Intuit Inc

Senior Accountant

Intuit Inc$112K — $152K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required.
  • 4+ years of progressive accounting experience, especially in close processes and accrual accounting.
  • Ability to work in San Diego or Mountain View office at least 3 days a week.
  • Strong interpersonal skills for effective cross-functional collaboration.
  • Understanding of GAAP to apply accounting principles practically.
  • Ability to perform technical accounting research and communicate findings clearly.
  • Self-motivated and organized with strong multitasking abilities.
  • CPA or active CPA candidate preferred.
  • Experience in reviewing contracts and interpreting vendor agreements preferred.
  • Familiarity with Coupa, CLM, Oracle, or BlackLine preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Support month-end close for accurate reporting of liabilities and expenses.
  • Develop understanding of operational and financial environment affecting liability accruals.
  • Review contracts to assess accounting implications and ensure compliance with company policy.
  • Support accrual accounting processes including vendor rebates and obligations.
  • Perform technical accounting research and present findings for decision-making support.
  • Apply professional skepticism in analyzing accounting conclusions and drive issues to resolution.
  • Maintain strong internal controls to ensure compliance with company policy.
  • Anticipate and communicate risks from system or process changes affecting operations.
  • Proactively collaborate across functions for timely decision-making on expenses.
  • Identify process improvement opportunities, leveraging AI and automation for efficiency.
  • Support training programs on expense coding policies and best practices.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package with performance-based rewards.
  • Eligibility for cash bonus and equity rewards.
  • Benefits consistent with applicable plans and programs.
  • Commitment to fair pay across demographic categories.
Full Job Description
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.

As an individual contributor, responsibilities include contract reviews and assessing the accounting implications including AP accruals, expenses, prepaid, fixed assets, and revenue-related accounts,

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
  • Support the month-end close process to ensure timely and accurate reporting of liabilities and expenses.
  • Develop a strong understanding of the end-to-end operational and financial environment, including key upstream and downstream processes that drive liability accruals and expense classifications.
  • Review and interpret contracts and vendor agreements to assess accounting implications and ensure proper classification in accordance with Company policy.
  • Support accrual accounting processes across liabilities and expenses, including vendor rebates and other recurring obligations.
  • Perform technical accounting research on specific issues and present findings and recommended positions to support decision-making.
  • Apply professional skepticism and an inquisitive approach to review and analyze the appropriateness and reasonableness of accounting conclusions, clearly articulating positions and driving issues through to resolution with transparency.
  • Perform control procedures and support the maintenance of a strong process and internal control environment to ensure compliance with Company policy.
  • Anticipate and communicate risks from new or changed systems, processes, and accounting standards, assessing potential impact on current operations.
  • Stay current on relevant accounting standards and proactively flag potential impacts to operations and policy.
  • Proactively collaborate cross-functionally and cultivate strong relationships with partners across Accounting, Finance, and the Business to facilitate timely, high-quality decision-making on liability and expense matters.
  • Identify opportunities to streamline and improve processes, including leveraging AI and automation tools to drive efficiency and accuracy.
  • Support the development and delivery of training programs to help business partners understand expense coding policies and best practices.


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 ). 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:

San Diego: 112,500-152,500

Bay Area: 119,500-161,500

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required.
  • 4+ years of progressive accounting experience, with exposure to close processes, accrual accounting, and internal controls.
  • Must be able to work out of our San Diego or Mountain View office at least 3 days a week.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and levels of the organization.
  • Strong understanding of GAAP and ability to apply accounting principles in practice.
  • Ability to perform technical accounting research and clearly communicate positions to both accounting and non-accounting audiences.
  • Self-motivated and organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  • CPA or active CPA candidate preferred.
  • Experience reviewing contracts and interpreting vendor agreement terms preferred.
  • Familiarity with Coupa, CLM, Oracle, or BlackLine preferred.


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 ). 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:

San Diego: 112,500-152,500

Bay Area: 119,500-161,500

About Intuit Inc

Intuit offers business and financial management solutions for SMBs, financial institutions, consumers, and accounting professionals. The company’s product portfolio includes TurboTax, a software solution that offers free tax filing, efile taxes, and income tax returns; Quicken; QuickBooks; Mint.com, and more. It also offers end-to-end solutions for online tax preparation, download products, mobile tax prep, mortgage interest and property tax, corporations tax, military tax, and more. Intuit was founded by Tom Proulx and Scott Cook in 1983 and is based in Mountain View, California. The company serves customers in North America, Asia, Europe, and Australia with offices in the United States, Canada, India, U.K., and Singapore.

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13,500 employees
Market Cap
$107.4 billion
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Net Income
$1.7 billion
Founded
1983
5 Year Trend
+19.6%
Revenue
$7.7 billion
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