Lead Accountant
Icertis
Join our growing Accounting team as a Lead Accountant and play a key role in preparing our company for public-readiness. You’ll manage month-end close, intercompany transactions, and variance analyses, while supporting technical accounting topics like ASC 842, capitalized software, and debt financing. We’re seeking a CPA (preferred) with 3+ years of experience, strong GAAP and SOX knowledge, and hands-on NetSuite expertise. Ideal for someone detail-oriented, collaborative, and passionate about continuous process improvement. #LI-RS1 #LI-Remote
Icertis is the global leader in AI-powered contract intelligence. The Icertis platform revolutionizes contract management, equipping customers with powerful insights and automation to grow revenue, control costs, mitigate risk, and ensure compliance - the pillars of business success. Today, more than one third of the Fortune 100 trust Icertis to realize the full intent of millions of commercial agreements in 90+ countries.
Who we are: Icertis is the only contract intelligence platform companies trust to keep them out in front, now and in the future. Our unwavering commitment to contract intelligence is grounded in our FORTE values—Fairness, Openness, Respect, Teamwork and Execution—which guide all our interactions with employees, customers, partners, and stakeholders. Because in our mission to be the contract intelligence platform of the world, we believe how we get there is as important as the destination.
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Lead Accountant in US GL team
3+ years of either combined public and private accounting (at a publicly traded company) experience, or just public accounting experience. CPA is preferred.
Attention to detail with the ability to analyze underlying data to address unforeseen occurrences and create tactical plans for the team.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage competing priorities, and adhere to tight deadlines.
Thorough knowledge of US GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Internal Control requirements
Excellent written and oral communication skills, active listener, tailors’ communication to the audience
Problem solving and decision-making capacity in a high growth environment.
High emotional intelligence, ability to build and sustain relationships at multiple levels within and outside of finance
Experience with Netsuite ERP or similar
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or Accounting required
Good understanding of FX and consolidation is a plus
Enjoys building workbooks and an account reconciliation that tells a story.
Salary range and description
Min $120,000 - Max $145,000 USD per year
Pay offered will vary based on job-related factors such as location, experience, training, skills, and abilities. In addition to the base salary and annual bonus target and an equity component is included in the compensation package.
Our Commitments: Icertis is committed to:
- Icertians (employees) and their family's physical, mental and financial health and wellbeing
- Turbocharging Icertians careers
- Making a social and environmental impact in our communities
- Cultivation and advancing a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) within our company, customers, and suppliers
- Generous holidays including the 4th of July week off – paid
- Free professional and leadership coaching
- Annual personal development allowance
What we offer:
- Robust medical (physical & mental vision and dental benefits
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Equity (RSUs) and shared ownership in the company
- Generous 401K match
- Flexible work environment
- Paid maternity and paternity leave
- Generous holiday and PTO program
- CaaS (coaching as a service)
- Annual personal development allowance
- 7 Days for Humanity – 7 paid volunteer days annually
- Global and regional DEIB steering committees, employee resource groups (ERGs)
- Global DEIB training programs and guest speakers throughout the year
Own assigned monthly close activities including preparation of journal entries, intercompany transactions, account reconciliations, etc.
Perform monthly, quarterly and annual variance analysis to ensure resulting financial statement results accurately reflect business activity and are in accordance with US GAAP.
Partner with Technical Accounting team to provide the operational support on various technical accounting topics including ASC 842 Lease Accounting, Capitalized Software, Commissions, and Debt Financing, etc.
Enjoys doing ad hoc technical research and will add to the technical accounting bench for the team.
Participate in the implementation and maintenance of the Company's system of internal controls.
Participate in the ongoing development/establishment of accounting policies, thresholds, and procedures.
Partner cross functionally to analyze accounting impacts of anticipated business transactions.
Assist in continuous improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities for improvement to support scalable accounting processes, including systems implementations, to ensure compliance and accuracy of financial results.
Create audit-ready support for our external auditors in conjunction with year-end audit procedures and requests throughout the year.
Support ad-hoc projects as needed.