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Where we work
Udemy is a global company headquartered in San Francisco, with additional U.S. offices in Denver and Austin, and international hubs in Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Türkiye. This is an in-office position, requiring three days a week in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and flexibility on Mondays and Fridays.
About the role
As Senior Accounting Manager, you will be responsible for a variety of core accounting operations, including general ledger (“GL”), accounts payable, operating expenses, and payroll accounting functions. Reporting to the Assistant Controller, you will be a key operator and decision maker as Udemy scales as a public company. You'll take a hands-on approach, developing best in class policies and processes while helping execute and transform the accounting close. You will routinely collaborate with multiple cross-functional colleagues across the globe, including Finance, Tax, Legal, People, and Procurement, to ensure proper accounting treatment and timely financial results.
About your skills
Cross-Functional Collaboration: You develop relationships effectively up, down, and across the organization and are able to strategically use these relationships to advance shared goals. You are able to define solutions that achieve consensus, negotiating with stakeholders to ensure all accounting requirements are met. You effectively manage multiple concurrent projects.
Decision Making: You use critical thinking to follow a defined decision making process and consider multiple perspectives. Upon making a decision, you ensure alignment and accountability are clear across all parties.
Problem Solving: You see beyond the present problem and work to identify the fundamental ‘why’. You are a strong system-based and analytical thinker, and work towards potential solutions with accounting and other cross-functional partners.
Growth Mindset: You're eager to learn new skills, tools, and subject matter. You consider alternative perspectives, quickly absorb complex information, adapt to shifting priorities, and tackle unfamiliar challenges with confidence.
Communication: You effectively communicate with your stakeholders to ensure clear understanding and expectations. You can tailor your message to the target audience when appropriate.
Technical Depth: You bring a strong foundation in accounting operations, able to balance business operations and requirements with what’s acceptable under the accounting rules.
What you’ll be doing
Manage various aspects of GL accounting, including accounts payable, T&E, accruals, key balance sheet reserves, payroll accounting (including benefits, commissions, bonus, and equity), and account reconciliations.
Oversee the monthly accounting close, including managing the close timeline, reviewing fluctuation analysis, and investigating unusual trends and results.
Lead a team of accounting professionals, including ongoing coaching, training and mentorship, as well as identifying opportunities for further growth.
Lead initiatives to improve the speed and accuracy of the monthly accounting close and other accounting operations, through a lens of risk-based thinking and scalability.
Collaborate with the SOX team to ensure a robust and effective internal controls environment, with a commitment to continuous improvement.
Partner with cross-functional business partners to define, establish and implement accounting systems, processes and procedures with a goal of automation and developing best in class processes.
Support financial reporting and external audit requirements on a quarterly and annual basis.
Assist in and/or lead ad hoc projects as necessary.
What you’ll have
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.
8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 4+ years of management experience and 4+ years at a Big 4 public accounting firm.
Experience working with high volume, multi-currency transactions in a global business environment.
Experience in NetSuite, Floqast, and Alteryx preferred.
Strong experience and knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SOX internal controls.
Proven ability to work across many departments with varying levels of staff and management to solve problems and achieve results.
Demonstrated examples of implementing process improvements, such as technology-enabled or system-based solutions.
Systems Expertise: Deep technical knowledge of NetSuite ERP, integrations, and system architecture.
Change Management: Skilled at leading teams through change, including driving adoption of new processes and tools.
Collaboration & Influence: Proven success building trust and alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
About this role
The Senior Manager, Finance Systems will lead Udemy’s Finance Systems team, with responsibility for the strategy, governance, and optimization of core financial applications. This role will drive the roadmap for NetSuite and related systems, ensuring scalability, compliance, and automation to support Udemy’s growing global business. This leader will partner cross-functionally with Finance, IT, and Operations to deliver system enhancements and process improvements that enable accuracy, efficiency, and strategic insight.
What you'll be doing:
Lead and manage the Finance Systems team, fostering a high-performing, collaborative, and innovative culture.
Own the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of Udemy’s financial systems landscape, including NetSuite as the primary ERP.
Partner with Finance leadership to identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve reporting, and ensure compliance with global accounting standards.
Drive system design, configuration, integrations, and automation initiatives to enable scalability and efficiency.
Serve as the primary liaison between Finance, IT, and business stakeholders for financial system initiatives.
Oversee system controls, security, and governance to ensure data integrity and compliance.
Evaluate and implement new tools or modules to support Udemy’s evolving business model, including subscription, consumption-based, and enterprise revenue models.
What you’ll have:
8+ years of experience managing finance/ERP systems teams, with significant expertise in NetSuite.
Proven leadership experience managing teams and driving large-scale finance systems projects.
Strong understanding of financial processes including Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, and Revenue Recognition.
Experience with Zuora Revenue (RevPro) or subscription billing/revenue platforms preferred.
Demonstrated ability to influence and partner across Finance, IT, and business teams.
The application window will be open until September 22, 2025 at least. This opportunity may remain posted based on business needs, which may be after the specified date.
At Udemy, we strive to be transparent around compensation. Actual compensation for this role is based on several factors, including but not limited to job-related skills, qualifications, experience, and specific work location due to differences in the cost of labor. In addition to a base salary, this role is also eligible for equity.
You’ll grow here.
Learning is part of the job. You’ll get full access to Udemy courses, a monthly UDay to invest in yourself, and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately, but what you focus on is up to you.
AI is real here.
We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. You’ll have the space and tools to experiment, apply, and get better at using AI in practical ways.
You’ll own your work.
We trust people to lead, make decisions, and follow through. You don’t need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact.
You’ll build with others.
We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice, and good thinking is welcomed from any direction.
You’ll see your impact.
What you build helps people grow their skills, change their careers, or find a path forward. You’ve got the experience, why not use it to help others gain theirs?
Bring your curiosity. We’ll bring the platform and the support. Let’s LEARN together.
Our Benefits Start with UOur benefits start with you and were built to provide you and your family with the protection and care you need, making it easy to access the right coverage when you need it most. Benefits vary by region, and we encourage applicants to review our Australia Benefits, India Benefits, Ireland Benefits, Mexico Benefits, Turkiye Benefits & US Benefits, pages to get an understanding of some of the benefits we offer. For details on region-specific benefits, please refer to the information provided during the hiring process.
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