Autodesk is a global SaaS technology leader that creates innovative software for various industries. The Corporate Accounting team is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst who will play a key role in the worldwide close process, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and collaborating with various teams to support financial reporting and analysis.
Responsibilities:
- Play an integral part in the worldwide close process through preparing, analyzing, and reviewing assigned general ledger account reconciliations, journal entries, and other analysis to support the consolidated financial statements
- Prepare, analyze, and report accounting results of capitalized sales commissions under ASC 340-40 Costs to Obtain a Contract
- Partner with FP&A to support the budget and forecast process
- Partner with Channel Programs team to assess accounting for Partner programs
- Ensure compliance with US GAAP for various accounting areas. Prepare and review accounting entries as appropriate
- Work closely with business partners and accounting teams worldwide to understand changes in the business and statutory requirements which impact US GAAP accounting areas
- Prepare flux analyses and reconciliations of balance sheet accounts and schedules for management and external auditors as appropriate
- Compile and prepare monthly journal entry activity reports and obtain required review confirmations
- Review and prepare various cost allocations by functions
- Analyze technical accounting issues under US GAAP and prepare accounting memos addressing technical issues as required
- Analyze technical accounting issues and provide guidance to the Finance community, as required
- Identify opportunities for process improvements to optimize the financial close process. These projects include information systems improvements as well as creating efficiencies with manual processes
- Prepare government surveys as assigned
- Additional ad hoc and special projects as required