Senior GL Accounting Manager — Close, Prepaids & PPE

altera; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera, based in San Jose, CA, seeks a GL Accounting Manager to oversee general ledger activities for prepaid expenses, AP, accruals, and PPE. You will coordinate with Technical Accounting, Finance, IT, R&D, and the AP team to ensure timely, accurate reporting.

Key duties include managing the monthly close, reviewing contracts with Technical Accounting, maintaining prepaid schedules, and supporting SOX/compliance and audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field required.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience including general ledger, close, prepaids, accruals, AP, and PPE accounting.
• Experience reviewing technology, IT, engineering, or R&D contracts with Technical Accounting or partners.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, reconciliations, capitalization policies, and close controls.
• Experience with ERP systems (Oracle Fusion preferred), fixed asset subledgers, prepaid schedules, and advanced Excel.
• Experience supporting SOX compliance and audits.
• Excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate with U.S. and international teams.
• CPA or equivalent certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close for prepaid expenses, AP, accruals, and PPE, including journal entries, reconciliations, roll-forwards, and variance analysis.
• Review IT and R&D contracts with Technical Accounting to determine appropriate accounting treatment, including prepaid, expense, capitalization, and accrual conclusions.
• Maintain accurate prepaid schedules and roll-forwards.
• Lead the AP/accrual process, including completeness reviews, supporting-documentation requirements, reversals, and cutoff analysis.
• Oversee the PPE subledger and accounting for capital additions, construction in progress, transfers, disposals, depreciation, impairment indicators, and physical asset counts.
• Partner with the AP Manager in Malaysia to reconcile prepaids, invoices, payments, accruals, and intercompany balances.
• Establish and maintain close controls, account-reconciliation standards, and SOX documentation for assigned accounts.
• Support external audit by preparing schedules, explaining account activity, and resolving audit requests.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, reporting, and systems for prepaids, accruals, AP, and PPE.
• Provide guidance to accounting team members and coordinate deadlines across U.S. and international teams.

Skills

General ledger

Month-end close

Prepaids

Accruals

Accounts payable

PPE accounting

US GAAP

ERP systems (Oracle Fusion)

Excel

SOX compliance

Audit support

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Multitasking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

CPA certification or equivalent

Tools

Oracle Fusion

Excel

Job description

Altera, based in San Jose, CA, seeks a GL Accounting Manager to oversee general ledger activities for prepaid expenses, AP, accruals, and PPE. You will coordinate with Technical Accounting, Finance, IT, R&D, and the AP team to ensure timely, accurate reporting.

Key duties include managing the monthly close, reviewing contracts with Technical Accounting, maintaining prepaid schedules, and supporting SOX/compliance and audits.