Senior Manager Accounting

Senior Manager Accounting

Heredia, Costa Rica

Company Overview:

Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD) is at a critically important juncture in the company’s lifecycle. CSOD is the world’s largest and most successful stand-alone unified Talent Management company and one of the world’s largest SaaS companies. The company is entering a phase of achieving scale and global expansion through continued relentless execution.

The position will be part of Global Shared Services team in Costa Rica

Job Summary:

The Senior Manager Accounting will lead a team of 2 general ledger accountants (based in Costa Rica) and indirectly oversee general ledger accountants in our India Shared Service Center. The role will be responsible for end-to-end general ledger accounting of prepaid assets, accrued liabilities and various other balance sheet and income statement accounts globally across 27 countries. This role owns the related accounting close activities (postings and accruals), monthly balance sheet reconciliations, and entity-level variance/flux analysis. You will partner closely with FP&A, Accounts Payable, Procurement, and IT to resolve issues quickly and drive automation to improve accuracy, controls and close efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team management: Lead, coach, and develop a team of 4 to 5 general ledger accounting team members including accountants in our India Shared Service Center; set priorities, manage capacity, and ensure high-quality outputs across all deliverables
• Prepaid asset and accrued liability accounting & accruals (global scope): Oversee general ledger postings and ensure accurate accounting for prepaid assets and accrued liabilities across 27 countries including accounting for outsourced services. As role develops, additional general ledger responsibilities may be added, such as debt, and leases.
• Month-end close execution: Ensure all general ledger accounting entries and related deliverables are completed accurately and on time to meet month-end deadlines.
• Entity-level analysis & flux explanations: Own the entity-level general ledger analysis process; support the team in producing balance sheet and income statement flux/variance analysis used by senior finance leadership to understand and explain movements
• Balance sheet reconciliations: Lead the monthly reconciliation process for prepaid and accrued liability related balance sheet accounts, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and appropriate documentation and controls
• Cross-functional issue resolution: Partner with FP&A, Accounts Payable, and Procurement to investigate and resolve accounting questions and discrepancies as they arise, driving timely resolution and clear communication
• Automation & process improvement: Design and implement automation and standardization initiatives for general ledger accounting (e.g., improving data flows in Oracle, templates, controls, and reconciliations) to reduce manual effort and strengthen accuracy and compliance.

• Build relationships: Partner with FP&A, Accounts Payable, Procurement, and IT to resolve queries, provide intelligent analysis and develop future improvements
• Support internal and external payroll and financial audits: Partner with statutory accountants to prepare accurate accounting records, reconciliations and supporting documentation, responding promptly to auditor queries, and ensuring the timely resolution of audit findings.

Qualifications:

• Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, or a related field.
• Registered Private Accountant (CPI)
• Experience:
• 8+ years of progressive experience in payroll accounting, accounting operations, controllership, or close/reconciliation roles within a multi-entity global organization
• Proven experience leading teams (people management and/or strong functional leadership)
• Experience within a multinational, Shared Service Centre (SSC), Global Business Services (GBS) or BPO environment strongly preferred.

• Skills:
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to deliver clear, audit-ready reconciliations and variance explanations
• Ability to operate effectively under month-end deadlines and coordinate across time zones and stakeholders.
• Ability to lead and motivate a team.
• Interpersonal skills & strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP accounting concepts (prepaid expense and accrued liabilities and related balance sheet accounts) across multiple countries
• Hands-on experience with Oracle, and FloQast systems, including leveraging system outputs for journal entries, reconciliations, and analysis
• Strong knowledge of MS office especially Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook.
• Advanced English and good written and verbal communication skills to interact upward and cross functionally are a must
• Must be comfortable operating in a fast-paced global organisation undergoing significant transformation.
• Experience of technology-enabled process improvement

Extra dose of awesome if you have…

• Additional language skills