Reporting Manager

Job Description:

SUMMARY:

We're always looking for talented and creative people to join our team. Rakuten Rewards offers a casual but fast-paced environment where creativity, effective teamwork, and collaboration are rewarded. We are passionate about changing the way people shop online and providing the best possible customer experience - not to mention cash back on every purchase, with no strings attached.

We're searching for a Reporting Manager to join our Rakuten Rewards team in our San Mateo office.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepare and manage the financial statements and supporting schedules according to monthly and annual close schedules, including various reporting packages.
• Prepare and manage the statutory financials, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and fluctuations analysis.
• Responsible for managing statutory audits and preparing statutory financial statements.
• Assist with preparing tax returns and other regulatory reporting requirements.
• Assist in managing quarterly reviews and year-end audit completed by the Company's external auditors.
• Drive projects and tasks, provide finance guidance, and serve as the point of contact for accounting and business partners to resolve issues.
• Establish, monitor, and enforce internal controls and company policies.
• Evaluate, document, and enforcement of procedures and policies.
• Research and resolve accounting issues, including evaluation, documentation, and implementation of applicable accounting pronouncements to ensure US GAAP and IAS compliance.
• Design and produce reports in Oracle Cloud, SmartView, or other reporting tools to enhance business health visibility.
• Create custom reports in Oracle Cloud and provide report writing support as the subject matter expert, including ad hoc report creation, testing, troubleshooting, and training.
• Provide accounting support to the Management on special projects as required or assigned.

• Ability to meet multiple tight deadlines and possess good time management skills
• Ability to perform at high levels in a fast-paced, ever-changing work environment
• Ability to work independently on accounting projects with minimal direction
• Ability to make decisions with discretion and sound judgment
• Ability to work independently or with a team, self-starter, energetic
• Reliable and professional
• Flexible and easy to get along with

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, CPA preferred
• 8+ years of accounting experience
• Big 4 or national accounting firm experience is preferred
• Develop and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with colleagues in accounting and business partners across the entity to understand the business and apply knowledge to reporting and financial statements
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, particularly PowerPoint and Excel
• Strong Excel skills with the ability to create pivot tables and perform v-lookups
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Confidence in professional aptitude and ability to effectively convey skills and knowledge to non-technical internal and external customers
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and adept at handling change as well as multiple concurrent projects
• Detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy and commitment to meeting deadlines
• Strong technical accounting knowledge
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail are required, as is the ability to research issues, prepare evaluations on problems and recommend viable solutions.
• Experience with large ERP systems; Oracle is preferred