Sr Accountant, Corporate Accounting

Rubrik • Palo Alto, CA

12d • Hybrid

About The Position

About the team and role The Global Corporate Accounting team owns the close and critical process for ensuring the financial statements are timely ready for the SEC reporting team. Our partners primarily include FP&A, Revenue Ops, Financial Reporting, Tax, Treasury, and IT and we focus on delivering accurate, timely financials through scalable processes. We are looking for a Sr. Accountant to join our Accounting team. In this role, you will be a critical member of the financial close process, drive improvements to processes, and participate in ad hoc projects as they arise. You will work cross-functionally across the organization and solve problems on a regular basis. This role reports to the Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting at our HQ in Palo Alto and is an in-office hybrid role.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA or progress toward CPA preferred.
• 4+ years of relevant experience, ideally with a mix of Big 4 public accounting and high-growth public software/technology company.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP and close processes; experience with SOX controls and Big 4 external audits.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills; comfortable working with large datasets and reconciliations.
• Excellent attention to detail, documentation, and organization; able to manage multiple deadlines.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to tailor messages to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Problem-solving mindset; proactive, curious, and comfortable driving process improvements.
• Ability to adapt and thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• 3 days a week in office per Rubrik’s in-office requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with accounting tools (e.g., Netsuite, LeaseQuery, Coupa, BlackLine, FloQast) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Accounting close: Own and execute close activities for assigned areas, preparing journal entries, reconciliations, and flux analyses.
• Manage and execute the monthly and quarterly close processes, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
• SOX/internal controls: Assist in developing, documenting, and implementing accounting policies and procedures to support SOX compliance.
• External audit: Manage PBC requests, provide support and walkthroughs, and respond to external auditor requests.
• Process improvement: Identify and implement automation/changes to processes to shorten the close timeline and enhance reporting accuracy by improving data quality and documentation.
• Policies and GAAP: Ensure compliance with US GAAP and company accounting policies.
• Cross-functional: Partner with FP&A on variance analyses and forecasts; collaborate with International teams for consolidation, AP/Procurement, Payroll, RevOps, and IT on upstream data and process dependencies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees