Job Description:
Meta is seeking a Corporate Accounting Manager to join our Finance team. This is a full-time position on our Global Payroll & Benefits Accounting pillar, within our Corporate Accounting team. The successful candidate will be a dynamic accounting professional who is passionate about innovative technologies that can scale our payroll accounting processes and help enable effective decision-making through insights. You will be experienced in financial accounting and reporting with a strong controls mindset. This is a great role for anyone looking to accelerate their learning, build new things, collaborate with cross-functional business partners, and enjoy the Meta culture.You will demonstrate exceptional communication and partnership skills along with recognizing how to balance getting the details right while still moving fast. In this position you will be given the opportunity to problem solve, drive process improvements and exercise good business judgment while performing your function.
Corporate Accounting Manager Responsibilities:
- Work as part of the Global Payroll & Benefits Accounting pillar, within Corporate Accounting, with responsibility for key financial reporting areas (P&L and BS)
- Ensure an accurate and timely month end close by providing management and support to the accounting close process. This role includes serving as a hands-on team member responsible for performing and reviewing accounting transactions including journal entries, account reconciliations and variance analysis.
- Help define and implement scalable accounting processes related to month-end and quarter-end financial close
- Contribute to the quarterly SEC reporting cycle
- Coordinate and review the work of our outsourced partners
- Partner with our global team to optimize worldwide processes, systems & controls
- Lead projects to identify, design, test and roll-out new financial reporting systems and tools
- Ensure compliance with key controls and audit requirements, and provide accounting support to our statutory compliance teams
- Create strong business partnerships and manage service levels with third party service providers
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related fields
- Recognized accounting qualification (CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
- 4+ years of accounting experience, including relevant experience within the payroll / benefits accounting function of a large organization
- Effective computer and analytical skills, including proficiency in MS Excel (experience with Oracle ERP and/or Hyperion Essbase is an advantage)
- Team player and leader who is very experienced working as part of a larger team distributed across multiple geographic locations
- Effective planning, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills
- Superb attention to detail yet possesses an understanding of the 'big picture' and the importance of risk mitigation and an effective controls environment, including data privacy
- Organized and thorough with desire for continuous improvement
Preferred Qualifications:
- Combination of experience working in public accounting and a technology company
- Experience in applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to process improvement or re-engineering
About Meta:
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today-beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.
Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.
