Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting

The role

This senior manager will oversee parts of the Corporate Accounting team and lead quality and process improvements across the Accounting and Finance organization. The role supports senior accounting leadership, works with cross-functional teams, and introduces technology-enabled process improvements.

What you will do

• Support senior leadership by ensuring high-quality work from the team and supporting one-off projects and initiatives.
• Improve the overall quality and speed of accounting work-product delivery.
• Build and leverage cross-functional relationships to deliver greater value to Finance and other internal teams.
• Ensure accounting conclusions are documented in reconciliations and technical memos per current policies and guidance.
• Communicate and present complex topics to leadership in an accessible format, and work at a detailed level as needed.
• Identify, design, and implement technology-enabled process improvements to automate workflows, improve data quality, and strengthen controls.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience.
• At least 4+ years of experience at a large international public accounting firm.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to maintain accuracy and multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Resourcefulness and ability to solve problems, including undefined problems, creatively and analytically.
• Ability to calibrate a room of peers and stakeholders and achieve alignment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Sound judgment and composure in high-pressure situations; decisions grounded in data.
• Discretion and integrity in all interactions.
• Significant experience with accounting and finance systems, implementations, enhancements, and technology to scale the function.

Nice to have

• CPA or equivalent certification.
• Experience partnering with international functions and teams.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, and voluntary life insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
• Automatic basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance coverage.
• Commuter benefits.
• Take-what-you-need paid time off, not accrual based.
• 2 weeks paid time off at the end of each year (subject to team and business needs).
• 10 paid holidays per calendar year.
• Leave of absence program, including military service and medical events.
• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents.
• Fertility and family building benefits, including adoption, surrogacy, and preservation.
• Stipend for expenses that come with a new child.
• 401k plan.

Before you apply

• Offers may vary by region.

About the company

Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations. Its platforms help partners develop drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, and locate missing children.