Accountant II

Elastic the Search AI Company enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time using all their data at scale unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500 brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data securing and protecting private information more effectively Elastics complete cloud-based solutions for search security and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

The Accounting team is seeking a General Ledger Accountant in India to support our US-based team. This person will perform the day-to-day ledger entries primarily in respect to cash fixed assets prepaids and payroll transactions. Our business is growing very quickly and while you will be empowered to take ownership of your work product there will be times that action will be required without extensive up-front guidance but you would never go it alone. Reporting to the local Accounting Manager you will work with many groups within and outside of Elastic including: Treasury Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Consolidations FP&A Tax Internal Audit and external auditors and consultants as needed.

• Process daily bank information: download daily bank statements and prepare appropriate journal entries for upload into NetSuite
• Oversee prepaid and fixed assets amortization schedules
• Assist with payroll transactions processing for our global organization
• Analyze and maintain complex general ledger balance sheet accounts by gathering data reconciling the general ledger control accounts to sub-ledgers and explaining variances
• Prepare adjusting journal entries resulting from the balance sheet reconciliation process variance analysis and quarter-end close
• Communicate across the departments to resolve outstanding reconciliation items in a timely manner for month end close
• Ensure the accurate reporting of general ledger accounting in the companys accounting system by performing key accounting internal controls
• Participate in preparing and supplying documentation for the annual audit and quarterly reviews with external auditors internal audit SOX control requests other accounting team data requests and executive management special projects
• Participate in special projects as needed

• Bachelors Degree (or local equivalent) in Accounting (mandatory)
• Robust analytical skillset and multitasking capabilities adherence to deadlines
• Strong attention to detail
• 5-8 years experience working in a publicly traded company (ideally hyper-growth tech)
• Experience with foreign currency and multiple international subsidiaries EMEA APAC North America (preferred)
• Flexibility to work cross functionally monthly within various department workgroups located in various time zones (i.e. Hire-to-Retire Procure-to-Pay-Prepaids Fixed Assets and Accruals)
• Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs.
• Knowledge of NetSuite US bank portals (i.e. Citibank) Workday (preferred)
• Experience with US GAAP reporting Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and internal controls
• Flexibility to scale to different opportunities as they arise within the department as the company grows to broaden your overall skill set.