Senior Accountant

The Company:

Since 2011, General Assembly has transformed tens of thousands of careers through pioneering, experiential education in today’s most in-demand skills. As featured in The Economist, Wired, and The New York Times, GA offers training in web development, data, design, business, and more, both online and at campuses around the world. Our global professional community boasts 40,000 full- and part-time alumni — and counting. In addition to fostering career growth for individuals, GA helps employers cultivate top tech talent and spur innovation by transforming their teams through strategic learning. More than 21,000 employees at elite companies worldwide have honed their digital fluency with our corporate training programs. GA has also been recognized as one of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, and Fast Company has dubbed us leaders in World-Changing Ideas as well as the #1 Most Innovative Company in Education. 

Role Overview:

The Senior Accountant will be part of the General Assembly Accounting - Revenue and Reporting team and responsible for supporting revenue recognition, working with other parties to ensure that effective processes are in place to achieve revenue recognition in accordance with applicable standards. The position will be also involved in tasks around general accounting and financial reporting.

Responsibilities 

• Perform monthly close procedures including preparation of schedules, revenue recognition summaries, and reports related to areas of responsibility
• Prepare and review monthly reconciliations of Balance Sheet accounts.
• Reconcile intercompany accounts to ensure elimination upon consolidation.
• Assist with the year-end international and domestic audits (information gathering and financial statement preparation).
• Prepare revenue schedules in accordance with company’s revenue policy and GAAP
• Ensure the integrity of key processes by understanding systems, flow of transactions, internal controls
• Ensure customer arrangements booked in the billing and other systems reflect revenue recognition requirements
• Collaborate with organizations across the company (Legal, Sales, Order Management) and outside the organization (external auditors) to influence critical behavior and process changes that could mitigate revenue risks and enhance efficiencies
• Assist with establishing and enhancing accounting policy, processes and controls.

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