Director of Consolidations & Accounting Partnerships, BuzzFeed
$150-160k
2+ days a week in office
Corss-platform digital media company delivering news and entertainment content
Job no longer available
Corss-platform digital media company delivering news and entertainment content
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$150-160k
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To spread joy and truth across entertainment, news, food, pop culture, and commerce and drive conversation and inspire what audiences watch, read, and buy now - and into the future.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate has exceptional communication, relationship management, and analytical skills, is comfortable in a dynamic environment, and will not be afraid to roll up their sleeves to tackle challenging and rewarding assignments
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field. CPA certification is strongly preferred
- Minimum of 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including public company and international experience
- Strong understanding of financial consolidations, FX revaluation, and intercompany accounting
- Experience working in a multinational or multi-entity environment including strong knowledge of statutory reporting requirements in international markets
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. Ability to think outside the box, comfortable with ambiguity and providing suggestions and guidance
- Proficiency in Excel, NetSuite a plus
- Ability to work independently and cross functionally across teams including Tax, Legal, Treasury, Finance, and Operations
- Excellent organization skills, superior attention to detail, exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
- Self-starter, independently motivated with a proactive approach and the ability to motivate and inspire others
What the job involves
- BuzzFeed is looking for an experienced Director of Consolidations & Accounting Partnerships to join our team
- This is a full-time hybrid position, with the expectation of commuting to our New York City office twice a week at a minimum. The role will report to the Assistant Controller
- Manage the financial consolidation process for multiple entities (Japan, India, Canada, Mexico, UK) including monthly reconciliations and flux analyses with heavy focus on foreign currency matters
- Act as primary financial liaison with multiple external partners (including gathering reporting of revenue, costs, and cash flow) with focus on maintaining strong and timely communication while ensuring accuracy and transparency
- Monitor financial performance and reporting from partners, ensuring ongoing compliance with contractual agreements while providing analysis and insight to senior leadership
- Oversee intercompany transactions, ensuring proper reconciliation and elimination in consolidated financial statements
- Perform foreign currency revaluation and ensure proper accounting treatment of currency fluctuations
- Maintain the accuracy and reliability of consolidated financial statements, ensuring compliance with relevant global accounting standards (e.g., IFRS, U.S. GAAP)
- Participate in the monthly close process to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, including, but not limited to, preparing and reviewing journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations
- Collaborate with external auditors to ensure compliance for annual statutory reporting in the U.K. and India, including preparing and providing audit support in a timely manner to ensure compliance with external deadlines
- Continuously identify opportunities to streamline consolidation processes, improve data integrity, and enhance reporting efficiencies through automation
- Maintain internal controls in compliance with SOX and other regulatory standards
Our take
BuzzFeed is a global digital media company reaching hundreds of millions of readers each month through entertainment, lifestyle, and cultural content. Originally known for pioneering viral internet formats such as quizzed, listicles, and shareable pop-culture stories, BuzzFeed helped define the social-media-driven publishing era and at its peak attracted more than a billion monthly page views.
The company later expanded into journalism with the launch of BuzzFeed News in 2011, which went on to win major accolades including a Pulitzer Prize and multiple industry awards. In 2023, BuzzFeed made the strategic decision to wind down the division as part of a broader restructuring across the digital media industry, instead consolidating its news operations under HuffPost, which the company acquired in 2020 and continues to operate as a profitable newsroom.
Today, BuzzFeed is focused on evolving its publishing model for the next phase of internet media. The company continues to build audiences across platforms like YouTube, podcasts, and social channels, while also investing in new formats, creator partnerships, and AI-powered content tools designed to deepen audience engagement and support long-term growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jun 2021
$150m
CONVERTIBLE
Nov 2016
$200m
SERIES G
Total funding: $646.3m
Company HQ
Gramercy Park, New York, NY
Leadership
Jonah Peretti
(Founder & CEO)Jonah Founded BuzzFeed in 2006 and has served as CEO since. He is also the co-founder of The Huffington Post.
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