Staff Accountant

LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN) is the global leader in enterprise conversations. Hundreds of the world’s leading brands — including HSBC, Chipotle, and Virgin Media — use our award-winning Conversational Cloud platform to connect with millions of consumers. We power nearly a billion conversational interactions every month, providing a uniquely rich data set and safety tools to unlock the power of Conversational AI for better customer experiences.  

At LivePerson, we foster an inclusive workplace culture that encourages meaningful connection, collaboration, and innovation. Everyone is invited to ask questions, actively seek new ways to achieve success, and reach their full potential. We are continually looking for ways to improve our products and make things better. This means spotting opportunities, solving ambiguities, and seeking effective solutions to the problems our customers care about. 

Overview:

Reporting to our India Lead, Strategic Finance, you will join our global accounting team and working hours will be 2:00pm - 11:00pm IST. 

You will: 

• Prepare and reconcile monthly closing work papers (i.e. bank reconciliations, fixed assets, prepayments, accruals)
• Review journal entries and account reconciliations to ensure all costs are accurately recorded
• Prepare and record monthly journal entries
• Perform monthly analysis on high-risk vendors and accounts payable sub-ledger
• Become an integral part of shortening the monthly closing process time
• Prepare financial statements for domestic and foreign subsidiary entities
• Interact with cross-functional teams at all levels to record the entries in a timely manner
• Take on special projects and other daily bookkeeping
• Participate in the implementation and optimization of new systems and processes
• Support to internal auditors (SOX) in providing supporting documents of samples

You have:

• 2+ years of previous accounting or related experience
• Big 4 or other public accounting experience
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
• Excel skills (formula design, pivot tables, charts)
• Experience with data collection, modeling, and what-if scenarios
• Enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve results through a cross-discipline approach
• Willingness to engage with sales executives and sales management
• Ability to multitask, stay organized, and prioritize deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Familiarity with SAP General Ledger system, Concur, or Hyperion/HFM/FCC
• Excellent attitudes towards work and work product

Benefits: 

• Health: medical, dental, and vision
• Time away: vacation and holidays
• Development: Generous tuition reimbursement and access to internal professional development resources.
• Equal opportunity employer
• #LI-Remote

Why you’ll love working here: 

LivePerson is a hub for the ever-curious and proactive, offering a flexible work-life balance tailored to individual needs. With offices and WeWork locations worldwide, our flexible work policy provides our teams the freedom to work from their preferred environment. We're very proud to have earned recognition from Fast Company, Newsweek, and BuiltIn for being a top innovative, beloved, and remote-friendly workplace. 

Belonging at LivePerson

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

We are committed to the accessibility needs of applicants and employees. We provide reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should inform their recruiting contact upon initial connection.