Corporate Accounting Senior Analyst

Description

Making sure our customers have an amazing experience is the heart of everything we do.

Groupon is an experiences marketplace that brings people more ways to get the most out of their city or wherever they may be. By enabling real-time mobile commerce across local businesses, live events and travel destinations, Groupon helps people find and discover experiences––big and small, new and familiar––that make for a full, fun and rewarding life. Groupon helps local businesses grow and strengthen customer relationships––resulting in strong, vibrant communities. With employees spread across multiple continents, we still maintain a culture that inspires innovation, rewards risk-taking and celebrates success. Our culture encourages employees to embrace change, adapt to new circumstances, and find creative solutions to the challenges we face. Does that sound like a great way to grow your career? Let’s get into the details:

Accounting isn’t your typical month-end close type of department. While the heart of our day-to-day work is providing financial information to the business, that’s only the tip of the iceberg. We’re building out financial systems to support every new business line and product, so our Accounting team gets a granular view and understanding of how a business is crafted from the ground up. The knowledge to gain is vast, as is the potential of our organization to continue growing.

The Corporate Accounting team is responsible for assessing the accounting treatment for material transactions across the company as well as identifying processes that can be standardized and streamlined.
 

You’ll spend your time on the following:

• Working closely with the Corporate M&A, Finance and Treasury teams on understanding accounting implications of terms and conditions of investments and business combination arrangements, along with other significant transactions and initiatives across the Company

• Researching technical accounting issues to ensure compliance with Company policy and GAAP guidance on various areas including goodwill, investments, leases, share-based compensation, revenue recognition, gross versus net revenue presentation, foreign currency and other matters and prepare related white-paper documentation

• Facilitating/coordinating the process of implementing new standards and accounting changes to ensure the Company is prepared to comply at the necessary time

• Executing month end close activities relating to share-based compensation, investment valuation, and execution of estimation models relating to refunds and variable consideration under ASC 606, among others

• Evaluating and estimating significant reserves for the Company (e.g. Legal, Refunds and Variable Consideration under ASC 606), including working with the necessary teams to gather operational data to execute the models, and verify that the methodology used in the models are appropriate for new business initiatives and practices

• Assisting with ad-hoc questions raised from the business to assess the relevant accounting implications

• Leading and growing others; remain aware of each person's career goals; hold development discussions; and provide meaningful tasks and assignments to promote development.

We’re excited about you if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, CPA is a plus

• 3+ years accounting experience, public accounting experience preferred

• Accounting advisory experience is a plus

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Sound understanding of US GAAP

• Leadership and development skills needed to coach junior members a tea

• The ability to multi-task and lead several projects

• Detail-oriented with a penchant for preparing meticulously accurate work

• Enthusiastic, adaptable, and see challenges as an opportunity to grow

• The ability to thrive in an often-times ambiguous environment

• Desire to join a collaborative and driven Accounting department

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• If performed in New York City, Seattle, or the Bay Area in California, the salary range for this role is between $81,900.00 and $128,700.00. If performed in New York (outside of New York City), Washington State (outside of Seattle), California (outside of the Bay Area), or Colorado, the salary range for this role is between $75,600.00 and $118,800.00. The salary range for this role may be different if performed from another location. This role is eligible for participation in a performance-based cash incentive program.

Groupon’s purpose is to build strong communities through thriving small businesses. To learn more about the world’s largest local ecommerce marketplace, click here for the latest Groupon news. Plus, be sure to check out the values that shape our culture, guide our strategy and make our company a great place to work. And just don’t take our word for it. Hear from real Groupon team members, learn more about our inclusive employee groups, and check out our benefits. If all of this sounds like something that’s a great fit for you, then click apply and let’s see where this takes us.

Groupon is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualifications for employment, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment are based upon the ability to perform the job. Equal-employment opportunities are provided to all applicants and employees without regard to race, creed, religion, color, age, national origin, sex, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, military discharge status (excluding dishonorable discharge), veteran status, citizenship status, or other legally protected status. We are all responsible for maintaining this policy. Groupon is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may email us at hraccommodations at groupon.com. If you have concerns related to Groupon’s equal employment opportunities, you may contact Groupon’s Ethics Reporting Service Ethicspoint.