Senior Accountant

Role: Senior Accountant (Yahoo Finance)

You’ll support critical monthly close activities and help strengthen controllership by ensuring accurate records, reconciliations, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end close, including:
  • Fixed Assets and Prepaid subledgers
  • Journal entry preparation
  • Account reconciliations
  • Close reporting
• Identify and implement AI-assisted automation to streamline:
  • Month-end close
  • Reconciliations
  • Manual journal validations (e.g., Excel Copilot and enterprise AI tools)
• Support quarterly financial disclosures, compliance checklists, and SOX key controls
• Collaborate with internal and external auditors; provide accurate, timely responses and supporting documentation
• Critically validate AI-generated financial summaries and analytical outputs to ensure data accuracy and controllership compliance
• Document and maintain accounting policies, procedures, and standard operating workflows
• Assist Accounting Managers with ad-hoc reporting, special projects, and controllership change initiatives

Requirements (Basic Qualifications)

• Minimum 5 years of relevant accounting or financial controllership experience
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, internal controls, and SOX compliance
• Hands-on experience with Oracle ERP (General Ledger, Fixed Assets, AR/AP, or Cash Management) or similar enterprise ERP
• Advanced Excel skills, data analysis tools, and financial modeling
• Experience using AI tools (e.g., copilots/LLMs) or automated workflows to improve accounting speed/accuracy/efficiency
• Openness to experimenting with emerging financial technologies and continuous learning
• Strong communication skills and ability to manage tight close deadlines independently

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA or progress toward professional accounting certification
• Experience with financial system implementations, process automation, or AI workflow integrations
• Background in large multinational technology or digital media companies

Work Model / Location

• Flexible hybrid work options in the United States; occasional in-person events or team sessions may be requested with notice.