Senior Accountant

About the role

The Senior Accountant will be a key member of the US finance organization at Coupang. The role reports to the Corporate Controller and will manage all day-to-day accounting functions including, but not limited to, accounts payable, asset accounting, ledger maintenance, and financial reporting. The Senior Accountant will also collaborate with Korea Finance members to ensure timely submission of company financials.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounting staff and all related accounting transactions
• Work closely with Accounts Payable Manager for accurate and timely processing of EFT and vendor transactions
• Maintain weekly (cash plan) budget
• Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and year-end close process
• Prepare and submit accurate monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial information
• Fixed asset accounting
• Validate data between Warehouse ERP and Accounting ERP, reconcile, and communicate with other departments regarding the accounting impact
• Prepare 1099s
• Be able to solve, diagnose, or correct complex operational and accounting challenges
• Experience with researching and documenting support for accounting conclusions
• Be able to accept other ad hoc duties as needed
• Develop, implement, and document more efficient procedures to enhance the workflow of the department

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related work and management experience in finance and accounting, experience in e-commerce is a plus
• 2+ years of supervisory experience
• Experience working in a fast-paced, fast-growing, start-up, or similar company
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field
• Intermediate experience with ERP solutions, ideally having experience with Netsuite and SAP
• Intermediate knowledge of Excel, including pivot tables, v-look ups, etc.
• Personal characteristics that will align with this position include: Creative, intelligent, energetic, decisive, possessing drive and initiative, maturity, flexibility, patience, persistence, excellent communication skills with abilities to work closely with staff and other departmental managers, and have unquestioned values of honesty and integrity