Snowflake Computing

Director, Technical Accounting

Snowflake Computing$150K — $200K *
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting with CPA license required
  • Minimum 10 years of related experience with a combination of Big 4 public accounting and industry experience
  • Strong technical accounting background with extensive knowledge of U.S. GAAP, SOX 404 and SEC reporting standards
  • Self-starter with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving problems
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills
  • Superior attention to detail

Responsibilities

  • Serve as key stakeholder for acquisitions and strategic investments related to accounting due diligence and reporting
  • Identify, research, and document the Company’s technical accounting issues, collaborating with external auditors
  • Prepare or review technical accounting memos on complex transactions, including acquisitions and foreign currency matters
  • Draft and update the Company’s accounting policies as needed
  • Assess and implement changes to U.S. GAAP, articulating impacts to non-finance executives
  • Develop and maintain internal controls over the technical accounting function
  • Provide training on technical accounting matters to the internal Finance and Accounting team

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment fostering professional growth
  • Opportunity to influence and shape accounting practices within a growing company
  • Convenient office locations in Dublin and Menlo Park, CA
  • Engagement with high-level strategic transactions
  • Variety of responsibilities enabling skill development in technical accounting and compliance
  • Exposure to SEC filings and key financial reporting activities
Full Job Description
We9re growing and looking for a skilled Director, Technical Accounting to join our team. Reporting to the Senior Director, Assistant Controller, this key position will be responsible for the Company9s accounting policies, addressing technical accounting matters that arise from business transactions and implementing new accounting pronouncements.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Serve as key stakeholder related to acquisitions and strategic investments regarding accounting due diligence, accounting treatment, reporting and disclosures
  • Identify, research and document the Company9s technical accounting issues; work proactively with external auditors to drive timely closure of technical accounting matters
  • Prepare or review technical accounting memos on complex transactions, including, but not limited to, acquisitions, strategic investments, foreign currency matters and hedging
  • Draft, update or review the Company9s accounting policies
  • Assess and implement new or changes to U.S. GAAP and be able to articulate changes and impact to executives and non-Finance audience in plain English
  • Develop and maintain effective internal controls over the technical accounting function
  • Provide training to internal Finance and Accounting group on technical accounting matters
  • Assist in the operationalizing any changes associated with new transactions/new GAAP within Finance
  • Assist in the preparation of all SEC filings and quarterly earnings release
  • Assist in managing auditor PBC requests
  • Ad hoc projects, analysis and reporting as required by management
REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERTISE:
  • Bachelor9s degree in Accounting with CPA license required
  • Minimum 10 years of related experience with a combination of Big 4 public accounting industry experience
  • Strong technical accounting background with a thorough knowledge of U.S. GAAP (especially ASC 805, 32X, 815, 830 and 606), SOX 404 and SEC reporting standards, as well as experience with technical research
  • Self-starter with proactive approach to problem identification and remediation solutions
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, and a great team player.
  • Superior attention to detail

The expectation is that this person works in the Dublin and/or Menlo Park, CA office at least 3 days a week.

About Snowflake Computing

Snowflake is a cloud-based data-warehousing company that was founded in 2012. The company provides a data platform that allows customers to store and analyze data using cloud-based infrastructure. Snowflake's platform is designed to be highly scalable and flexible, allowing customers to easily add or remove computing resources as needed. The company's customers include a wide range of businesses, from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Snowflake has received significant funding from investors and has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States.
Learn more about Snowflake Computing
Size
2,037 employees
Market Cap
$44.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$539.1 million
Founded
2012
Revenue
$592 million
NASDAQ

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