improvements and automation to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of the consolidation process.
- Assist with finance system transformation and accountingtoreporting projects ensuring bestinclass global close processes and effective internal controls documentation.
- Research and document conclusions on accounting issues referencing GAAP pronouncements.
- Prepare quarterly financial schedules to support external reporting and audits.
- Establish maintain and coordinate the implementation of accounting operational documents and desktop procedures.
- Maintain a strong understanding of foreign currency accounting and reporting providing guidance and implementing best practices.
- Support the preparation and review of 10K and 10Q filings including footnotes and disclosures related to assigned areas.
- Regularly interact with various levels of management within and outside of Finance internal and external audit teams and participate in crossfunctional projects.
- Ensure SOX 404 compliance for functional areas of responsibility.
Hybrid Work Model
This role offers a hybrid work model requiring employees to work from the office three days a week Tuesday to Thursday in Foster City California with a general expectation of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.
Qualifications :
Basic Qualifications
- 5 years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD)
Preferred Qualifications
- 2 years of experience in compensation and benefits severance pensions longterm equity incentive plans (RSUs ISO/NQ stock options and ESPP) equity and litigation accounting
- Strong accounting quantitative and analytical skills ability to apply key U.S. GAAP to various business situations
- Experience in consolidation and intercompany accounting
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work under pressure and interact at all levels
- Proficient with Oracle or similar enterprise accounting systems familiarity with Workday
- Background in continuous improvement methodologies to drive efficiency and effectiveness
- Knowledge of SarbanesOxley internal control compliance
- Ability to work in a fastpaced rapidly changing environment
- Strong organizational communication and analytical skills able to work independently and flexibly
- Capable of managing complex projects and improving process efficiency
- Strong team player with experience working with global teams
- Proactive selfstarter with accountability for delegated tasks and projects
- Attention to detail deadlinedriven and resultsoriented
- CPA or equivalent
Additional Information :
Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.
Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 510% of the time.
Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk communicate in person and by telephone frequently operate standard office equipment such as telephones and computers.
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.
U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 124600.00 to 180650.00 USD per year which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on jobrelated factors which may include knowledge skills experience and location. In addition this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical Dental Vision 401 (k) FSA/HSA Life Insurance Paid Time Off and Wellness Program.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
