Director, Corporate Accounting

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results. A Little About Us The Corporate Accounting team partners across Finance, HR, FP&A, Legal, Procurement, and business operations to ensure accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, and efficient accounting processes across Yahoo's global business. The team plays a critical role in the monthly and quarterly close while continuously improving how accounting work gets done through automation, scalable processes, and modern financial systems. Position Overview Yahoo is seeking a collaborative and detail-oriented Director of Corporate Accounting to lead key areas of our global corporate accounting organization, with primary responsibility for personnel accounting, including payroll, benefits, long-term incentives, restructuring, and capitalized labor. In this role, you'll lead a team of three accounting professionals responsible for critical close activities while partnering closely with stakeholders across Finance, HR, Legal, Procurement, FP&A, and Finance Systems. You'll combine strong technical accounting expertise with operational leadership to ensure accurate financial reporting, maintain a strong control environment, and continuously improve accounting processes through automation, Oracle Financials, and thoughtful adoption of AI. What You'll Do Lead accounting and close activities for personnel accounting, including payroll, benefits, long-term incentives, restructuring, and capitalized labor. Oversee the annual capitalized labor submission process, ensuring large-volume, high-value project costs are accurately recorded. Review internally developed software projects to determine capitalization eligibility and ensure compliance with accounting policies. Establish and maintain controls that support the timely, accurate, and complete accounting and reporting of capitalized labor. Facilitate quarterly Capital Labor Committee meetings and executive reviews of capitalization requests. Apply technical accounting guidance to determine the appropriate accounting treatment for complex transactions. Lead, mentor, and develop a team of three accounting professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment. Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities in compliance with U.S. GAAP, SOX, and internal accounting policies. Review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, variance analyses, and supporting documentation. Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations. Partner cross-functionally with FP&A, HR, Legal, Procurement, Finance Systems, and business stakeholders to support forecasting, resolve accounting matters, and improve financial processes. Collaborate with internal and external auditors to support audit requests, walkthroughs, and control documentation. Drive process optimization by leveraging Oracle Financials, automation, and AI to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability across accounting workflows. Identify opportunities to streamline manual processes, strengthen reconciliations, and enhance financial reporting through system enhancements and emerging technologies, including tools such as Gemini, Copilot, and Claude. Support broader controllership initiatives and special projects as needed. Requirements Active CPA license required. 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership experience within a large public company or similarly complex organization. Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, SOX compliance, and corporate accounting operations. Experience with payroll, benefits, accrual accounting, operating expense accounting, and capitalized labor. Experience with fixed assets related to capitalized labor. Experience working with Oracle Financials or a comparable enterprise ERP. Oracle Financials experience is strongly preferred. Proven experience leading and developing accounting teams. Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills. Ability to build strong cross-functional partnerships across Finance and business teams. Strong operational mindset with exceptional attention to detail and execution. Experience driving process improvements through automation and leveraging AI tools to improve efficiency. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment. Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; advanced degree preferred. What Success Looks Like Success in this role means becoming a trusted leader within Yahoo's Corporate Accounting organization by building strong partnerships across Finance, HR, FP&A, Legal, Procurement, Finance Systems, and business operations. You'll lead a high-performing team while delivering accurate and timely close activities, strengthening accounting processes and controls, and ensuring compliance across key personnel accounting functions. You'll also help modernize accounting operations by making the most of Oracle Financials, automation, and AI to reduce manual work, improve scalability, and build efficient, well-controlled processes that support the business as it continues to evolve. #LI-KS2 The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies ; exercising sound judgment ; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others ; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations ; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity. At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter! Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form ( ) or call +1.866.772.3182 . Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace strengthens Yahoo and deepens our relationships. When you support everyone to be their best selves, they spark discovery, innovation and creativity. Among other efforts, our 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome. The compensation for this position ranges from $129,210.00 - $281,305.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more. Currently work for Yahoo? 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