# Accountant **Company**: Workday **Location**: Costa Rica **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Finance **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Workday/job/Costa-Rica/Accounting-Analyst_JR-0111160-1?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_b7ffbd72-7d1 ## Description We’re Workday, a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. We're shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. **About the Team** Our Corporate Accounting team plays a key role in Workday's success, delivering reliable financial data and maintaining a foundation of thorough analysis, completeness, and accuracy. We work closely with partners across International Accounting, External Reporting, FP&A, Treasury, Tax, and Transfer Pricing , making this a highly collaborative, cross-functional environment. **About the Role** As an Accountant on the Corporate Accounting team, you will play an important part in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of Workday's financial records. This is a hands-on role where you will take ownership of key accounting processes, collaborate across multiple teams, and contribute to meaningful improvements in how we work. **Responsibilities** - Analyze financial data and apply accounting judgment to prepare journal entries for accruals, reclassifications, adjustments, and other items required by management - Own month-end reconciliations end-to-end , investigate variances, identify root causes, and partner with cross-functional teams to drive timely resolution - Perform flux analysis for balance sheet and P&L accounts, providing clear, well-supported explanations of variances in monthly activity - Partner closely with FP&A, Procurement, Prepaids, Treasury, International Accounting, External Reporting, and SOX teams to resolve accounting questions and ensure accurate recording of transactions - Identify opportunities for process improvement and simplification, and drive them to completion to build efficiencies across the team - Support SOX compliance and monitoring efforts, proactively flagging and helping remediate control gaps during audits - Build trusted relationships with business partners, acting as a go-to resource for accounting questions - Support other Corporate Accounting areas and initiatives as priorities evolve over time **About You** **Basic Qualifications** - 4+ years of experience in accounting, with a solid foundation in US GAAP - 4+ years of experience using a large ERP system - Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience **Other Qualifications** - Thorough understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), with the ability to apply these principles to ensure accurate, consistent, and transparent financial statements - Proficient in Excel, including formulas and pivot tables, along with familiarity with Google Workspace tools (Sheets, Docs, Drive, Slides) - Comfortable using AI tools to support accounting analysis and drive efficiency in day-to-day work - Detail-oriented, with the ability to manage complex information, spot errors or inconsistencies, and maintain a high level of accuracy and consistency across all work - Skilled at identifying and improving processes, using analytical tools to measure performance and find opportunities to enhance efficiency and productivity - Analytical and solution-oriented, with the ability to understand underlying processes and bring thoughtful recommendations to the team - Organized and effective at managing tight deadlines, delivering timely and accurate work in a fast-paced environment - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to share ideas clearly and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams - Flexible and open to learning new things, with an enthusiasm for growing in a dynamic, evolving environment - Public accounting, software, and/or SaaS industry experience preferred **Our Approach to Flexible Work** With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. For more fresh new jobs, check out [yubhub.co](https://yubhub.co/). ## Skills ### Required - US GAAP - ERP system - Excel - Google Workspace - AI tools ### Nice to have - Public accounting - software - SaaS industry experience --- Source: [Apply at workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com](https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Workday/job/Costa-Rica/Accounting-Analyst_JR-0111160-1?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)