Chief Accounting Officer, Yext
$233-349k
Digital media technology services
Open for applications
Digital media technology services
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$233-349k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To transform the enterprise with AI search.
Role
Who you are
- Public company experience at companies with $2B+ market cap
- 15+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, beginning in a Big Four public accounting firm. Recent experience as a CAO in a fast-growing public company of similar size and complexity
- Public company/SEC reporting and SOX compliance experience required
- Experience scaling and improving processes, systems, and teams during periods of change
- Experience in global businesses, with the ability to build a cohesive approach worldwide
- M&A experience
- Experience building and developing high-performing teams, with a track record of attracting and retaining top talent
- CPA and/or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- Preferred: Experience with SaaS
What the job involves
- Yext is seeking a strategic and operational Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) to oversee global accounting, finance operations, and external reporting teams
- The CAO will be a key partner to the CFO and executive team, responsible for the full accounting and reporting functions. As Yext grows, including international expansion and M&A activities, the CAO will take on additional responsibilities
- The CAO will lead Yext’s accounting team, managing the record-to-report cycle, month-end close, regulatory compliance, and financial reporting and analysis. Success in this role depends on leadership, organizational development, process improvement, strategic execution, and strong communication
- The CAO will manage a global team
- Lead global accounting operations, including payroll, billing, collections, procurement, AP, technical accounting, revenue accounting, international accounting, and SEC reporting
- Oversee and modernize systems and processes to stay ahead of technological advancements
- Scale business processes, systems, and financial controls to support future growth, focusing on continuous improvement and automation
- Drive efficiencies in accounting operations, focusing on process improvement and shortened close cycles. Implement best-in-class solutions to improve processes, quality, and productivity
- Manage the accounting budget, balancing internal and external spend, and innovating finance service delivery
- Create a strategic vision for finance and accounting to support Yext’s business objectives
- Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing global team, attracting, growing and retaining top talent
- Align accounting team priorities with company objectives, providing advanced service and value
- Serve on the finance leadership team, collaborating with the CFO and other leaders on functional and people priorities
- Serve on the extended leadership team and develop relationships with senior leaders to support new customer products, company wide initiatives and business/system process changes
- Lead Audit Committee meetings and support other Board of Director meetings
- Demonstrate urgency in meeting targets, benchmarking team performance, and achieving goals
- Align individual performance measures with organizational goals
- Build relationships to help others achieve their objectives
- Promote a culture of accountability
Our take
Yext seeks to bridge the gap between the online and physical worlds for clients, including FedEx and Citibank, by providing a means of updating company information like store hours, across a multitude of secondary sites.
Yext's view is that the way people use the internet is moving more and more towards people wanting to get answers to questions with as little friction as possible. The company is building a suite of technological solutions to help companies serve up answers to people's questions more easily.
Yext has remained focused on updates and advancements to progress its features, such as the 2023 launch of its conversational AI - Yext Chat - fueling the company's emphasis on building and managing its customer and employee search experiences.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2016
$0.5m
LATE VC
Jun 2014
$50.3m
SERIES F
Total funding: $118.3m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive Benefits Programme
- Work From Anywhere
- Stay Informed
- Invested in Your Wellbeing
- Go Beyond Work-Life Balance
- Upward Mobility
Company values
- Curious
- Self-starting
- Collaborative people
Company HQ
Chelsea, New York, NY
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Leadership
Brian Distelburger
(Co-Founder)Has served the company in a variety of Executive roles, including President & COO and CRO. Former Director at Traffix and COO at Consumer Digital.
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