Company Description:

DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) simplifies cloud computing so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. With our mission-critical infrastructure and fully managed offerings, DigitalOcean enables startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to rapidly deploy and scale modern applications. As a remote-first organization, our employees, like our customers, are based around the world.

We want people who are enthusiastic high performing team players who can take new challenges and go the extra mile.

The Finance team oversees the company’s financial well-being while supporting operational and business planning in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. We work hard to ensure growth is accurately projected and managed and that our financial results are properly accounted for. We provide financial analysis to determine key operational decisions within a rapidly growing organization. We only hire the best to these teams, and your work will have a huge impact on the future success of this rapidly growing company.

The Accounting Manager will be responsible for a wide variety of tasks within the Accounting Organization.  Responsibilities include, ensuring the successful delivery of Payroll processes, closing the books monthly including journal entry preparation, account reconciliations and analysis, accruals, variance explanations and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls. Other responsibilities include legal entity accounting, supporting the annual audit and quarterly reviews and various ad-hoc projects. This position reports directly to the Controller Cloudways, a subsidiary of Digital Ocean.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Execute payroll processes and payments accurately and in a timely manner, ensure proper updates are made in relevant local payroll systems and lead the income tax related matters including correct tax application and timely submission of tax deducted to Tax authorities. 
• Manage and ensure integrity of master data in the payroll system on timely and accurate basis.
• Coordinate with external payroll service provider, manage payroll systems and the accurate accounting process related to payroll. 
• Manage and ensure timely processing of employee expense reimbursement and manage, track, and follow up on employee queries.
• Timely completion of monthly, quarterly and year-end financial closing including journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, account analysis and analytics.
• Assist with documentation requests for completion of quarterly reviews and annual audit. 
• Help drive improvements to internal processes to achieve a faster close.
• Support ad hoc projects as deemed necessary given business initiatives and accounting team needs.

What We’ll Expect from You:

• Approximately 5+ years or more of relevant experience in a similar capacity – prior public accounting / taxation knowledge with (Big 4) experience would be a plus.
• Good knowledge of labor and local laws and prevailing HR practices and taxation principles. 
• Ability to handle confidential information.
• Experience working with High Growth or Technology companies preferred.

Role Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting required.
• Professional certification such as ACCA, ICMA, CA(Finalist) is preferred.
• Experienced user of software such as Gsuite (docs, sheets, and slides), PowerPoint, G-Suite, NetSuite and Coupa. 
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively across all levels.
• Strong collaboration skills to work with other teams on solutions and project management activities.
• Ability to prioritize workload, multi-task and clearly communicate status. 

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean:

• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on relevant years of experience and skills. Employees may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees including grants of equity upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• We value development. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that is always challenging our teams and employees to continuously grow. We maintain a growth mindset in everything we do and invest deeply in employee development through formalized mentorship and other internal programs. We provide all employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education.
• We care about your well-being. In addition to cash and equity compensation, we also offer employees a competitive array of benefits. In the United States, these include health insurance, unlimited vacation, retirement benefits, a generous parental leave program, and additional resources to support employees’ overall well-being. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary in other countries due to local regulations and preferences.
• We value diversity and inclusivity. We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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