# Payroll Accountant

**Company**: Okta
**Location**: Bengaluru
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Payroll Accountant to join our Compensation GL team. As a Payroll Accountant, you will be responsible for the timely and accurate recording of compensation and benefits-related activities of the company.

Responsibilities:

- Perform various GL month-end close activities for the Okta International entities, including preparation of journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations

- Support monthly and semi-monthly payroll cycles with the recording of needed journal entries

- Prepare journal entries for cash accounts and perform reconciliation on a regular basis

- Responsible for the preparation of the vacation accruals for the Okta International Entities

- Prepare month-end closing journal entries, including resolving discrepancies and ensuring entries are in accordance with US GAAP, IFRS, FRS and Local GAAP

- Prepare P&L and Balance Sheet fluctuation analyses

- Assist in implementing new accounting policies, controls and procedures

- Ensure SOX and policy compliance

- Assist in preparing internal and external financial reporting schedules

- Provide a high level of customer service with finance and non-finance business partners

- Maintain strong and productive relationships with People team, including Benefits, Operations, Finance, Stock Admin, Legal and other internal stakeholders

- Support the quarterly reviews and annual audit requests and inquiries from our external auditors

- Ad hoc accounting projects and requests, as needed

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree, with an emphasis in Accounting or Finance

- 2-4 years of combined public accounting and private industry at a publicly traded company

- Certified Accountant (CA) or CA candidate a plus

- Experience with the operations and related accounting for payroll, cash, bonus, and commissions

- Knowledge of deferred commissions and stock-based compensation would be beneficial

- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)

- Experience with Google Suite preferred

- Experience with NetSuite preferred, or related accounting software

- Experience using Workday, ADP, SafeGuard or other comparable payroll software a plus

- Knowledge and application of US GAAP, IFRS, FRS, Local GAAP, SEC regulations, and SOX/internal controls

## Skills

### Required
- GAAP
- SEC regulations
- internal controls
- Microsoft Office Suite
- accounting software

### Nice to have
- Google Suite
- NetSuite
- Workday
- ADP
- SafeGuard

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