Staff Accountant (Remote)
LivePerson is a transformational force in how brands and consumers communicate. With over 18,000 brands, we are on a mission to make life easier for people and brands everywhere through trusted Conversational AI. We believe in a future where conversations are the norm for getting your intentions fulfilled - whatever they are.
We are an innovative, intent-driven company that believes in building the future and we are looking for growth minded, unconventional thinkers, developers and builders to join the team.
You will thrive here if:
You can operate in a fast paced, dynamic environment
You nerd out about AI, how it can be applied, or how you can learn more about it (don’t worry we’ll help)
You believe data-led decision making is the norm
You see feedback or failure as motivation to learn and to grow
You relate to our core principles and want to work with experts in their respective fields
What Will You Own?
- Prepare and reconcile monthly closing workpapers (ie. bank recs, fixed assets, prepayments, accruals, various tax related workpapers)
- Prepare and record monthly journal entries
- Assist in the consolidation and intercompany elimination processes
- Perform monthly analysis on high risk vendors and accounts payable subledger
- Become an integral part of reducing the monthly closing process time
- Prepare financial statements for domestic and foreign subsidiary entities
- Assist in the monitoring and forecasting of cash & cash-related items
- Ability to take on special projects and other day-to-day bookkeeping
- Participate in the implementation and optimization of various new systems and processes
What Do You Need for Success?
- 1-2 years previous accounting experience
- Big 4 or other public accounting experience required
- Strong Excel skills (formula design, pivot tables, charts)
- Excellent analytical skills
- Willingness to learn quickly and adapt to a high growth environment
- Great oral and written communication skills
- Familiarity with SAP General Ledger system, Concur, or Hyperion/HFM a plus
- Excellent interpersonal skills with willingness to engage with sales executives and various other departments
Why you’ll love working here:
LivePerson was named to FastCompany’s World’s most innovative companies of 2020 list for the Artificial Intelligence category. We offer amazing colleagues along with opportunities to push your own limits to grow. We embrace invention and experimentation. Most importantly, you’ll have an ability to make an impact at work and at brands across the globe as we build the future with trusted Conversational AI together.
At LivePerson, people from diverse backgrounds come together to do their best work and be their authentic selves. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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