Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting

Palantir Technologies; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k plan

Commuter benefits

Paid time off

12 holidays per year

Parental leave

Job summary

Palantir Technologies is seeking a Senior Accounting Manager to oversee significant portions of Palantir's Corporate Accounting team and drive transformational improvements across a growing Accounting & Finance organization.

You will partner with cross-functional teams, develop strategies for scalable processes, and ensure high-quality work through a team of accounting professionals. The role emphasizes data-driven decision making and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience, including at a large international public accounting firm.
• CPA or equivalent certification is preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills; able to maintain accuracy in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support senior leadership by ensuring high-quality work produced by the team and by supporting one-off projects and initiatives.
• Improve the overall quality and speed of accounting work-product delivery.
• Build and leverage cross-functional relationships across the company to deliver greater value to Finance and other internal teams.
• Exercise sound judgement and ensure that accounting conclusions are documented in reconciliations and technical memos in accordance with current policies and guidance.
• Communicate and present complex topics to leadership in an accessible format while retaining the ability to work at a detailed level as needed.
• Identify, design, and implement technology-enabled process improvements, leveraging internal tools to automate workflows, improve data quality and visibility, strengthen controls, and enable the Accounting team to focus on higher-value work.

Skills

Accounting

Education

CPA certification

Job description

A World-Changing Company 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.

A World-Changing Company 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.

The Role

Palantir is seeking a Senior Accounting Manager to oversee significant portions of Palantir's Corporate Accounting team, develop and implement transformational improvements and quality initiatives across a growing Accounting & Finance organization. In this role you'll support senior accounting leadership by developing strategies that prioritize team development, scalability, and value creation. You will partner cross-functionally with key teams, build and maintain relationships, and collaborate to deliver results.

Our ideal candidate will have a high degree of curiosity, initiative, and independence to hit the ground running, getting deep into work prepared by the team and identifying opportunities for improvement. We value problem solvers who are not satisfied with the status quo and who are energized by the chance to improve the efficiency or accuracy of existing processes.

Core Responsibilities

• Support senior leadership by ensuring high-quality work produced by the team and by supporting one-off projects and initiatives.
• Improve the overall quality and speed of accounting work-product delivery.
• Build and leverage cross-functional relationships across the company to deliver greater value to Finance and other internal teams.
• Exercise sound judgement and ensure that accounting conclusions are documented in reconciliations and technical memos in accordance with current policies and guidance.
• Communicate and present complex topics to leadership in an accessible format while retaining the ability to work at a detailed level as needed.
• Identify, design, and implement technology-enabled process improvements, leveraging internal tools to automate workflows, improve data quality and visibility, strengthen controls, and enable the Accounting team to focus on higher-value work.

What We Value

• Resourcefulness and the ability to solve problems, including non-traditional or undefined problems, creatively and analytically
• The ability to calibrate a room of peers and stakeholders, achieve alignment, and pull levers to bring greater value to Accounting and other internal teams. The ability to work both independently and as part of a team, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, is essential. Experience partnering with international functions and teams is a plus.
• Sound judgment and composure in high-pressure situations along with the ability to ground decisions in data to ask and answer questions that move the business forward, and demonstrate discretion and integrity in all interactions.
• Significant experience with accounting and finance systems, implementations, enhancements, and overall use of technology to scale the function.

What We Require

• 8+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience, with at least 4+ years of experience at a large international public accounting firm.
• CPA or equivalent certification is preferred
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills; able to maintain accuracy in work products and multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Salary

The salary range for this position is estimated to be $140,000 - $200,000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual’s relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives.

Benefits

• Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance
• Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based
• 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)
• 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events
• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
• Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
• Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
• Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan

Life at Palantir

We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. 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. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.

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. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. 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 you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.

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