Assistant Controller

The Basics:

We are looking for an Assistant Controller, who will report to the VP, Controller. This person will help lead our day-to-day accounting operations and mentor and develop a high-performing team. This is a highly visible role to various levels of management, and you will be instrumental in supporting the company in its next phase of growth and maturity. Not only will you need to roll up your sleeves and get into the details, but you will also be a strategic thinker with an ability to see the bigger picture and influence change. We are looking for a skilled leader, who can connect with people, collaborate effectively and manage multiple workstreams.

What you’ll do:

• Lead, mentor and develop accounting operations teams, which are responsible for GL Accounting, Close/Consolidations, Accounts Payable, Travel, and Payroll
• Oversee the monthly and quarterly close processes which includes reviewing journal entries/recons, running cross-functional close meetings and completing flux reviews and close packages
• Analyze monthly and quarterly fluctuations and partner closely with FP&A to ensure accuracy of financial data
• Support new strategic initiatives by working cross-functionally to manage risk, build, and maintain scalable accounting processes
• Collaborate with broader Finance & Operations organization to analyze financial performance, provide recommendations to leadership on improvements, and support key decision making
• Manage international expansion efforts by working cross-functionally and implementing scalable accounting processes and integrations with our existing tools
• Drive process improvements to continue to accelerate close cycle and automate workflows
• Maintain accounting policies, including updates as needed and ensuring ongoing compliance
• Coordinate with external auditors and lead annual year-end audit

We’re looking for someone with:

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of progressive experience with leadership roles at public, late-stage private, and/or public accounting firms
• Deep understanding of US GAAP, and reporting requirements for various international jurisdictions
• Strong project management skills which include high attention to detail, ability to prioritize and lead critical initiatives on concurrent timelines
• Exemplary interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with high visibility to executive leadership
• Possess a collaborative style with the ability to deliver complex, technical accounting concepts that can be easily understood by varying levels of management and cross-functional teams
• Experience working with our tools, specifically: Netsuite, Floqast, Concur, etc is preferred

About Tanium 

Tanium, the industry’s only provider of converged endpoint management (XEM), leads the paradigm shift in legacy approaches to managing complex security and technology environments. Only Tanium protects every team, endpoint, and workflow from cyber threats by integrating IT, Operations, Security, and Risk into a single platform that delivers comprehensive visibility across devices, a unified set of controls, and a common taxonomy for a single shared purpose: to protect critical information and infrastructure at scale. Tanium has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list for six consecutive years and ranks on Fortune’s list of the Best Large Workplaces in Technology. In fact, more than half of the Fortune 100 and the U.S. armed forces trust Tanium to protect people; defend data; secure systems; and see and control every endpoint, team, and workflow everywhere. That’s the power of certainty. Visit www.tanium.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

On a mission. Together. 

At Tanium, we are stewards of a culture that emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect, and diversity. In our pursuit of revolutionizing the way some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world solve their most difficult IT challenges, we are strengthened by our unique perspectives and by our collective actions.   

We are an organization with stakeholders around the world and it’s imperative that the diversity of our customers and communities is reflected internally in our team members. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that only together can we do great things. 

Each of our team members has 5 days set aside as volunteer time off (VTO) to contribute to the communities they live in and give back to the causes they care about most.   

What you’ll get

The annual base