Staff Accountant - (UK Remote)
- Full-time
Company Description
When you join Turnitin, you'll be welcomed into a company that is a recognized innovator in the global education space. For more than 20 years, Turnitin has partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Over 16,000 academic institutions, publishers, and corporations use our services: Gradescope by Turnitin, iThenticate, Turnitin Feedback Studio, Turnitin Originality, Turnitin Similarity, ExamSoft, and ProctorExam.
Turnitin has offices in Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Our diverse community of colleagues are all unified by a shared desire to make a difference in education. Come join us, and let's make change together.
Job Description
The Staff Accountant will play a vital role in Turnitin’s International Accounting Team with primary responsibilities including maintenance of General Ledgers, Balance Sheet Account Reconciliations 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, working to meet month end deadlines, changing requirements, and with teams in multiple time zones. The Staff 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 the Accounting Manager.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintenance of general ledger and associated accounting of Turnitin’s International Entities
- Assisting in Year End Audits for Turnitin’s International Entities
- Working with Turnitin’s Tax Team to ensure deliverables of VAT and Corporate Tax Reporting
- Preparation of monthly journal entries and reconciliations for all non-revenue related G/L accounts
- Reconciliation of cash accounts during the month end close ensuring all cash activity is properly
- reflected in the General Ledger
- Ensuring accuracy over Prepayments and Accruals at Month End
- Posting of Payroll Journals
- Preparation of monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations and investigation of reconciling items
- Preparation of detailed Variance Analysis reports for management review
- Assist with support to internal customers including ad-hoc financial analysis, and special projects
- Participation in the ongoing development/establishment of accounting policies and procedures
- Assisting in Cash Management
Qualifications
Qualifications/Experience:
- Newly 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 workload involving multiple tasks, responsibilities and deadlines with follow-through and minimal supervision
- Self-starter and proactive thinker
**Please note that screening candidates for this role will be in Jan 2023**
Additional Information
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.