When you join Turnitin, you'll be welcomed into a company that is a recognized innovator in the global education space. You'll join our diverse community of colleagues who are all unified by a shared desire to make a difference in education. So come join us and begin the most gratifying next chapter of your career.

For more than 20 years, Turnitin has partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Our products are used by educational institutions and certification and licensing programs to uphold integrity and increase learning performance, and by students and professionals to do their best, original work.

The Senior Accountant is primarily responsible for post-acquisition accounting and integration. This will include migrating/integrating monthly reporting and processes (including but not limited to General Ledger, account reconciliations of balance sheet accounts, account payables process and supporting other functions within the accounting department, as necessary). The role will have exposure to most areas of the Company’s expenses in the month-end close process.

This position requires the ability to work, adapt and evolve in a fast-paced environment, often working under tight deadlines, changing requirements, and teams in multiple time zones. The Senior Accountant will be expected to contribute to driving continued process improvements to help strengthen internal controls and increase efficiencies while also reducing the close cycle requirements.   The Turnitin Finance team has a wide range of responsibility including internal and external financial reporting, accounting, and internal controls.   This position will report directly to our Accounting Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with preparation of post-acquisition completion accounts and opening balance sheet audit procedures.
• Migration of data to Turnitin Accounting system.
• Assist newly acquired entity with adoption of group internal controls and processes.
• Integrate monthly reporting and processes for new entity.
• Preparation and transition of monthly journal entries and reconciliations for all non-revenue related G/L accounts.
• Reconcile cash accounts against monthly bank statement balances during the month end close.  Ensure all cash activity is properly reflected in the G/L – cash accounts.
• Ensure Prepaids are properly amortized and reconciled and waterfall schedule prepared.
• Ensure cost appropriately accrued at the month end.
• Assist with support to internal customers as needs arise, including ad-hoc financial analysis, and special projects.
  • Assist with maintaining proper internal controls and ensure only authorized transactions are processed.  Work with Director of Accounting and Accounting Manager to ensure establishment of internal control policies.
  • Participate in the ongoing development/establishment of accounting policies and procedures.

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with Accounting & Finance experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Advanced Excel skills and hands-on exposure to accounting systems (NetSuite preferred).
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Strong written and oral communication skills along with strong interpersonal skills and relationship building.
• Strong organizational and planning skills with the ability to prioritize and manage a demanding workload involving multiple tasks, responsibilities and tight deadlines with follow-through and minimal supervision.
• Must be able to move among various tasks, address responsibilities in a 'hands on' detail-oriented manner with an ability to work efficiently and accurately
• Self-starter and proactive thinker

Our Mission is to ensure the integrity of global education and meaningfully improve learning outcomes. 

Our Values underpin everything we do.

• Customer Centric - We realize our mission to ensure integrity and improve learning outcomes by  putting educators and learners at the center of everything we do.

• Passion for Learning - We seek out teammates that are constantly learning and growing and build a workplace which enables them to do so.

• Integrity - We believe integrity is the heartbeat of Turnitin. It shapes our products, the way we treat each other, and how we work with our customers and vendors.

• Action & Ownership - We have a bias toward action and empower teammates to make decisions.

• One Team - We strive to break down silos, collaborate effectively, and celebrate each other’s successes.

• Global Mindset - We respect local cultures and embrace diversity. We think globally and act locally to maximize our impact on education.

Seeing Beyond the Job Ad

At Turnitin, we recognize it’s unrealistic for candidates to fulfill 100% of the criteria in a job ad.  We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of the requirements because we know that skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and evolve alongside us, join our team!  

Turnitin, LLC is committed to the policy that all persons have equal access to its programs, facilities and employment. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and the LGBTQ+ community, regardless of age, gender, religion, marital or veterans status.