Accountant, Facilities

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

This role can be located in Los Gatos or Los Angeles, CA

Netflix is the world's leading streaming entertainment service with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films, and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause, and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

The Operations Accounting team is looking for an experienced Accountant to join the team in supporting facilities accounting within the Operations Accounting team. In this role, you will need to be a self-starter who is skillful in communicating with cross-functional partners who have different backgrounds, levels, and experiences. A successful candidate will be able to manage complex workflows that involve multiple stakeholders and build strong relationships across teams. The individual will report to the Manager, Operations Accounting, and will be based out of either our Los Angeles, CA, or Los Gatos, CA office. 

In this role, you will:

• Own the accounting for Open Connect, Consumer Experiences, and Gaming leases, including meeting with business partners, applying appropriate accounting, and processing all leases in our lease accounting system.

• Lead the corporate enterprise operations (including facilities and aviation) operating expense accounting by meeting with stakeholders, providing accounting guidance, and implementing accounting policies.

• Work with Financial Applications and lease software customer support to manage system integrations, test new features, and drive improvements.

• Support monthly-end close activities including closing of the fixed asset subledger, preparation of journal entries, account reconciliations, and flux analyses.

• Prepare quarterly reporting deliverables (commitments, disclosures, rollforwards etc) related to fixed assets, leases, and facilities operating expenses.

• Partner with teams within the organization, cross-functionally and externally including FP&A, Procurement, A/P, Lease Management, Open Connect, and Design and Construction.

• Assist with consolidated and statutory audit inquiries and support local reporting needs.

Qualities we're looking for:

• Fundamentals of accounting - We'd like you to have 4+ years of relevant accounting experience under your belt backed by a bachelor's degree in accounting and/or finance; CPA/CA license is preferred.

• Curiosity and passion - Our team members ask probing questions, challenge the status quo, enjoy tackling complex unique business cases and transactions, and have fun while doing it all! Prior work with contract review, data entry and analysis, research, and other problem-solving tasks is helpful.

• Innovation mindset - Enthusiasm for designing and building new accounting systems and making innovations to existing systems and processes. A positive attitude and never settling for “good enough” are key, along with fitting into our unique company culture.

• Adaptable - You have to be comfortable in an ever-changing ecosystem of finance and accounting issues and projects.

• Attention to detail and love for data - We pride ourselves on producing high-quality work, scrutinizing important numbers and formulas for accuracy, and using spreadsheets and system data to reconcile accounts and solve problems. Our accountants love Excel pivot tables and are unphased by large data sets.

Bonus experience - not required but are a plus!

• ASC 842 lease accounting experience is a plus, but not essential if you are enthusiastic about the position, have a strong accounting background, and are capable of learning quickly.

• Experience with Workday Financials.

Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $50,000-240,000.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more detail about our Benefits here.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here. 

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.