Senior Accountant, Corporate Consolidations, Systems and Reporting

Summary

Join Western Digital's corporate accounting team as a highly motivated accounting professional. This integral role involves driving the close and consolidation process, focusing on continuous improvement for best-in-class results. You will prepare journal entries, account analyses, and reconciliations, participate in monthly close activities, and support cross-functional teams. The position requires a Bachelor's degree in accounting, 4+ years of relevant experience, and strong analytical and communication skills. Western Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, health insurance, retirement plans, and more.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or similar degree
• 4+ years of relevant experience including familiarity with areas of general accounting, intercompany transactions, account reconciliations, multi-currency consolidations, and financial reporting
• Attention to detail and accuracy is a must
• Advanced Excel skills
• Self-motivated with effective communication skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities. Desire to work collaboratively within and across teams (including internationally), and with internal/external auditors
• Willingness to tackle and troubleshoot problems in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Prepare journal entries and account analyses for external general ledger accounting
• Prepare journal entries and account analyses for internal legal entity restructuring efforts
• Assist in chart of accounts governance and maintenance
• Engage in consolidation activities as part of monthly close, including foreign currency remeasurement and translation and cost allocations
• Support cross-functional teams including revenue, tax and cost accounting with journal entry posting and account analysis
• Prepare and perform general account reconciliations and analysis for assigned accounts, including internal equity
• Prepare the monthly Balance Sheet fluctuation analysis
• Prepare monthly reporting schedules to executives, providing commentary and noting fluctuation changes from prior periods
• Participate in business transformation projects to streamline and drive financial close process improvements
• Support the Sarbanes-Oxley documentation for key balance sheet and income statement accounts and relevant control activities
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly SEC financial reporting, including cash flow statements, footnotes, and disclosures. Proactively identify issues and assist in optimizing systems, upgrades, and automation of accounting processes
• Assist with quarterly reviews and annual audits conducted by external auditors
• Preparation of ad-hoc analysis and special projects, as requested
• Assist with quarterly, interim, and year-end audits

Preferred Qualifications

• Public accounting / audit experience with a CPA license preferred
• Experience with SAP and Oracle systems preferred

Benefits

• Paid vacation time
• Paid sick leave
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Life, accident and disability insurance
• Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Employee assistance program
• Other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
• Tuition reimbursement
• Transit
• The Applause Program
• Employee stock purchase plan
• The Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan
• Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance
• Annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents
• RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards