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Cloudflare is Hiring a Director, Accounting Operations Near San Francisco, CA
At Cloudflare, we have our eyes set on an ambitious goal: to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world's largest networks that powers approximately 25 million Internet properties, for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine's Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!
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About the roleCloudflare's Director, Accounting Operations is responsible for driving accounting and finance system implementations, process transformation, continuous improvement, project management, and business analysis in the accounting and finance function. This role will be responsible for leading, managing, and supporting large, complex finance transformation initiatives, including large system implementations, that are highly visible and critical to the business. The Director, Accounting Operations will provide strategic thought leadership, drive execution and lead collaborative teaming across different groups. Role will function as the internal point of contact for key business functions that participate in finance transformation initiatives.
The key objective of this position is to build structure, governance and process around complex finance transformation initiatives to ensure the successful execution and implementation, as well as implementing continuous improvement initiatives to ensure our systems, processes and teams scale along with our business.
What you'll do- Assist in the development of a comprehensive strategy for automation across the accounting and finance function and the prioritization of initiatives within the roadmap to ensure support of the company's growth initiatives.
- Focus on transformational initiatives that will enable departmental functions to improve both efficiency and control through process optimization
- Lead or serve as a key participant in groups responsible for executing on specific transformation project initiatives and goals, specifically as it relates to large system implementations
- Create and maintain the prioritization of projects based on specific criteria and roadmap
- Assemble and deliver ongoing communication to key stakeholders at all levels around the business transformation progress
- Collaborate to ensure project management for key defined initiatives within each team with a clear project plan with deliverables and dependencies defined
- Prepare and deliver reports which address the current status of the projects within accounting with clear accountability of follow-ups and escalations
- Develop a culture of agility, innovation, and continuous learning to achieve deliverables aligned to business outcomes
- Balance multiple priorities simultaneously and adapt to the changing needs of the business while meeting deadlines
- Enable reporting that includes management dashboards, metrics process improvements and enable complex problem solving
Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience
- 10 years experience in project management and implementation, program management, change management, and business systems experience (including ERP implementation)
- Experience with business process management to include process definition and end to end process mapping
- Good understanding of general accounting concepts, processes, and terminology
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required; must be comfortable connecting and communicating with individuals at all levels of an organization
- Demonstrated team leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop team members for exceptional performance and contribution
- Ability to navigate ambiguous situations, bring options and provide recommendation
- Strong knowledge of SOX requirements, including the ability to assess, develop and implement internal controls related to systems
- Strong listening and comprehension skills, as well as the ability to develop and clearly articulate a perspective
- Highly developed sense of accountability and follow-through with an ability to effectively prioritize multiple tasks, projects, and goals.
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills needed to delivery timely on requested projects
Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.
- For Colorado-based hires and Washington hires: Estimated annual salary of 192,000 - 234,000
- For New York City-based and California (excluding Bay Area): Estimated annual salary of 233,000 - 285,000
- For Bay Area-based hires: Estimated annual salary of 246,000 - 300,000
Equity
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan.
Benefits
Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.
Health & Welfare Benefits
- Medical/Rx Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Commuter Spending Accounts
- Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
- On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
- Global Travel Medical Insurance
Financial Benefits
- Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
- Life & Accident Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Employee Stock Participation Plan
Time Off
- Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
- Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave
What Makes Cloudflare Special?
We're not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We're a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
: We equip politically and artistically important organizations and journalists with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare's enterprise customers--at no cost.
: We created Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration.
: Since 2016, we have partnered with Path Forward, a nonprofit organization, to create 16-week positions for mid-career professionals who want to get back to the workplace after taking time off to care for a child, parent, or loved one.
: We released to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here's the deal - we don't store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.
Sound like something you'd like to be a part of? We'd love to hear from you!
This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.
Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.
Job Summary
Full Time
Telecommunications
$212k-269k (estimate)
03/31/2024
05/30/2024
cloudflare.com
AUSTIN, TX
1,000 - 3,000
2009
Public
DANE KNECHT
$200M - $500M
Telecommunications
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About Cloudflare
Cloudflare is a cloud-based platform that offers DDoS mitigation, internet security, and web-infrastructure protection solutions for enterprises.
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