Who Is Bird
At Bird were on a mission to make cities more livable by reducing traffic and carbon emissions with an affordable convenient and ecofriendly transportation option. We planted roots in Los Angeles California. Now our fleet of electric scooters is available to riders in cities around the world for short trips or the last mile of their journey. In our first year Bird launched in over 100 cities and provided over 10 million rides. And were only just getting started.
This highly impactful role will manage the G/L Accounting team overseeing Birds covertocover monthly and quarterly close processes and producing monthly and quarterly internal financial statements and analyses. This team and this role strategically partner with leaders in Finance Treasury A/P and SEC Reporting & Technical Accounting. Bird is innovative and entrepreneurial creating a lot of opportunities for learning and growth. We are looking for someone excited by the challenges present in a rapidly evolving environment who can build and manage a team implementing structure and control where needed. This role will own G/L accounting and reconciliations and partner on ad hoc technical accounting projects such as M&A entity expansion new accounting pronouncement adoption new growth initiatives financing and much more. This person will report to the Director of Accounting. As Bird is a newly public company this role will be a critical part of ensuring compliance with SEC requirements and US GAAP.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage the G/L Accounting team building redundancies into processes
- Partner crossfunctionally to develop implement improve and execute accounting processes and systems with a specific focus on simplifying our current processes and establishing proper accountability across all teams
- Manage the preparation and review of monthly and quarterly journal entries and account reconciliations
- Prepare monthly and quarterly internal financial statements analyses and reporting packages
- Lead quarterly reviews and yearend audit
- Assist in the preparation and review of the 10K and 10Q fillings
- Partner with the business on new initiatives requiring accounting consultation
- Maintain G/L structure optimizing our instance of NetSuite to support an effective efficient publiccompany close
Requirements
- 5 years of financial accounting experience
- CPA
- Experience in consolidations including foreign entities
- Thorough understanding of GAAP including new pronouncements
- Advanced excel skills
Preferred Qualifications
- 6 years of experience in accounting or finance profession(s)
- 1 years of peoplemanaging experience
- CPA license
- Thorough understanding of US GAAP
- Ability to remain flexible in a constantly changing environment while demonstrating strong management teambuilding businesspartnering and prioritization skills
- Experience in public accounting profession
- Experience with IPO readiness and/or publiccompanies
- Experience with NetSuite (or equivalent) and/or FloQast (or equivalent)
Culture at Bird
Were an ambitious smart and openminded group. Our employees are passionate about our mission and eager to complete their work at the highest level. The office itself is up tempo and supportive because we care about each other. People first people.
Perks up
We want people to succeed at Bird so we give our teams plenty of time off to relax and recharge. We also offer a generous employerpaid healthcare coverage ondemand doctor visits childcare support a pretax commuter account for mass transit or parking a wellness stipend and more.
Bird is the world
Bird stands for a culture of inclusion. We celebrate different backgrounds experiences and perspectives encouraging everyone to bring their authentic selves to work. We have a diverse environment that empowers our team to feel comfortable when they voice their opinions. For these reasons and more Bird is a proud equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome everyone regardless of their race color religion sex national origin age disability veteran status or genetics and we are dedicated to providing an inclusive open and diverse work environment.
Sound like a place youd like to work Sweet. Lets chat.
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Required Experience:
Manager