What to Expect

This role is for a Senior Accountant on Tesla's Corporate Accounting team. The team is responsible for accounting, internal controls and financial reporting for multiple accounting areas including investments, goodwill and intangibles, accounts payable, accrued expenses, long-term debt, other assets/liabilities, and SGandA/RandD expenses.

As part of the month-end accounting close process, this role will analyze accounting variances and metrics and reconcile accounts to assess the reasonableness of Tesla's accounting results. The candidate must be comfortable communicating accounting matters to all levels of management, including concisely summarizing key issues for leadership.

The candidate must be able to independently identify and resolve accounting issues as they arise. For more technical accounting issues, the candidate must be able to recognize risks, define the key issues, and collaborate with the Technical Accounting team to determine the appropriate accounting treatment.

This role plays a critical part in maintaining Tesla's control environment. The person in this role must have strong experience with SOX (walkthroughs, internal control testing, interacting with internal/external auditors) and actively contribute to the continual improvement of Tesla's internal controls.

This role will focus on simplifying and scaling accounting processes as well as collaborating with IT to develop and test automated solutions to reduce/replace recurring manual accounting work.

What You'll Do

Ensure complete and accurate recording of financial transactions in accordance with GAAP, SOX and Tesla's accounting policies

Analyze account activity and reconcile account balances for multiple key accounting areas to assess the reasonableness of accounting results

Independently identify and resolve accounting issues as they arise

Create and maintain key metrics and analyses to provide real-time visibility and relevant insights into accounting trends/results

Identify opportunities and leverage technology to continuously automate and streamline accounting processes

Continually enhance Tesla's control environment and maintain compliance with all internal controls over financial reporting

What You'll Bring

Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, or equivalent experience; CPA is preferred

3+ years of relevant experience, including public accounting experience

Ability to clearly and concisely communicate accounting issues and results to all levels of management

Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience analyzing large volumes of data (e.g., SQL, querying databases)

Passionate about leveraging technology to automate and scale accounting processes

Flexibility with non-standard working hours for month-end accounting close

Compensation and Benefits

Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction

Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits

Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution

Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA

Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts... For full info follow application link.

Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual o rientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

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