Senior Manager, SEC Reporting And Technical Accounting

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, Canada, 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 your skills

Cross-Functional Collaboration: 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 in order to meet deadlines.

Technical Expertise: You bring a strong background in accounting, with an ability to distill complicated and emerging issues into key risk points. You know how to effectively research, balancing curiosity and intuition with logic and facts, and can articulate succinct and well-reasoned conclusions.

Decision Making: You are methodical and confident when making decisions and are able to 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.

About this role

As Senior Manager, SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting, you will be a key leader within Udemy's accounting organization, responsible for overseeing the company's external reporting process and complex technical accounting areas. You will lead a team of two direct reports and continuously partner closely with multiple departments, including Finance, Legal, Investor Relations, and external auditors. This position reports to the Assistant Controller.

What you'll be doing

• Oversee the reporting process for regular SEC filings (10-Q, 10-K, and 8-K), including review of financial statements, footnote disclosures, management's discussion and analysis, disclosure checklists, earnings materials, and XBRL tagging, ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP and SEC requirements.
• Oversee recurring accounting for complex and high-risk areas, including but not limited to stock-based compensation (ASC 718), intangibles and software capitalization (ASC 350), equity transactions (ASC 505), loss contingencies (ASC 450), leases (ASC 842), and business combinations (ASC 805).
• Mentor and coach team members to help foster a collaborative, empathetic, and high-performing culture.
• Negotiate and inform cross functional partners, including senior leadership, to enable financial reporting outcomes that are consistent with U.S. GAAP.
• Perform and memorialize research of authoritative guidance, new and emerging accounting standards, and peer company disclosures to support proposed accounting treatment or disclosures.
• Manage the quarterly review and external audit processes with our external auditors, including but not limited to PBC request management and fluctuation analysis.
• Own and operate key SOX controls related to external reporting and technical accounting processes.
• Drive continuous improvement and automation within the SEC reporting and technical accounting processes and systems.
• Assist in ad hoc analyses and projects, as requested.

What you'll have

• 7+ years of total experience, with at least 4 years coming from a mix between Big 4 public accounting (preferably at the manager or higher level) and an SEC reporting function for publicly-traded SEC filers.
• Active CPA or equivalent qualification.
• Expert understanding of US GAAP, SOX, and SEC reporting rules, as well as experience researching and memorializing technical accounting issues.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with an ability to interact and build relationships across multiple levels in the organization and with external partners.
• Strong sense of ownership and independence, able to work with limited hands-on supervision while maintaining meticulous attention to detail.
• Experience with Workiva Wdesk, Microsoft Office (including Excel and Word), Netsuite, and Google Workspace products (including Sheets, Docs, and Gmail). Other tools that we use include: Box, Floqast, AuditBoard, Jellyfish, Slack, Zoom, and Zip.

Posting Date: 11/3/2025

Application Window: We anticipate the application window will be open until 11/30/2025. Based on business needs, this opportunity may remain posted beyond or closed before the anticipated application window.