Company:
Ancestry
Location: Lehi
Closing Date: 29/10/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
About Ancestry:
When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person's story is important. Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, empowers journeys of personal discovery to enrich lives. With our unparalleled collection of more than 40 billion records, over 3 million subscribers and over 23 million people in our growing DNA network, customers can discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Over the past 40 years, we've built trusted relationships with millions of people who have chosen us as the platform for discovering, preserving and sharing the most important information about themselves and their families.
We are committed to our location flexible work approach, allowing you to choose to work in the nearest office, from your home, or a hybrid of both (subject to location restrictions and roles that are required to be in the office- see the full list of eligible US locations HERE). We will continue to hire and promote beyond the boundaries of our office locations, to enable broadened possibilities for employee diversity.
Together, we work every day to foster a work environment that's inclusive as well as diverse, and where our people can be themselves. Every idea and perspective is valued so that our products and services reflect the global and diverse clients we serve.
Ancestry encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants. Passionate about dedicating your work to enriching people's lives? Join the curious.
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...
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.
When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person's story is important. Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, empowers journeys of personal discovery to enrich lives. With our unparalleled collection of more than 40 billion records, over 3 million subscribers and over 23 million people in our growing DNA network, customers can discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Over the past 40 years, we've built trusted relationships with millions of people who have chosen us as the platform for discovering, preserving and sharing the most important information about themselves and their families.
We are committed to our location flexible work approach, allowing you to choose to work in the nearest office, from your home, or a hybrid of both (subject to location restrictions and roles that are required to be in the office- see the full list of eligible US locations HERE). We will continue to hire and promote beyond the boundaries of our office locations, to enable broadened possibilities for employee diversity.
Together, we work every day to foster a work environment that's inclusive as well as diverse, and where our people can be themselves. Every idea and perspective is valued so that our products and services reflect the global and diverse clients we serve.
Ancestry encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants. Passionate about dedicating your work to enriching people's lives? Join the curious.
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
- 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
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.
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