Company Description
It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today — ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.
Job Description
ServiceNow is looking for a Technical Accounting Manager who has a positive attitude, highly motivated to learn and grow within the organization with proven ability to thrive successfully in a fast-paced multi-task oriented environment. This is a high-profile position that will play a critical role in technical accounting and other reporting related matters. This role will report to the Sr. Director, SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting.
What you get to do in this role:
- Research and document the Company’s technical accounting issues; present and resolve the Company’s positions for critical accounting issues with external auditors
- Monitor, assess, and implement new accounting pronouncements applicable to the company and partner with stakeholders to analyze the impact
- Assist with purchase accounting, valuation and integration of mergers and acquisitions
- Assist with certain technical accounting areas, such as investment accounting, goodwill and intangible asset impairment testing, accounting for share-based compensation programs, revenue accounting matters (payments to a customer, gross versus net, revenue recognition) amongst other complex accounting areas
- Be a trusted business partner and advisor to various stakeholders within Accounting, Finance, Legal, and other cross-functional teams
- Take initiative for process improvements to scale and optimize the technical accounting process
- Assist with the update of controls including assessing any control gaps and changes in processes
- Assist with global statutory reporting of international subsidiaries through coordination with external auditors in US and local offices
- Coordinate audit support with external auditors
- Support special projects and workflow process improvements
- Involvement in the SEC reporting process and help ensure the financial statements are in compliance with US GAAP
Qualifications
To be successful in this role you have:
- Total experience of minimum 8 years with a minimum of 4~5 years of Big four public accounting experience
- BS/BA degree in Finance or Accounting and CPA is required
- Manager role in a Big four public accounting firm and/or Manager, Technical Accounting at a public company
- A strong team player with a positive, service-oriented attitude
- Strong technical accounting background with a knowledge of US GAAP, SOX 404 and SEC reporting standards, as well as experience with technical research
- A proactive approach to problem identification and remediation solutions, the ability to communicate effectively, and build relationships across all levels of the organization
- Ability to work independently, complete work timely, and work well as a team member
- Strong organization and problem-solving skills
- Ability to be flexible and work analytically in a problem-solving environment
- Meticulous and superior attention to detail
- Experience with Workiva and SAP
- Strong Excel knowledge