Staff Accountant

VMware; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 107,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

VMware in Raleigh, NC is seeking a Staff Accountant who will shape budgets, audits, and long-range planning through strong internal controls and clear communication. This lead seat comes with a salary range of $107,000 to $152,000 and demands a track record in management reporting.

You will reconcile invoices, forecast for leadership, collaborate cross-functionally, translate numbers into dashboards for non-finance stakeholders, and ensure grant compliance.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with freelance arrangements and client-centric workflows.
• Experience with VMware-scale workflows, or willingness to learn.
• Proven follow-through demonstrated by shipped outcomes.
• Ability to identify which problems are yours to solve.
• Attention to detail that catches issues others miss.
• Proven Microsoft Dynamics judgment when standard answers don't fit.
• Strong rapport-building and positive presence.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile freelance benefits invoices against enrollment.
• Provide a forecast leadership can trust to hire against.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to improve forecasting accuracy.
• Translate raw numbers into dashboards for non-finance stakeholders.
• Own grant compliance to avoid restricted dollars.
• Translate finance cost structure into a pricing floor leadership trusts.

Skills

Freelance familiarity

VMware workflows

Follow-through

Problem ownership

Attention to detail

Rapport-building

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

Step into a Staff Accountant role where Internal Controls and Communication shape budgets, audits, and long-range planning every day. At VMware, $107,000 - $152,000 buys a lead seat, but 9 years of Management Reporting buys you the ownership that comes with it.

Key Responsibilities

• Reconcile the freelance benefits invoice against enrollment line by line
• Hand leadership a forecast they trust enough to hire against
• Collaborate cross-functionally to improve forecasting accuracy
• Translate raw numbers into clear dashboards for non-finance stakeholders
• Own grant compliance so VMware never returns a restricted dollar
• Translate the finance cost structure into a pricing floor leadership trusts

What You'll Bring

• Comfort with freelance arrangements and the rhythms of a client-centric workplace
• Familiarity with VMware-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions
• The self-awareness to know which problems are yours to solve
• The kind of attention to detail that catches what spell-check misses
• Proven Microsoft Dynamics judgment when the textbook answer doesn't fit
• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence

VMware doesn't sell finance so much as guarantee it, a scrappy distinction the Raleigh, NC team takes personally. Trust, transparency, and steady momentum are the three things we protect above all else.

Come grow with us: $107,000 - $152,000 to start, a mentor to guide, benefits to lean on, and hours flexible enough for Raleigh living.

Our hiring manager is personally reviewing every Staff Accountant application that comes in.

Whether Networking or Communication is your strong suit, this Staff Accountant seat has room for both.