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Senior Corporate Accountant

Figma

Figma

Accounting & Finance
New York, NY, USA · San Francisco, CA, USA · Seattle, WA, USA · Seattle, WA, USA · United States · San Francisco, CA, USA · Remote
Posted on Friday, December 8, 2023

Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, design and build better products — from start to finish. Whether it’s consolidating tools, simplifying workflows, or collaborating across teams and time zones, Figma makes the design process faster, more efficient, and fun while keeping everyone on the same page. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come make with us!

The Corporate Accounting team is responsible for delivering timely and accurate financial reports, maintaining accounting policies and ensuring compliance across the company, building the best-in-class month-end processes, all while partnering with teams across the company. As a member of the team, you’ll play a vital role in designing and maintaining scalable procedures, policies and internal controls to ensure compliance with US GAAP and other laws/regulations. The ideal candidate will be a proactive, highly analytical individual who can work independently, and meet deadlines in a fast paced environment.

What you’ll do at Figma:

  • Perform month-end close activities including balance sheet reconciliations for Sales & Marketing related activities and accruals, virtual cards, T&E activities, benefits, and operating expenses allocations
  • Be a strategic business partner to the Sales & Marketing teams, collaborating on projects and supporting related business initiatives
  • Help identify, drive, and implement process improvements while documenting new and existing processes, including development of a systemic allocations methodology
  • Prepare monthly/quarterly flux analysis and reporting packages
  • Respond to audit requests for related areas
  • Maintain accurate operating expenses coding (review AP coding, departments, tagging, etc.)
  • Support system implementations, development of new processes, and creation of new recons, etc.
  • Assist in SOX implementation
  • Maintain and update accounting policies of owned areas
  • Partner with other internal and external contacts at all levels
  • Other ad hoc projects as needed

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

  • 4+ years of accounting experience
  • Strong knowledge of US GAAP
  • Experience with Netsuite or equivalent ERP
  • Experience building cross-functional relationships and communicating with stakeholders across all levels and functions

While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

  • 2+ years of experience working in a high-growth SaaS company
  • 2+ years of experience working in public accounting
  • Demonstrated experience researching and understanding complex accounting issues
  • Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and organizational skills
  • Experience with Zip, Expensify, Navan or similar accounting softwares
  • A CPA (or are currently a CPA candidate)
At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.

Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. You may view our Pay Transparency Policy by clicking on the corresponding link.

Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):
$109,000$210,000 USD

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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