GL Accountant

The Challenge

Eventbrite has built its business on empowering event creators with solutions to enable their success. In the process, we have touched millions of event creators and consumers, helping them get together, explore their interests, and pursue their passions through live experiences. Now, we’re embarking on a journey to make our platform even more powerful and intuitive for our most valuable creators. Growing our event creator base, helping them onboard and adopt our product and ultimately staying on as a satisfied customer is a critical part of Eventbrite’s success. To help us deliver on this ambitious vision, we are searching for a GL accountant to join our global team.

The Team

The GL Accounting Team is a crucial part of the accounting & controllership organisation and is responsible for ensuring all accounting entries under its scope are complete, accurate and in compliance with the company’s accounting policies. The GL Accounting team contributes to month-end reporting, quarterly & annual public financial reporting filings and financial statement audits.

The Role

You will be responsible for maintaining sections within the general ledger for our consolidated business and performing monthly closing procedures in order to enable high quality financial reporting. You’ll collaborate closely with your team members in Argentina, San Francisco and Cork. You will also facilitate the completion of statutory compliance requirements in our LATAM and EU/APAC region.

You Will

• Perform month-end / quarter-end close procedures, including journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations for global account balances including Bank, Fixed Assets, Prepaids and Accruals.
• Perform flux analysis (month over month, quarter over quarter, year over year) and provide explanations of the key drivers in an accurate way.
• Support relationships and compliance activities of external auditors; assist with audit queries within your areas when necessary for both the global and statutory audits.
• Support on managing the local statutory requirements in the LATAM and EU/APAC region.
• Be responsible for pursuing automation of the tasks under your scope.
• Support the Accounting team with various analysis and ad hoc projects.

The Skillset

• At least 3 years of relevant experience
• Accounting degree
• Advanced English level (oral and written skills)
• Experience working in an international environment
• Enthusiastic, upbeat, and positive with the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Strong attention to detail and ability to research discrepancies and solve problems
• Technologically savvy and able to learn new software quickly
• Solid Excel knowledge
• Great analytical skills

Bonus Points

• Workday Financials experience

About Eventbrite

At Eventbrite everyone is invited to be their whole self and we cultivate an environment to make sure that is feasible throughout the entirety of an individual's time at Eventbrite. We are committed to providing competitive, valuable and meaningful benefits and experiences for our employees to ensure we meet them where they are in life. Cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where all people are invited and belong is our top priority. Employees can participate in resource groups and we offer global programming and training throughout the year to support a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

We offer comprehensive benefits and a wellness package above and beyond standard medical benefits to support our Britelings’ lifestyle. Eventbrite's global benefit programs are designed to meet you where you are by offering resources and support for your health, well-being, finances, and family. This includes support in a remote environment, wellness allowance, Carrot family planning benefit, Origin Financial Planning service, and other offerings to ease the mind and body like Modern Heal.