Senior Accountant

VMware; Spokane (WA); Remote; USD 86,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly Spokane team

Job summary

VMware in Spokane, WA is seeking a Senior Accountant who will own the close cycle and bring 7+ years of SQL experience to a growing finance team.

You'll reconcile multi-entity and multi-currency accounts, partner with tax, and mentor junior staff while maintaining integrity and discretion with sensitive data. This remote-friendly role supports work-life balance in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years navigating the politics that finance work attracts.
• Bias toward action with good judgment.
• Ability to surface risk before it arises.
• Team player who unblocks others.
• Integrity and discretion with sensitive data.
• Excel curiosity and advanced analytics.

Responsibilities

• Oversee reconciliations across multiple entities and currencies.
• Coordinate with the tax team on filings, estimates, and year-end provisions.
• Generate ad hoc reports for finance leadership.
• Build the close documentation a new senior hire could follow blind.
• Mentor junior accounting staff and review their work for accuracy.
• Coach senior analysts on how a clean reconciliation should feel.
• Own the tax provision and the footnotes that explain it.
• Forecast tax payments precisely to avoid an underpayment penalty.

Skills

SQL

Excel

Time management

Mentoring

Risk assessment

Clear communication

Tools

Workday Adaptive Planning

Job description

Here in Spokane, WA, VMware measures success in clean close cycles and our incoming Senior Accountant will own them. Take ownership, lean on your 7 years of SQL, and earn $86,000 - $130,000 as part of a team that grows with you.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee accounts reconciliation across multiple entities and currencies
• Coordinate with the tax team on filings, estimates, and year-end provisions
• Generate ad hoc reports combining Persuasion and Time Management for finance leadership
• Build the close documentation a new senior hire could follow blind
• Mentor junior accounting staff and review their work for accuracy
• Coach senior analysts on how a clean reconciliation should feel
• Own the tax provision and the footnotes that explain it
• Forecast tax payments precisely enough to avoid an underpayment penalty

What You'll Bring

• A purpose-soaked bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait
• The reflex to surface risk before it surfaces itself
• A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself
• Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
• 5+ years navigating the politics that finance work attracts
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics
• Equal parts Risk Assessment depth and Excel curiosity

Growing steadily over 5 years, VMware now leads trust-the-team innovation in the finance market. Kindness and high standards live together comfortably on this remote-friendly Spokane team.

We pair $86,000 - $130,000 with a seasoned mentor, so your Workday Adaptive Planning sharpens fast while the benefits quietly take care of everything else.

Live in Spokane, WA as of this hour, with reviews ongoing.

Got 7 of finance experience itching for a new home? This is the door.