Director of Accounting, LegalZoom
$155.3-201.3k
Online legal advice platform
Open for applications
Online legal advice platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$155.3-201.3k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make legal help should be a fundamental right, easy to understand, afford, and access.
Role
Who you are
- Candidate must be comfortable and have deep expertise in a broad area of complex accounting issues relative to the Technology / SaaS industry including revenue recognition, debt, investments, business combinations, consolidation and variable interest entities, goodwill, stock-based compensation, and all other general areas of accounting and related disclosure
- The successful candidate will be a strong communicator and have exceptional technical strength that can provide proactive guidance and leadership on accounting, disclosures and financial reporting
- The successful candidate must have the ability to build relationships at all levels within the organization and demonstrate the ability to present complex technical accounting matters to leadership in a manner that is easy to understand
- We are looking for a CPA with strong analytical, leadership, and interpersonal skills
- Strong business acumen and the ability to influence change through written and verbal communications are imperative
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field
- Certified Public Accountant
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience, including Big 4 public accounting experience and SEC reporting experience with a large publicly traded company
- Strong technical knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SEC accounting and reporting requirements
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to thrive in a team environment
- Must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of management
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and adept at handling change
- Excellent time-management and organizational skills with experience in working toward tight deadlines
- Oracle ERP, Workiva, MS office proficiency, XBRL, familiar with research tools and reporting tools
What the job involves
- The Director, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting will be responsible for addressing technical accounting issues from the business including research and implementation of new pronouncements and review and update of policies and procedures
- Furthermore, the Director will be responsible for the preparation and drafting of consolidated financial statements, interim and annual reports for external reporting to our investors and stakeholders and supporting our strategic transactional activities
- This position will interact with all levels of the organization and will serve as a valuable resource for accounting, finance, legal and other key business partners
- Report to the Chief Accounting Officer and support the business on key technical accounting, financial reporting and disclosure issues
- Create and maintain internal and future potential external reporting calendar, coordinate key timelines and deliverables, and work collaboratively with various business partners to ensure timely, accurate and complete reporting and future potential public filings
- Work closely with investor and lender relations and corporate finance to help maintain financial accuracy and message continuity across earnings releases, quarterly and annual reports, and other public facing publications
- Be a sound communicator and have imperative written documentation abilities required to write financial statements, technical accounting memos and other publications
- Able to work independently, research issues timely and come to a point of view
- Prepare well written financial statements, quarterly and annual reports, technical accounting memos and other internal deliverables that are succinct and compelling
- Work closely with the Accounting & Consolidation, Revenues, Payables, Tax and global Finance teams on new accounting pronouncements and aid the teams with adoption procedures
- Continuous training and education of our Finance teams on recent technical accounting guidance and application of new accounting standards
- Own and operate related internal controls over financial reporting and disclosure
- Work actively and timely with external auditors
- Address ad-hoc reporting and analytics, as requested
Our take
LegalZoom is an online legal technology service that can help people create their own legal documents. It believes legal advice and services should be clear, easy-to-understand, and affordable, and provides services to help people make a will, start a business, lodge a trademark application, and more.
LegalZoom has helped millions of people who otherwise could not hire a lawyer, with its extensive range of legal solutions. It competes with a handful of other companies, such as IncFile and Rocket Lawyer, that also provide online legal technology.
However, it has found space to grow its operations nonetheless, partially due to the rise in interest in digital solutions. An IPO in 2021 also enabled LegalZoom's growth, though in 2024 a class action is underway to investigate the company's significantly lowered share prices.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2011
$66m
SERIES B
Mar 2007
$45m
SERIES A
Total funding: $111m
Company benefits
- Private healthcare
- Pension
- Eye care
- Discount legal fees
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle to work
- Fundraising match
- Life assurance
- Chill-out area
- Massages
- Office yoga
- Social events
Company HQ
Downtown, Glendale, CA
Leadership
Robert Shapiro
(Co-founder)Co-founder of ShoeDazzle.com and Chairman of the Brent Shapiro Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Awareness.
Brian Lee
(Co-founder)Co-founder of ShoeDazzle.com and The Honest Company. Previously Attorney at Skadden Arps. J.D of Law at UCLA School of Law.
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