Senior Accountant

Company Overview

Job Overview

Intuit’s Finance team drives business growth and profitability through strategic, financial and operational leadership. Our team is comprised of finance, accounting, supply chain, corporate strategy & development, and tax professionals that support and enhance Intuit's operating efficiencies.

This is an accounting role as a Senior Accountant within the Chief Accounting Office (CAO) Organization. Position is located in San Diego, CA. Position will be responsible for the execution of Liabilities accounting, while also charged with gaining efficiencies and work product improvements that address financial risk and support business growth.

Responsibilities

This position will require strong cross-functional skills, general accounting application, and ability to scope and centralize new accounting requirements that come from organic growth within the business.

• Responsible for applying, enforcing, and executing the Company's accounting policies as they relate to the performance of Liabilities accounting.
• Applies professional skepticism and an inquisitive approach to review and analyze the appropriateness and reasonableness of underlying accounting principles. Able to clearly articulate results and variances, and demonstrate an understanding of root cause to management.
• Work closely with internal and external business partners, local and international team members, and internal and external auditors on accounting matters relating to Liabilities accounting.
• Comfortable working with cross functional team in order to understand company offerings and implement accounting models that properly recognize assets, liabilities, and expense and eliminate intercompany transactions according to accounting principles and company policy.
• Stay current on evolving Accounting Standards pronouncements and updates under prevailing regulatory bodies (FASB, SEC), incorporating into current Company policy as necessary.
• Streamline systems and reporting tools to ensure efficient and accurate recording and proper classification of liabilities and expense.
• Participate in systems upgrades and enhancements as necessary.
• Participate in the month- and quarter- end close process and related responsibilities for the accounting department.
• Prepare journals entries and maintain account reconciliations consistent with GAAP and corporate accounting policies to ensure close timelines are met.
• Prepare and maintain reports / schedules for senior management and prepare schedules requested by internal and external auditors and other business partners.

Qualifications

• Background in understanding and applying US GAAP, preferably with experience in accounting for Liabilities (e.g. AP, Debt, etc).
• Ability to manage complexity well and demonstrated experience managing across functions and businesses to accomplish large scale goals in a large, public company environment.
• Confidence, good judgment, energy, and personality to work in a dynamic, multi-business unit environment across all levels of management and across business units and functions.
• Strong end-to-end process orientation with demonstrated analytical thinking, organizational skills and problem solving skills.
• Ability to influence people indirectly and work with people in multi-functional roles.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills, time prioritization, and risk assessment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Acctg with minimum of 3 - 5 years of experience, or equivalent experience; CPA/MBA highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of Oracle, BlackLine, and/or Business Objects a plus.
• A combination of Public and Industry Accounting experience is desired.
• Strong PC, worksheet, and word processing skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communications, presentation and influencing skills, including the ability to raise issues appropriately to the right level internally and externally to resolve.

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender. The expected base pay range for this position is: