Accounting Manager

Who Is Bird

At Bird, we’re on a mission to make cities more livable by reducing traffic and carbon emissions with an affordable, convenient, and eco-friendly transportation option. We planted roots in Los Angeles, California. Now, our fleet of electric scooters is available to riders in cities around the world for short trips or the “last mile” of their journey. In our first year, Bird launched in over 100 cities and provided over 10 million rides. And we’re only just getting started.

• Develop and manage the G/L Accounting team, building redundancies into processes
• Partner cross-functionally to develop, implement, improve, and execute accounting processes and systems, with a specific focus on simplifying our current processes and establishing proper accountability across all teams
• Manage the preparation and review of monthly and quarterly journal entries and account reconciliations
• Prepare monthly and quarterly internal financial statements, analyses, and reporting packages
• Lead quarterly reviews and year-end audit
• Assist in the preparation and review of the 10-K and 10-Q fillings
• Partner with the business on new initiatives requiring accounting consultation
• Maintain G/L structure, optimizing our instance of NetSuite to support an effective, efficient public-company close

Requirements

• 5+ years of financial accounting experience
• CPA
• Experience in consolidations, including foreign entities
• Thorough understanding of GAAP including new pronouncements 
• Advanced excel skills

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in accounting or finance profession(s)
• 1+ years of people-managing experience
• CPA license
• Thorough understanding of US GAAP
• Ability to remain flexible in a constantly changing environment, while demonstrating strong management, team-building, business-partnering, and prioritization skills
• Experience in public accounting profession
• Experience with IPO readiness and/or public-companies
• Experience with NetSuite (or equivalent) and/or FloQast (or equivalent)

Culture at Bird

We're an ambitious, smart, and open-minded group. Our employees are passionate about our mission, and eager to complete their work at the highest level. The office itself is up tempo and supportive, because we care about each other. People first, people.

Perks up

We want people to succeed at Bird, so we give our teams plenty of time off to relax and recharge. We also offer a generous employer-paid healthcare coverage, on-demand doctor visits, childcare support, a pre-tax commuter account for mass transit or parking, a wellness stipend, and more.

Bird is the world

Bird stands for a culture of inclusion. We celebrate different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives —encouraging everyone to bring their authentic selves to work. We have a diverse environment that empowers our team to feel comfortable when they voice their opinions. For these reasons and more Bird is a proud equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome everyone regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetics, and we are dedicated to providing an inclusive, open, and diverse work environment.

Sound like a place you’d like to work? Sweet. Let’s chat.

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