Senior Accountant - C&B
Salesforce · Posted Sep 18
Customer relationship management, cloud computing, enterprise software, and artificial intelligence solutions
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About the role
Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, and the global compensation and benefits accounting team oversees comp & benefits accounting functions across the company. Based in Hyderabad, this role executes month-end close accounting processes, drives SOX compliance, guides the team on special projects, process improvements and automations, performs financial statement flux analyses, and collaborates cross-functionally across global finance teams. The ideal candidate has a strong General Ledger accounting background and deep understanding of US GAAP.
What you will do
- Month-End Close & Financial Reporting: Own monthly close deliverables for global comp & benefits accounting team— manual and tool-based journal entries, reconciliations, controls, GL account reconciliations, and variance analysis.
- Compliance & SOX Controls: Prepare and maintain SOX documentation (including Electronic Audit Evidence/EAE) for control execution. support internal/external auditors through quarterly reviews, annual audits, and SOX testing.
- Financial Analysis: Perform monthly and quarterly financial statement balance sheet and P&L flux variance analyses for executive management reporting.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as SME and point of contact for regional, international, and cross-functional teams to align accounting practices, enforce policy, and resolve special requests.
- Process Excellence & Documentation: Maintain accurate process documentations while identifying automation and streamlining opportunities.
- Ad-Hoc Projects: Lead special projects, process improvements and automation initiatives and coordinate with Hub and internal teams
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Education: Master’s degree in accounting or finance required. Chartered Accountant, CPA, or equivalent certification strongly preferred.
- Relevant Experience: 7+ years of hands-on experience in General Ledger (GL) accounting and financial reporting, with proven expertise in interpreting and applying US GAAP.
- Internal Controls: Demonstrated experience in SOX control execution, documentation and managing audit queries.
- Systems & Tools: Proficient with enterprise ERP systems. hands-on experience with tools such as Workday Financials, Blackline and Tableau is highly desirable.
Benefits and support
- When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best.
- The growth, innovation, and Aloha spirit of Salesforce are driven by our incredible employees who thrive on delivering success for our customers while also finding time to give back through our 1/1/1 model, which leverages 1% of our time, equity, and product to improve communities around the world.
- If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.
About Salesforce
Salesforce, Inc. is a leading global cloud-based enterprise software company specializing in customer relationship management (CRM) and artificial intelligence solutions. Through its integrated Customer 360 platform, the company provides applications for sales, customer service, marketing automation, e-commerce, and analytics. Powered by innovations like Agentforce, Salesforce helps businesses bridge human capability with autonomous AI agents to drive customer success.
- Industry
- Cloud Computing
- Company size
- 87000+ employees
- Founded
- 1999
- Location
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $25B raised
- 2026-03Post-IPO Debt$25B
- 2003-01Venture Round$1M
- 2001-06Series D$46.9M
- 1999-11Series C$13.2M
- 1999-06Series B$3.8M
Leadership
Chair, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
President & Chief Operating and Financial Officer
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Slack
President & Chief Strategy Officer
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