Sr Accountant

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks were united by a shared missionto protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here everyone has a voice and every idea counts. If youre ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are youre in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption Collaboration Execution Integrity and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest we invite you to join us!

Job Summary

• Manage month end accounting close process for countries across the APAC region.
• Coordinate with the local accounting services provider to ensure all accounting entry is booked on timeliness accuracy compliance with US GAAP and company accounting policies.
• Review monthly balance sheet and P&L account reconciliations.
• Prepare and perform balance sheet and P&L reviews.
• Coordinate and support the timely completion of statutory audits.

• Develops and implements value-adding and business insightful accounting analytics for the region.
• Drives new initiatives for process improvement and automation opportunities to continuously enhance the performance of the accounting function in the region.
• Supports and drives the regional implementation of any globally driven process improvement and automation projects.
• Partners with key financial close stakeholders in the organization to drive a cross-functional alignment in streamlining the close cycle process in the region.

• All other tasks/responsibilities as required for the job ad hoc corporate and business requests.

• Bachelors degree in finance/accounting is required with prior hands-one US GAAP accounting work experience
• Big 4 accounting firm experience and a qualified accounting certification (CMA/CPA or equivalent) is a plus
• Relevant experience in an international reporting environment
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment meet challenging deadlines and priorities on multiple simultaneous projects and drive changes
• Strategic thinker with a firm grasp on the linkages between business process financial systems and accounting
• Comfortable learning new systems and working with large sets of data
• Excellent working ability with US GAAP
• Advanced knowledge and experiences of Financial/Accounting ERP systems preferably SAP
• Strong communicator and team player
• Fluent in English (both written and verbal); Japanese is a plus
• Ability to work in a dynamic fast-moving and demanding environment
• Energetic positive attitude and open to new challenges

Qualifications

Our Commitment

Were trailblazers that dream big take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

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