Accounting Manager
DocuSign
Accounting & Finance, Sales & Business Development
Ireland · Remote
Accounting Manager
- Location
- IE-Remote
- Category
- Finance & Accounting
- Position Type
- Regular
Company Overview
Docusign brings agreements to life. Over 1.5 million customers and more than a billion people in over 180 countries use Docusign solutions to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people’s lives. With intelligent agreement management, Docusign unleashes business-critical data that is trapped inside of documents. Until now, these were disconnected from business systems of record, costing businesses time, money, and opportunity. Using Docusign’s Intelligent Agreement Management platform, companies can create, commit, and manage agreements with solutions created by the #1 company in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).
What you'll do
Our Finance team plays a critical role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, optimal financial management, and efficient operations across Docusign. The team consists of Accounting, Financial Planning and Analysis, Revenue Operations, Investor Relations, and Business Operations. The Finance team partners across all organizations in Docusign to appropriately allocate resources, inform key business decisions, and facilitate the execution of our operational plans. This role coordinates the monthly and quarterly close process for the International accounting team, owns transfer pricing and intercompany accounting, and serves as a key resource to support the team on issues and initiatives as they arise. It is responsible for the monthly close process, review and analysis of management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations, and statutory accounting for Docusign entities in EMEA. Candidates should have experience with monthly close processes, preferably in a US-headquartered multinational, and a strong understanding of US GAAP and Irish or UK GAAP. In-depth knowledge of large company ERP systems (SAP and Oracle) and a demonstrable ability to drive change through automation and standardisation are required, along with strong attention to detail and the ability to deliver results under strict deadlines in a rapidly changing, cross-functional environment.
This position is an individual contributor role reporting to the Senior Manager, Accounting.
Responsibility
Coordinate the month-end and quarter-end close process for the International accounting team, ensuring alignment of deliverables with corporate deadlines and timely tracking and reporting of issues
Support month-end and quarter-end close for international entities, including preparation or review of journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and flux analysis
Review monthly transfer pricing calculations and ensure the monthly entries are accurately recorded for the International entities
Drive consistency and quality across the International accounting team, including tracking and reporting of key performance indicators to management
Own the secondary ledger close and related processes to ensure best in class use and to ensure there is a value add impact on statutory reporting
Work with consolidations team to investigate issues and discrepancies related to intercompany
Support on technical accounting impacts when transactions or issues occur, through independent investigation, as well as collaboration with other key stakeholders
Participate and lead automation and improvement projects, ensuring international specific concerns are raised
Work with and support other operational accounting teams, such as payroll, AR, and AP, as the need arises
Assist with US GAAP and statutory audits for international entities, including preparation of supporting schedules and documentation, reviewing financial statements, and managing audit requests
Complete other duties and special projects as assigned
Job Designation
Hybrid: Employee divides their time between in-office and remote work. Access to an office location is required. (Frequency: Minimum 2 days per week; may vary by team but will be weekly in-office expectation)
Positions at Docusign are assigned a job designation of either In Office, Hybrid or Remote and are specific to the role/job. Preferred job designations are not guaranteed when changing positions within Docusign. Docusign reserves the right to change a position's job designation depending on business needs and as permitted by local law.
What you bring
Basic
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant discipline with CPA or equivalent license
8+ years of general accounting experience or 5+ years including Big 4
Recognized accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or other similar international accounting qualification)
Experience with Irish or UK GAAP
Experience with US GAAP
Experience with Excel or Google Sheets
Experience working in a multi-currency environment
Preferred
Experience in a US headquartered, US GAAP reporting, public company
Ability to build productive cross-functional relationships
Experience driving process improvement and standardisation in a corporate ERP environment (Oracle or SAP)
Strong critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities
Meticulous attention to detail
Ability to work independently and to prioritise competing deliverables
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Life at DocuSign
Working here
Docusign is committed to building trust and making the world more agreeable for our employees, customers and the communities in which we live and work. You can count on us to listen, be honest, and try our best to do what’s right, every day. At Docusign, everything is equal.
We each have a responsibility to ensure every team member has an equal opportunity to succeed, to be heard, to exchange ideas openly, to build lasting relationships, and to do the work of their life. Best of all, you will be able to feel deep pride in the work you do, because your contribution helps us make the world better than we found it. And for that, you’ll be loved by us, our customers, and the world in which we live.
Accommodation
Docusign is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need such an accommodation, or a religious accommodation, during the application process, please contact us at [email protected].
If you experience any issues, concerns, or technical difficulties during the application process please get in touch with our Talent organization at [email protected] for assistance.