General Ledger Accountant

About Ancestry:
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Ancestry has a great opportunity for a General Ledger Accountant. This position will report to an accounting manager and will be primarily responsible for assisting in the accounting for Ancestry’s emerging businesses, including Ancestry’s professional genealogists, and newspaper and military offerings.

What you will do...

• Maintain accurate records for all assigned areas, including recording journal entries for key processes

• Perform monthly accounting close procedures

• Prepare monthly balance sheet account reconciliations

• Analyze month-over-month fluctuations and forecast-to-actual variances for assigned accounts

• Improve efficiency and effectiveness of existing processes and controls

• Perform various controls over financial reporting

• Perform in-depth calculations and analyses related to numerous third-party royalty agreements

• Coordinate with business partners and Financial, Planning, & Analysis teams to ensure strong communication & integration among groups

• Work with third-party vendors to reconcile and validated royalty calculations

• Perform clerical duties related to customer accounts, sales & refunds, requesting new vendors, invoice processing for contractors, check payments, and other expense approvals

• Provide and communicate accurate and timely information for decision making to management

• Work with both external and internal auditors

• Assist with other projects as deemed necessary

Who you are...

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required

• CPA-eligible or working towards CPA is desirable

• 1-2 years of accounting experience required

• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Excel is required

• Experience with Oracle, TM1, and Tableau is desirable

• Must be self-motivated, proactive, and detail oriented

• Must have great verbal and written communication skills

Helping people discover their story is at the heart of ours. Ancestry is the largest provider of family history and personal DNA testing, harnessing a powerful combination of information, science and technology to help people discover their family history and stories that were never possible before. Ancestry’s suite of products includes: AncestryDNA, AncestryProGenealogists, Fold3, Newspapers.com, Find a Grave, Archives.com, and Rootsweb. We offer excellent benefits and a competitive compensation package. For additional information, regarding our benefits and career information, please visit our website at http://ancestry.com/careers

As a signatory of the ParityPledge in Support of Women and the ParityPledge in Support of People of Color, Ancestry values pay transparency and pay equity. We are pleased to share the base salary range for this position: $63,000 - $72,000 with eligibility for bonus, equity and comprehensive benefits including health, dental and vision. The actual salary will vary by geographic region and job experience. We will share detailed compensation data for a specific location during the recruiting process. Read more about our benefits HERE.

*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20) and sb1162(1-1-23)

Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law. For San Francisco office candidates, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means.