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At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.
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There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.
Overview
About the Team
This role reports to the Manager II, Consolidations & Reporting within the Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) organization. The consolidations team is responsible for leading the month-end close process, executing key internal controls, ensuring seamless consolidation of financial data, owning the chart of accounts, and preparing key financial reports.
About the Role
This role will be responsible for managing the monthly consolidations process and related internal controls, preparing and reviewing key inputs to the global financial reporting process, ensuring the proper accounting for intercompany arrangements, and serving as the point of contact for the consolidations team on special projects and transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate possesses a strong consolidations background, leadership capabilities, process improvement experience, and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams in a fast-paced environment.
About the Job
- Manage the monthly close and consolidations process, including performing key internal controls related to foreign currency, intercompany transactions, and other consolidation matters.
- Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and other supporting accounting schedules in accordance with US GAAP.
- Champion the monthly financial reporting process, ensuring internal reporting is complete and accurate for presentation to senior leadership.
- Support the integration of historic acquisitions for seamless consolidated financial reporting.
- Ensure the proper accounting for intercompany arrangements, partnering with treasury and tax teams to align on intercompany strategy and related accounting practices.
- Own the chart of accounts and month-end close calendar.
- Lead the administration of financial software such as Floqast and Workiva.
- Assist with statutory reporting, compliance, audits, and financial surveys.
- Serve as the point of contact for the consolidations team on ad hoc projects and key growth and transformation initiatives.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required
- 7+ years of progressive accounting experience
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of US GAAP
- Experience with Oracle
- Experience with Floqast and Workiva or equivalent financial software
- Experience working for a publicly traded company, including an excellent understanding of SOX and SEC reporting requirements
- Experience working in a global multi-currency accounting organization
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
- Ability to work well under pressure and independently
- Presentation skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience overseeing and approving attributes for the chart of accounts
- Experience preparing and presenting internal financial reports
- Experience with M&A integration
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
For US based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.
CA, NY, CT, NJ$130,000—$145,000 USDWA$125,000—$139,000 USDOR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI$120,000—$133,000 USDAll other states$108,000—$120,000 USD
