Overview
Come join Intuit's Chief Accounting Office (CAO) organization as a Senior Accounting Manager. We are looking for creative problem solvers with a passion for innovation to join our team and revolutionize the way the world does business.
This is a Senior Manager role within the CAO organization. The role is in San Diego, CA. This leader is primarily responsible for ensuring the accounting and operations functions are working accurately, efficiently, aligned to our policies. This person will lead the team that performs the accounting for general liabilities, including AP accruals, contingencies, vendor rebates, and debt.
The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills with the ability to organize self and team to deliver against critical objectives and priorities. They will have the ability to collaborate and lead across multiple functions and roles. This leader will be able to navigate difficult issues successfully with the ability to drive issues through to resolution and validation.
Responsibilities
Lead the month-end close process to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
Understand the end-to-end operational, financial, and systemic environment and key upstream and downstream processes that drive liability accruals, including related to purchase order activity, company credit card activity, contingencies, vendor rebates, and debt.
Enforce the Company's policies related to Service Purchase Order accrual accounting.
Exercise good judgment in managing E2E accounting and operational risk with appropriate transparency.
Ensure proper oversight of activities of the staff and develop the team to deliver results along with their own personal leadership growth. Foster a team environment that encourages trust, accountability, and excellence in delivery. Attract, develop, motivate, and retain talent within own team and at times in the broader Corporate Accounting team.
Proactively lead and influence cross-functionally and at all levels of management. Cultivate strong relationships with leaders in Accounting, Finance, and across the Business to facilitate timely, high-quality decision-making in connection with liability accrual matters.
Clearly articulate point of view regarding accounting issues and work with stakeholders to resolve, with transparency throughout all levels in the Intuit organization.
Apply professional skepticism and an inquisitive approach to review and analyze the appropriateness and reasonableness of underlying accounting principles.
Implement and maintain the required process and internal control environment and perform control procedures to ensure compliance with Company policy.
Streamline and automate systems, reporting tools, and processes leveraging AI technology to ensure efficient and accurate recording and proper classification of liabilities. Drive the development of strategies to improve accounting operations effectiveness, including the development and execution of organizational, process and system changes.
Stay current on evolving Accounting Standards pronouncements and updates under prevailing regulatory bodies (FASB, SEC), incorporating into current Company policy as necessary.
Strong interpersonal skills, savvy about players and the environment. Frequently manages up and out to peers and partners, not just down within own organization.
Anticipate risk, new/changed systems, process and accounting literature/regulations, assessing impact on current/future operations and overall environment.
Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may 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 (https://www.intuit.com/careers/benefits/full-time-employees/) ). 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:
Southern California: Base salary range $158,000- $213,500
Qualifications
Bachelors' degree in Accounting/Finance with minimum of 8 years' post-graduate experience, or equivalent experience. CPA preferable. MBA highly desirable.
Software or SaaS industry experience a plus. Two or more years of public company audit experience is a plus.
Experience managing teams with varying levels of experience. Ability to lead a team in a dynamic environment, managing multiple and ever-changing priorities, while consistently meeting tight deadlines.
Thorough knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), accrual accounting, and internal controls over financial reporting.
Strong end-to-end process orientation with demonstrated analytical thinking, project management, and problem-solving skills. Proactively address issues, own the outcome, and continuously strive for best-in-class processes and deliverables.
Experience with developing requirements, reviewing end-to-end processes, and contributing to and validating system design on implementations of enterprise financial reporting systems.
Ability to leverage AI and automation to enhance accounting processes (close, reconciliations, reporting), improving efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
Ability to deliver outstanding business outcomes with effective and fast decision making that considers the interests of all four key stakeholders - employees, customers, shareholders, and partners.
Ability to influence cross-functionally and at all levels of management. Effectively navigates social dynamics of teams, groups, and organizations.
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.
Excellent analytical and organizational skills, time prioritization, resource deployment, and risk assessment. Including the ability to apply data analytics and AI-driven insights to identify risks, trends, and opportunities, while ensuring strong governance, controls, and compliance in an evolving technological environment.
Excellent written and verbal communications, presentation and influencing skills, including the ability to elevate issues to the right level internally and externally to resolve.
Strong PC, worksheet, and word processing skills.
Working knowledge of Oracle R12, Blackline, Coupa, AI related Apps, and Kyriba a plus.
Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may 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 (https://www.intuit.com/careers/benefits/full-time-employees/) ). 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:
Southern California: Base salary range $158,000- $213,500
EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Intuit will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with requirements of local law.
