Staff Accountant
Cisco Meraki is searching for a Staff Accountant to join our Finance team in San Francisco! As the fastest growing cloud-managed networking team in the world, our products, and technology architecture are changing the face of enterprise networking and making cloud-managed IT a reality. We also understand on a personal level, by simplifying powerful technology we can free passionate people to focus on their mission.
Being a Merakian is about living the four Meraki Values of Be Brave, Care Deeply, Simplify Everything, and Everybody In. What truly makes Meraki special are the people – people who keep the culture strong and make working here exciting, meaningful, and rewarding.
Are you ready to join the team?
What You Will Do:
You are a dynamic, motivated, and hard-working individual who thrives in a constantly evolving environment. In this role, you will contribute to a broad spectrum of operational accounting areas in order to maintain records of assets, liabilities, profit, and loss, tax liability, or other financial activities within the organization. You will interact closely with other Meraki business teams as internal partners and other Cisco wide finance teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare and post journals entries related to Cash and Bank, Accounts Payable, Accruals, Prepaids, VAT and Fixed Assets
- Perform balance sheet account analysis before and after close to identify potential errors and explain variances
- Drive process improvement, simplification, automation and support other ad hoc projects
- Research relevant policies and assist in developing and modifying operational procedures
- Participate in operational and SOX controls
- Assist with compliance (indirect tax, benefit-in-kind, 1099) and reporting (cash flow, financial statement footnotes) efforts
- Perform procedures in Procure to Pay process such as purchase requisition review, supplier onboarding and contribute to payment run
- Collaborate with functional business leaders, stakeholders and external consultants to troubleshoot financial questions/concerns
Required Qualifications and Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in business related field (Finance or Accounting preferred)
- 3 to 5 years of related experience in Accounting Operations (preferably Procure to Pay) or Accounting or Finance organization in a medium to large sized company
- Proficient in excel
- Cultivate positive work environment and ability to work on multiple results in a fast-paced environment cross functionally
Cisco requires all U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated or have an approved religious or medical accommodation. Candidates accepting an offer must provide proof of vaccination status on their first day. If someone anticipates requesting an accommodation for this requirement, they must receive approval before the start date. Candidates receiving an offer will receive additional information about the accommodation process at the time of the offer. All offers of employment are contingent upon complying with Cisco's vaccination policy.
At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.
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