Lead Accountant, External Reporting

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $112.3k - $190.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💲 Accountant / Accounting

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Western Digital

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1970

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

💰 $900M Post-IPO Equity on 2023-01

Manufacturing • Logistics • Consulting

Western Digital is a leading manufacturer of data storage solutions, including solid state drives (SSDs), hard drives (HDDs), USB flash drives, and memory cards. The company provides a broad range of products for various uses, such as gaming, video surveillance, and data backup. They also offer solutions for data centers, network-attached storage (NAS), and digital photography. Western Digital is renowned for their innovation in developing storage technologies that meet the needs of both consumers and businesses.

📋 Description

• Prepare and review quarterly and annual SEC filings, including Form 10-Q, Form 10-K, 8-Ks, and other required filings. • Coordinate the preparation of financial statements, footnotes, MD&A, and supporting disclosures. • Analyze existing and new USGAAP and SEC reporting requirements to ensure filing comply with regulations and company reporting policies. • Lead initiatives to improve reporting efficiency, accuracy, and automation. • Partner with FP&A, Legal, Investor Relations, Tax, Treasury, and operational accounting teams to gather information for filings and disclosures. • Document, evaluate, and test controls over SEC reporting processes. • Assist in the implementation of new accounting standards and disclosure requirements. • Assist in audit activities with internal and external auditors.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance • 5+ years of demonstrated success in accounting roles of increasing responsibility, preferably a mix of both public accounting and external reporting roles within a publicly traded company • Strong knowledge of US GAAP, SEC Regulations and understanding of SOX 404(b) compliance • Experience working with global financial systems, preferably SAP and Oracle • Demonstrated experience with process and system automation • Must have the ability to execute multiple tasks, while remaining detail oriented with high commitment to quality, and be able to adhere to strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment • Passion in implementing technology and executing process improvements

🏖️ Benefits

• paid vacation time • paid sick leave • medical/dental/vision insurance • life insurance • accident and disability insurance • tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts • employee assistance program • other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity • tuition reimbursement • transit • the Applause Program • employee stock purchase plan • Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan