Senior Accountant - London, United Kingdom - Palantir Technologies

Description

Palantir builds the world's leading software for data-driven decisions and operations.

By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.

As a Senior International Accountant, you support the accounting and compliance for a portion of our international subsidiaries.

You will work with other members of the business and the Finance Team in a dynamic environment to determine the accounting treatment for unique transactions and recording related journal entries.

In this role, you will collaborate with outside service providers (auditors and tax advisors), partners within the Finance and Legal teams, and partners from around the business to ensure financial and related compliance in-country.

You will assist with supporting the preparation of financial statements for a number of international subsidiaries, including performing review of the general ledger activity and accounting conclusions for these subsidiaries.

You will be empowered as a key player of our team to challenge the status quo, proactively seek to improve processes, and work collaboratively across Finance and the business.

Supporting the accounting and reporting processes for assigned countries from beginning to end, including recording of journal entries, reconciliations for monthly close and year end, preparation and review of financial statements, and coordination of tax, audit and census filings
Prepare support for maintaining US GAAP consolidated reporting and reconciliation to local GAAP reporting
Support the global coordination with local external bookkeepers, auditors, tax, and legal teams to ensure compliance with all reporting requirements
Ensure accurate and timely recording, reconciliation and application of inter-company transactions
Assist on projects and ad-hoc assignments as needed
Ability to prepare financial data with accuracy and integrity
Proven ability to creatively problem solve, leveraging data when needed
5+ years of experience in the finance and/or accounting space within a US multi-national company
~ Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians' lives is just one of the ways we're investing in our community. In keeping consistent with Palantir's values and culture, we believe employees are "better together" and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for "Remote" work on an exceptional basis. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.
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