Statutory Accountant / Associate Accountant

Job description

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. Responsibilities - Drafting financial statements and notes to accounts in accordance with local GAAP and compliant to internal policies. - Conversion of US GAAP trial balances to local GAAP or IFRS trial balances. - Ensure that US GAAP and local GAAP account balances are periodically reconciled, and GAAP differences are adequately explained. - Ensure that entries in the local GAAP ERP are recorded in a timely and accurate manner. - Closely coordinate with the tax team for supplying information required for estimating interim / final tax provision. - Drafting and reviewing balance sheet account reconciliations. - Prepare audit timetable and agree with the external auditors. - Standardize and issue prepared by client (PBC) list. - Proactively communicate audit timelines to all the respective stakeholders, set expectation on timelines and monitor the progress of the audit. - Ensure the audit queries are addressed to and drive audit to closure. - Drive the statutory filing process - Filing of certified annual financial statements and all required documents with local statutory agencies. - Review of book closure at regular intervals to identify unusual items. - Engage and collaborate with global accounting operations teams and cross functional business partners such as Tax, HR, Legal, Compliance. - Create process documentation namely Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and update them at regular intervals. - Ensure that the files / folders are saved at the right place for ease of retrieval. Ensure data is backed up on a real-time basis. - Identify opportunities for accounting and process improvements with an emphasis on streamlining and driving implementation solutions. - Doing research and impact analysis of amendments in relation to accounting standards, income taxes and compliance. - Prepare disclosure checklists and ensure compliance with all GAAP and disclosure requirements. Requirements - Chartered Accountant specialization in accounting. - 1 - 4 years of overall accounting / finance ops experience. - Experience of working with a Big 4 accounting firm in the past as team member of the statutory audit team is desirable. - IFRS qualification / experience is desirable. - Working knowledge of Workday ERP is desirable. - In-depth knowledge of Accounting Standards, IFRS, audit methodologies and execution. - Well versed with the month end close process. - Outstanding oral communication, analytical and written skills. - Attention to detail, organized and thorough with the desire for continuous improvement. - The person should be highly energetic and proactive; able to drive projects independently; be a team player and have a problem-solving attitude. - A transformational mindset with the ability to think from an AI-driven perspective is a strong plus - Ability to meet tight deadlines. - Working knowledge of corporate taxes and transfer pricing is a plus. Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake. How do you want to make your impact? For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com http://careers.snowflake.com