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Our mission is simple: to transform lives through learning. Your work helps people around the world build skills they can use, whether they’re picking up something new or leveling up to stay ahead.
Over 80 million learners and 17,000 businesses already learn with Udemy. If you’re excited by change, energized by learning, and ready to have a real impact, you’ll feel right at home.
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Where we Work
Udemy is a global company headquartered in San Francisco, with additional U.S. offices in Denver and Austin, and international hubs in Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, Canada, and Türkiye. This is an in-office position, requiring three days a week in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and flexibility on Mondays and Fridays.
About your skills
Cross-Functional Collaboration: You are able to define solutions that achieve consensus, negotiating with stakeholders to ensure all accounting requirements are met. You effectively manage multiple concurrent projects in order to meet deadlines.
Technical Expertise: You bring a strong background in accounting, with an ability to distill complicated and emerging issues into key risk points. You know how to effectively research, balancing curiosity and intuition with logic and facts, and can articulate succinct and well–reasoned conclusions.
Decision Making: You are methodical and confident when making decisions and are able to consider multiple perspectives. Upon making a decision, you ensure alignment and accountability are clear across all parties.
Problem Solving: You see beyond the present problem and work to identify the fundamental ‘why’. You are a strong system-based and analytical thinker, and work towards potential solutions with accounting and other cross-functional partners.
About this role
As Senior Manager, SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting, you will be a key leader within Udemy’s accounting organization, responsible for overseeing the company’s external reporting process and complex technical accounting areas. You will lead a team of two direct reports and continuously partner closely with multiple departments, including Finance, Legal, Investor Relations, and external auditors. This position reports to the Assistant Controller.
What you’ll be doing
- Oversee the reporting process for regular SEC filings (10-Q, 10-K, and 8-K), including review of financial statements, footnote disclosures, management’s discussion and analysis, disclosure checklists, earnings materials, and XBRL tagging, ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP and SEC requirements.
- Oversee recurring accounting for complex and high-risk areas, including but not limited to stock-based compensation (ASC 718), intangibles and software capitalization (ASC 350), equity transactions (ASC 505), loss contingencies (ASC 450), leases (ASC 842), and business combinations (ASC 805).
- Mentor and coach team members to help foster a collaborative, empathetic, and high-performing culture.
- Negotiate and inform cross functional partners, including senior leadership, to enable financial reporting outcomes that are consistent with U.S. GAAP.
- Perform and memorialize research of authoritative guidance, new and emerging accounting standards, and peer company disclosures to support proposed accounting treatment or disclosures.
- Manage the quarterly review and external audit processes with our external auditors, including but not limited to PBC request management and fluctuation analysis.
- Own and operate key SOX controls related to external reporting and technical accounting processes.
- Drive continuous improvement and automation within the SEC reporting and technical accounting processes and systems.
- Assist in ad hoc analyses and projects, as requested.
What you’ll have
- 7+ years of total experience, with at least 4 years coming from a mix between Big 4 public accounting (preferably at the manager or higher level) and an SEC reporting function for publicly-traded SEC filers.
- Active CPA or equivalent qualification.
- Expert understanding of US GAAP, SOX, and SEC reporting rules, as well as experience researching and memorializing technical accounting issues.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with an ability to interact and build relationships across multiple levels in the organization and with external partners.
- Strong sense of ownership and independence, able to work with limited hands-on supervision while maintaining meticulous attention to detail.
- Experience with Workiva Wdesk, Microsoft Office (including Excel and Word), Netsuite, and Google Workspace products (including Sheets, Docs, and Gmail). Other tools that we use include: Box, Floqast, AuditBoard, Jellyfish, Slack, Zoom, and Zip.
Posting Date: 11/3/2025
Application Window: We anticipate the application window will be open until 11/30/2025. Based on business needs, this opportunity may remain posted beyond or closed before the anticipated application window.
At Udemy, we strive to be transparent around compensation. Actual compensation for this role is based on several factors, including but not limited to job-related skills, qualifications, experience, and specific work location due to differences in the cost of labor. In addition to a base salary, this role is also eligible for equity.
You’ll grow here.
Learning is part of the job. You’ll get full access to Udemy courses, a monthly UDay to invest in yourself, and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately, but what you focus on is up to you.
AI is real here.
We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. You’ll have the space and tools to experiment, apply, and get better at using AI in practical ways.
You’ll own your work.
We trust people to lead, make decisions, and follow through. You don’t need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact.
You’ll build with others.
We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice, and good thinking is welcomed from any direction.
You’ll see your impact.
What you build helps people grow their skills, change their careers, or find a path forward. You’ve got the experience, why not use it to help others gain theirs?
Bring your curiosity. We’ll bring the platform and the support. Let’s LEARN together.
Our Benefits Start with UOur benefits start with you and were built to provide you and your family with the protection and care you need, making it easy to access the right coverage when you need it most. Benefits vary by region, and we encourage applicants to review our Australia Benefits, India Benefits, Ireland Benefits, Mexico Benefits, Turkiye Benefits & US Benefits, pages to get an understanding of some of the benefits we offer. For details on region-specific benefits, please refer to the information provided during the hiring process.
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What We Do
At Udemy, we’re on a mission to transform lives through learning. By combining on-demand, multi-language content with real-time innovation, Udemy delivers personalized experiences that empower over 17,000 organizations to scale workforce development and help 81 million individuals build the technical, business, and soft skills most relevant to their careers. Come join us in ensuring everyone, everywhere has access to the skills they need to unlock their potential and create possibilities for themselves and others.
Why Work With Us
As a learning company, we have a rich culture of curiosity. We offer employees free access to every course on the platform, as well as a $1,500 yearly stipend that can be used for educational opportunities, conferences, books, and more. We also host guest speakers and have a comprehensive and internal training curriculum. Become a lifelong learner!
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