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The Finance team is seeking an Accountant in this fast growing, globally distributed company. This role will report to an Accounting Manager based out of Bangalore, India

As a GL Accountant, you will be working on the Cash Management, Leases & Fixed Asset processes. You will handle the daily bank downloads, prepare journals, bank matches & perform account reconciliations, perform reporting for monthly MIS, participate in automation projects, among other tasks. You will partner & work closely with various departments within the Finance & Accounting org.

You will be a self starter, problem solver, diligent and flexible.

To succeed in this position, the GL Accountant will be both an independent contributor and a phenomenal teammate; and will have a passion for recognizing areas of improvements that chip in to the overall process.

What You'll Do:

• Extract bank statements from the bank portal and prepare journals
• Work on cash entries, bank matches and reconciliations and keep them up to date
• Perform close activities, ensuring completeness and accuracy of all entries prior to GL close, reconciliations and follow-up on open items with different departments
• Extract reports and capitalize the assets as per the Company’s FA policy
• Working on additions, disposals and transfer entries for FA
• Review of expense accounts related to FA and run the depreciation
• Preparation of Fixed asset roll forward
• Basic lease related entries, reconciling GLs pertaining to leases
• Month end and Quarter end reporting related activities
• Basic understanding of SOX controls
• Continued focus on improving system efficiencies and business processes

What You Bring:

• CA credentials are preferred, bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting.
• Atleast 1-3 years of accounting experience with high-growth tech public company/ MNC.
• US GAAP related working experience.
• Experience in working with FP&A, General ledger Team, Consolidations, Transfer pricing calculations.
• Advanced Excel skills and deep experience working with NetSuite is an advantage.
• Prior experience with Big Four preferred
• Experience with Alteryx preferred.
• Experience with Exactly/CEA a bonus preferred.
• Outstanding attention to detail coupled with an ability to see a bigger picture.

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Double your charitable giving - We match up to $1500 (or local currency equivalent)
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is committed to diversity as well as inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to the principles of affirmative action. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. If you require any reasonable accessibility support, please complete our Candidate Accessibility Request Form.

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