At Lyft, our mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. To do this, we start with our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization.

Lyft is looking for motivated Senior Accountants to join our team. These roles will be critical in building a world class accounting organization to support our growth and expansion. This is an amazing opportunity to join a quickly developing team and make an immediate impact to the business. The ideal candidate must thrive in a fast-paced environment and be adaptable to changing responsibilities and priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare monthly journal entries, account reconciliations and flux analyses in accordance with close calendar timelines
• Review detailed transactions to ensure proper GL coding
• Assist in support of external audit, including preparation of audit requests and ongoing support
• Assist in developing and implementing scalable accounting processes to facilitate timely and accurate financial reporting
• Coordinate with cross-functional partners to facilitate streamlined processes 
• Assist in documentation/implementation of internal controls and ensure SOX compliance in areas of responsibility
• Support management in completing special projects, ad-hoc reporting and analysis requests, and other tasks as assigned

Experience:

• 4-year degree in Accounting required
• 4+ years experience in an operational Accounting role, CPA a plus
• Excellent organizational and communication skills a must
• Must be detail oriented, able to solve problems and multitask 
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills – experience in Microsoft and Google applications; Oracle, NetSuite and Coupa are strongly preferred
• Ability to operate independently and as part of a larger functional team

Benefits:

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• In addition to 11 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Lyft Pink -  Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program

Lyft is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. Lyft does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or prohibited by Company policy. Lyft also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and other similar state laws and local ordinances, and its internal policy, Lyft will also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.