Senior Accounting Manager

Where we work

Udemy is a global company headquartered in San Francisco, with additional U.S. offices in Denver and Austin, and international hubs in Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Türkiye. This is an in-office position, requiring three days a week in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and flexibility on Mondays and Fridays.

About the role

As Senior Accounting Manager, you will be responsible for a variety of core accounting operations, including general ledger ("GL"), accounts payable, operating expenses, and payroll accounting functions. Reporting to the Assistant Controller, you will be a key operator and decision maker as Udemy scales as a public company. You'll take a hands-on approach, developing best in class policies and processes while helping execute and transform the accounting close. You will routinely collaborate with multiple cross-functional colleagues across the globe, including Finance, Tax, Legal, People, and Procurement, to ensure proper accounting treatment and timely financial results.  

About your skills

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: You develop relationships effectively up, down, and across the organization and are able to strategically use these relationships to advance shared goals. You are able to define solutions that achieve consensus, negotiating with stakeholders to ensure all accounting requirements are met. You effectively manage multiple concurrent projects.

• Decision Making: You use critical thinking to follow a defined decision making process and consider multiple perspectives. Upon making a decision, you ensure alignment and accountability are clear across all parties.

• Problem Solving: You see beyond the present problem and work to identify the fundamental ‘why’. You are a strong system-based and analytical thinker, and work towards potential solutions with accounting and other cross-functional partners.

• Growth Mindset:You're eager to learn new skills, tools, and subject matter. You consider alternative perspectives, quickly absorb complex information, adapt to shifting priorities, and tackle unfamiliar challenges with confidence. 

• Communication: You effectively communicate with your stakeholders to ensure clear understanding and expectations. You can tailor your message to the target audience when appropriate.

• Technical Depth: You bring a strong foundation in accounting operations, able to balance business operations and requirements with what’s acceptable under the accounting rules.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage various aspects of GL accounting, including accounts payable, T&E, accruals, key balance sheet reserves, payroll accounting (including benefits, commissions, bonus, and equity), and account reconciliations.

• Oversee the monthly accounting close, including managing the close timeline, reviewing fluctuation analysis, and investigating unusual trends and results.

• Lead a team of accounting professionals, including ongoing coaching, training and mentorship, as well as identifying opportunities for further growth.

• Lead initiatives to improve the speed and accuracy of the monthly accounting close and other accounting operations, through a lens of risk-based thinking and scalability.

• Collaborate with the SOX team to ensure a robust and effective internal controls environment, with a commitment to continuous improvement.

• Partner with cross-functional business partners to define, establish and implement accounting systems, processes and procedures with a goal of automation and developing best in class processes.

• Support financial reporting and external audit requirements on a quarterly and annual basis.

• Assist in and/or lead ad hoc projects as necessary.

What you’ll have

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.

• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including experience managing a team. Experience in Big 4 public accounting highly preferred

• Experience working with high volume, multi-currency transactions in a global business environment.

• Experience in NetSuite, Floqast, and Alteryx preferred.

• Strong experience and knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SOX internal controls.

• Proven ability to work across many departments with varying levels of staff and management to solve problems and achieve results.

• Demonstrated examples of implementing process improvements, such as technology-enabled or system-based solutions.

Posting Date: Aug 30 2025

We anticipate the application window will be open until Sept 22, 2025. Based on business needs, this opportunity may remain posted beyond or closed before the anticipated application window.