Manager, Accounting

San Francisco, CA, United States

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly's edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers' applications as close to their end-users as possible - at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly's customers include many of the world's most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.

We are looking for a proactive, highly motivated, and technically savvy Manager, Accounting to join our growing accounting organization! Reporting directly to the Director, Accounting, the Manager, Accounting will own the critical accounting processes for OPEX: vendor accruals, prepaids, treasury accounting, and leading a team of accountants. The Manager, Accounting will deliver accurate financial results in a high-growth, fast-paced environment, helping build a world class organization.

You will join a dynamic and highly collaborative accounting organization and play a critical role in overseeing the OPEX accounting functions, strategizing and implementing process improvements, and scaling the accounting close process. You will provide leadership to and develop direct reports and will regularly work cross functionally with other Fastly finance and business teams, such as FP&A, Treasury, Tax, Marketing, and Legal.

What You'll Do:

Lead and develop our OPEX Corporate Accounting team, overseeing the team of 2-3 responsible for the OPEX vendor accrual, prepaid and treasury accounting processes, both in and outside of close

Deliver timely and accurate reporting, both through team management and working cross functionally with other Fastly teams

Ensure compliance with accounting policies, procedures and SOX controls through detailed review of journal entries, account reconciliations, key controls and monthly/quarterly flux analysis

Oversee execution of certain cross functional accounting team projects and systems, such as PBC deadline management for quarterly reviews and annual audits and our accrual automation system

Identify potential SOX impacts from proposed process and systems changes in assigned areas, partnering with Internal Audit to update documentation including process flowcharts and risk and control matrix

Assist SEC Reporting team with 10Q/K footnote reviews and annual accounting policy and convention updates for assigned areas

Identify, propose and drive process and efficiency improvements to month-end close process and other accounting processes

Other ad hoc projects as needed

What We're Looking For:

Bachelor's degree in accounting

7+ years progressive accounting experience, including experience in a manager-level leadership role at a publicly traded company

Ability to think strategically, build cross functional relationships, and take initiative to drive results

Passionate about leading and developing teams

Strong organizational and time management skills

We'll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

Audit experience and CPA a plus

Big 4 experience a plus

Experience with NetSuite, FloQast, Coupa, Gappify and G-Suite a plus

Work Hours:

This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

Work Locations & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to the following preferred office locations:

San Francisco, CA

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is $123,330 to $154,170.

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly's equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits:

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2024, we offer 10 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.

Why Fastly?

We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.

We love distributed teams. Fastly's home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire, you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand.

We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successfulevery day.

We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we're not 'one size fits all'. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

We're always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.

Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at [email protected] or 501-287-4901.

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