Accountant (Compensation)
Vonage Finance Mission: We are a critical player in contributing to both short-term and long-term business decisions. We oversee and provide timely and accurate financial information across the organization, to leaders, decision-makers and external stakeholders. We protect company assets, both real and intangible, and ensure financial compliance with international laws. We serve as an indispensable business partner on topics requiring economic, financial and fiduciary inputs and expertise.
Why this Role Matters
The compensation accounting team partners with HR to ensure all aspects of global compensation are properly stated in the financial statements. Due to strict deadlines across the organization, we perform our tasks in the most efficient way possible while maintaining accuracy and necessary strong partnership across the Group.
This role is based in our New Jersey office location and is a hybrid schedule.
What you will do, but not limited to
- Independently prepare compensation entries and department allocations (such as salary, bonus and benefits).
- Verify third party payroll data integrity by identifying errors / unexpected trends in accounting data to improve accuracy
- Preparation of Account Reconciliations in support of the financial statements
- Investigate and resolve reconciliation variances on a timely basis
- Analytical reviews of compensation accounts
- Assist in the design and rollout of process enhancements and automation
What you will bring
- Demonstrated experience creating financial spreadsheets, charts and reports
- Excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills with ability to confidently and effectively communicate to all levels of the company
- Positive attitude and ability to work well within a team environment
- Strong analytical, problem-solving skills.
- Experience extracting statistical and informative reports from a financial system.
- Comfort in communicating complex financial information to non-financial audiences and decision makers
- Analytical skills to evaluate and interpret financial information
- Knowledge of accounting and related data management systems,
- Ability to multitask, work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
What is required for application
- Bachelor Degree required
- Minimum 2 - 4+ years required in Corporate Accounting
- CPA Preferred
- Oracle Fusion, Smartview experience preferred (Multi facet accounting software I.e. Oracle, SAP, etc.)
- Advanced Excel Skills, Google sheets