Lead Accountant – Accounts Receivable

Intuit Inc.; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Equity rewards

Benefits package

Job summary

Intuit Inc. in San Diego seeks a Lead Accountant to oversee global Accounts Receivable operations within the FITG organization. The role covers month-end close, billing, SOX controls, external audit support, and AR transformation initiatives.

You will lead cross-functional teams, review journal entries and reconciliations, manage invoicing, and ensure compliance across multiple entities and geographies, with a hybrid work setup.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of accounting experience with AR and month-end close.
• Strong knowledge of order-to-cash in multi-entity, multi-currency environments.
• Deep knowledge of US GAAP and application to high-volume transaction flows.
• SOX controls experience including certification and audit support; Big 4 collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Review and oversee AR accounting operations across month-end close, billing, and adjustments.
• Review month-end journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations; resolve variances.
• Prepare AR flux commentary and analyses for leadership.
• Oversee billing operations including invoice review and cross-team coordination.
• Own AR SOX controls and maintain documentation; certify controls.
• Coordinate audit deliverables and AR-related walkthroughs.
• Lead AR transformation initiatives including automation and acquisitions integration.

Skills

Accounts receivable

SOX compliance

US GAAP

Process automation

Oracle

BlackLine

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA or equivalent certification preferred

Tools

Oracle

BlackLine

Job description

Come join the Accounting team within Intuit’s Financial Integrity, Transformation, & Governance (FITG) organization. We are looking for creative problem solvers with a passion for innovation to join our team and revolutionize the way the world does business.

This is a Lead Accountant role located in San Diego, CA working hybrid. This role is responsible for the review and oversight of Intuit’s global Accounts Receivable accounting operations, spanning month-end close, billing and adjustment activity, SOX compliance, external audit support, and AR-related transformation projects. The role operates across multiple billing platforms, entities, and geographies, and serves as the senior technical reviewer and escalation point for the AR function.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and lead across multiple functions to achieve accounting objectives, exercising sound judgment on complex transactions and driving issues through to resolution with full transparency to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Review and approve month-end journal entries & balance sheet reconciliations across AR-related accounts, assessing reconciliation variances and risks and drive timely resolution of reconciling items.
• Prepare month-end and quarter-end flux commentary on AR balances and review flux analyses with leadership.
• Oversee billing operations and adjustment activity, including invoice review, and cross-team coordination of manual invoices, credit memos, and debit memos.
• Own AR SOX and internal control activities: execute and certify controls, and maintain accurate process and system documentation.
• Coordinate audit deliverables, requests, and walkthroughs for the AR function.
• Overall process ownership for the Accounts Receivable space, inclusive of work executed by the Shared Services Center in India.
• Serve as the escalation point for AR accounting issues and questions, providing technical guidance and driving resolution across the team and partner functions.
• Lead and support AR transformation initiatives, including process automation and simplification, as well as AR integration for acquisitions and new product offerings.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of accounting experience, including significant experience reviewing journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close deliverables.
• Deep knowledge of order-to-cash / accounts receivable accounting, including payment processor activity, billing adjustments, and multi-currency, multi-entity environments.
• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP and demonstrated ability to apply it to complex, high-volume transaction flows.
• Hands‑on experience with SOX compliance as a control owner or reviewer, including control execution, certification, and audit support; experience partnering with Big 4 external auditors.
• Demonstrated success driving process improvement and automation in accounting operations; experience with system implementations & acquisition integrations is a plus.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical accounting conclusions for non‑accounting stakeholders and influence at senior levels.
• Working knowledge of Oracle and BlackLine strongly preferred.
• Highly motivated self‑starter able to operate independently in a fast‑paced, multi‑business‑unit environment with strong attention to detail.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent; CPA or equivalent certification preferred.

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.

The expected base pay range for this position is:
San Diego $136,500 - $184,500