Senior Accountant

About Cardlytics

Founded in 2008, Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX) is the industry-leading purchase intelligence and incentives platform. We make commerce smarter and more rewarding for everyone by helping businesses attract, understand, and incentivize consumers through our partners' digital reward programs. Join us on our mission to make commerce smarter and more rewarding for everyone!

About the Team

The Corporate Accounting team at Cardlytics keeps the company’s public financials accurate, timely, and audit-ready. We own the close, book critical entries, and partner across the business to support Cardlytics’ card-linked marketing platform that connects brands, banks, and consumers. Known for our attention to detail and collaborative approach, we take pride in getting it right—and getting it done.

About the Position

Cardlytics is seeking a Senior Accountant to join our team, reporting to the Manager, Corporate Accounting.

This role will assist with day-to-day accounting operations as well as month end close, including responsibility over the accounting of payroll, benefits, and other compensation expenses. Additionally, you will support audit requests and filing requirements of a public company. We are looking for a team member who is highly motivated, diligent, and comfortable interacting with colleagues within our department as well as with our cross-functional stakeholders. You must be detail-oriented, hands-on, dependable, have the ability to multitask, and be a fast learner. Bonus points if you know how to have fun while working in a fast-paced environment!  

You will

• Assist with month end close, including working closely with our payroll team to understand our compensation expenses, identify items to accrue and analyze expense trends

• Record all on-cycle and off-cycle payroll activity via journal entries (validating any bonus and severance payments)

• Maintain payroll related schedules according to supporting agreements and record monthly accruals when necessary

• Record all bank transactions specific to payroll activity (benefit claim funding, taxes, payroll funding, 401k funding)

• Prepare monthly headcount report to validate employee movement and salary changes, book stat entry, add new hires to NetSuite for integration with Coupa user profiles

• Prepare and post bonus accrual by validating bonus plans and updating for new hires, terminations, salary changes

• Assist the expense team in recording other expense related entries

• Book journal entries and perform account reconciliations

• Initiate, improve, and create efficiencies in systems and procedures

• Work on special projects and other ad hoc accounting responsibilities

• Support internal and external audit efforts

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

• 3-5+ years of relevant accounting experience

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel

• Prior experience with Coupa, NetSuite and BlackLine a plus

• Self-motivated and able to adapt to a rapidly changing business environment

• Positive and team-oriented spirit

• Excellent analytical and critical analysis skills

• Master new systems and applications quickly

• Extremely well-organized, data driven and comfortable managing multiple tasks and projects

Technical Environment

We primarily use macOS and Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides). While our preferred platform is macOS, we support both macOS and Windows. Familiarity with or willingness to work within this environment is required.

Core Values

Our shared values are the driving force behind everything we do. Across all roles, we are looking for teammates who embody these values:

• Customer and partner first

• Act with urgency and focus

• Integrity with our partners and data

• Accountability even when challenged

• Empowerment over hierarchy

• Growth over comfort

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible paid time off plus company holidays

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance begins on your first day

• 401(k) retirement plan with company match, plan also includes a student loan debt repayment option

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Educational assistance for continuing education

• Lifestyle Spending Account for physical, emotional, and financial wellness (like gym memberships, home down payments, art classes, park passes, and more!)

• Complimentary Calm app subscriptions to support employee mental health and wellbeing

As an equal opportunity employer, Cardlytics is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our people bring our products and organization to life, and every unique perspective makes us better. If you can do the job and you’re excited about growing with us as we scale our best-in-class advertising platform, we’d love to hear from you. If you need accommodation in the recruiting process due to a disability, please email [email protected] or inform your recruiter.