Accounting Manager

LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN) is the global leader in enterprise conversations. Hundreds of the world’s leading brands — including HSBC, Chipotle, and Virgin Media — use our award-winning Conversational Cloud platform to connect with millions of consumers. We power nearly a billion conversational interactions every month, providing a uniquely rich data set and safety tools to unlock the power of Conversational AI for better customer experiences.  

At LivePerson, we foster an inclusive workplace culture that encourages meaningful connection, collaboration, and innovation. Everyone is invited to ask questions, actively seek new ways to achieve success, and reach their full potential. We are continually looking for ways to improve our products and make things better. This means spotting opportunities, solving ambiguities, and seeking effective solutions to the problems our customers care about. 

Overview:
Reporting to our India Lead, Strategic Finance, you will join our global accounting team and working hours will be 2:00pm - 11:00pm IST. 

You will: 

• Manage the monthly and quarterly consolidation
• Manage monthly closing workpapers (ie. accounts receivable, fixed assets, prepayments, accruals)
• Review and approve monthly journal entries
• Review and present monthly/quarterly flux analysis to internal stakeholders
• Assist and drive the coordination and review of our international operations financial statements to ensure accurate and timely accounting and reporting of monthly reporting results for our international operations
• Assist with SEC financial reporting processes and initiatives, including related activities
• Develop and maintain a well-documented system of accounting policies and procedures
• Ability to take on special projects and other day-to-day bookkeeping
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Participate in strategic projects
• Participate in the implementation and optimization of various new systems and processes
• Work with each direct report to establish goals and objectives for each year and monitor and advise on the progress to enhance the professional development of staff
• Ensure compliance with internal control policies and statutory requirements
• Analyze the impact of statutory accounting and bridge the US GAAP records
• Review the information for preparation of tax returns
• Work with Tax, Treasury, and other functions to ensure overall coordination on accounting activities
• Mentor team members to scale and deliver
• Execution of assigned team goals, team management and career development
• Support Global Controller with special projects and workflow process improvements

You have:

• 6-8+ years previous accounting experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related; Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related is preferred
• Big 4 or other large public accounting firm experience is required
• Business analytical knowledge and skills (data collection and modeling, what-if scenarios) and problem-solving
• Proven history of effective management, including the ability to lead and develop junior members of a team
• Robust interpersonal skills, both oral and written, with the confidence to engage with senior Finance executives across multiple departments
• Leadership and ownership capability
• Result driven management
• Excellent time and project management skills. You're always looking to improve inefficient processes
• Willingness to adapt to a high-growth environment
• Familiarity with SAP General Ledger system, Concur, or FCCS a plus, but not expressly required.
• Strong Excel skills (formula design, pivot tables, charts)

Benefits: 

• Health: medical, dental, and vision
• Time away: vacation and holidays
• Development: Generous tuition reimbursement and access to internal professional development resources.
• Equal opportunity employer
• #LI-Remote

Why you’ll love working here:

As leaders in enterprise customer conversations, we celebrate diversity, empowering our team to forge impactful conversations globally. LivePerson is a place where uniqueness is embraced, growth is constant, and everyone is empowered to create their own success. And, we're very proud to have earned recognition from Fast Company, Newsweek, and BuiltIn for being a top innovative, beloved, and remote-friendly workplace. 

Belonging at LivePerson:

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

We are committed to the accessibility needs of applicants and employees. We provide reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should inform their recruiting contact upon initial connection.

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