Samsara · 2 months ago
Director of SEC Reporting & Compliance
Samsara is a pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, helping organizations leverage IoT data to enhance their operations. The Director of SEC Reporting & Compliance will lead a team in preparing financial reports, ensuring compliance with SEC regulations, and fostering a culture of excellence in accounting practices.
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Responsibilities
Direct a team to prepare quarterly and annual reports in accordance with GAAP and support statutory reporting requirements of foreign entities
Be the subject matter expert on SEC reporting and disclosure requirements
Exert influential leadership across accounting teams with an uncompromising commitment to world-class standards and hold others accountable to that standard
Lead the comment resolution process arising from senior leadership, audit committee, and regulatory review of public financial filings
Direct the technical accounting assessment of complex transactions and act as gatekeeper for changes to conventions, estimates and accounting policies
Monitor foreign entity statutory requirements ensuring audits, reviews and compilations of foreign entity financial statements meet statutory requirements
Ensure significant accounting positions are robustly documented, supported by GAAP, and vetted with external auditors
Exude intellectual curiosity toward account balances and empowering the team to engage, understand and align to how such items were transacted
Provide expertise to senior leadership regarding how financial decisions affect external filings and challenge views inconsistent with regulatory requirements, benchmarking or best practices
Perform critical reviews of quantitative analyses and accounting memoranda that support significant, unusual, non-recurring or highly judgmental transactions
Under the direction of the Corporate Controller, own the global SOX program by ensuring program objectives and milestones are met
Ensure proper design and effective execution of internal controls covering consolidation and external reporting activities
Ensure accounting policies are documented, up-to-date, accessible to the CAO organization; covers critical accounting policies and estimates publicly disclosed
Draft periodic communications and presentations to senior leadership and audit committee members regarding significant accounting and finance-related matters
Stay current on new accounting pronouncements and developments in SEC matters including comment letter trends, benchmarking and adoption of new pronouncements
Foster a real-time coaching culture by motivating and developing a high-performing team to uphold world-class standards and relentlessly pursue continuous improvement
Champion Samsara’s core values and operating principles in partnering with our business to transform physical operations as the established market leader
Other responsibilities may be assigned that are commensurate with this role and aligned with business needs
Qualification
Required
CPA license
Prior experience leading an SEC reporting function
10+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience
3+ years experience with SEC reporting at a public company
3+ years of Big 4 audit experience
Thorough working knowledge of GAAP and SEC disclosure rules
A Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
Preferred
An advanced degree, such as an MBA or MAcc
Knowledge of NetSuite
Previous experience in the technology / SaaS industry
Benefits
Employee-led remote and flexible working
Health benefits
Company
Samsara
Samsara is digitizing the world of physical operations.
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$930MKey Investors
General CatalystAndreessen Horowitz
2021-12-15IPO
2020-09-24Secondary Market
2020-05-20Series F· $700M
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