Controller

Snap

Santa Monica, California

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Accounting, Accounting Close, Accounting Policies, Accounting Standards and Regulations, Acquisition Integration, Adoption, Automation, Balance Sheet, Business Administration, Business Model, Business Skills, Channel Support, Communication Skills, Cross-Functional, Diversity, Due Diligence, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), External Audit, Federal Laws and Regulations, Finance, Financial Compliance, Financial Control, Financial Operations, Financial Reporting, Financial Statements, Financial Systems, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Hubs, Internal Audit, International News, Interpersonal Skills, Investor Relations, Large-Scale Systems, Leadership, Legal, Medical Conditions, Medical Genetics, Mergers and Acquisitions, Operational Strategy, Oracle, Process Improvement, Public Accounting, Public/Media/Press/Analyst Relations, Record Keeping, Reimbursement, Revenue Accounting, Revenue Growth, Revenue Recognition, Revenue/Sales Reporting, Risk, SAP, Sales, Sales Operations, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), State Laws and Regulations, Time Management, Treasury
LOCATION
Santa Monica, California
POSTED
22 days ago

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.


The Company operates Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.


 The Finance Team includes Finance Business Partnership, Accounting, Finance Operations, Financial Systems, Internal Audit, Tax, Treasury, and Investor Relations teams. Together, the team partners with leadership to provide insights, information, and guidance to make strategic and operational decisions, inform investors about our business model and progress, and ensure the company is financially healthy and consistently meeting our reporting obligations.

We’re looking for a Corporate Controller to join Snap Inc! As the leader of the Controllership Accounting team, you will lead, drive, and direct the global accounting and revenue functions.  This leader provides detailed decision making on accounting in key financial statement areas including our global process to recognize and record revenue, accounting for upfront agreements and new revenue streams, as well as implementing automation solutions to support revenue growth at scale.  This leader also oversees our accounting for our global processes to record expenses and maintain our balance sheet accounting and standing up processes for new lines of business. The role is a key partner in supporting the sales operations team with timely decisions on upfront terms and key customer contracts, supporting the Tax team with key financial statement inputs and partnership across domestic and international accounting matters.  This leader also partners with the CAO and Risk Advisory Partner team to maintain our financial statement control environment.

What you’ll do:

  • Oversee and own the global accounting close process, ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of month, quarter, and year-end financial reporting in compliance with US GAAP and international reporting standards

  • Lead and develop a high-performing, multi-layered global accounting organization, including setting vision, driving performance, and building leadership capability across key accounting hubs

  • Drive enterprise-wide accounting transformation initiatives, including automation, process optimization, and the design and implementation of scalable accounting policies and internal controls

  • Lead accounting strategy for complex and non-routine transactions, including new business models, revenue arrangements, and adoption of new accounting standards

  • Partner with cross-functional leadership, including Sales, Legal, and Finance, to advise on the structuring of complex revenue and partnership agreements

  • Own the external audit relationship, driving audit strategy, alignment, and execution to ensure timely and efficient quarterly reviews and annual audits

  • Accountable for the design and effectiveness of the global SOX control environment, partnering with Internal Audit and Risk to continuously strengthen controls and compliance

  • Provide accounting leadership for M&A activities, including due diligence, purchase accounting, and post-acquisition integration at scale

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

  • Deep expertise in US GAAP

  • Proven ability to operate at scale within a complex, global, publicly traded company

  • Strong business partnership skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and executive leadership

  • Demonstrated success leading large, distributed teams and developing teams

  • Strategic mindset with the ability to balance operational execution and long-term transformation

  • Experience driving process improvement, automation, and system implementations

  • Results oriented with a “can do” attitude and willingness to drive process change within the team, taking on additional responsibilities as needed 

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Minimum Qualifications

  • 15+ years of progressive accounting experience, including Big 4 public accounting and senior leadership roles in publicly traded companies

  • Prior experience as a Controller, Assistant Controller, or equivalent leader with ownership of financial statements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required

  • Extensive experience with global consolidations, multi-currency environments, and SOX compliance

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in technology, media, or high-growth public companies

  • Experience with large-scale ERP systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP)

  • MBA or Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance

  • Experience leading accounting through periods of rapid growth, transformation, or IPO readiness 

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position.These pay zones may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):

The base salary range for this position is $303,000-$455,000 annually.


 

Zone B:

The base salary range for this position is $288,000-$432,000 annually.

Zone C:

The base salary range for this position is $258,000-$387,000 annually.

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.

About the Company

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Snap

Our Story

The name may have changed over the years, but the commitment made when the forerunner of SNAP (Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners) formed in 1966 remains its guiding purpose today. SNAP’s mission was, and is, to provide people of low income with access to needed resources, and to help them make the kinds of connections that create opportunity. Our goal always has been to help build a vibrant community that treats everyone with dignity and respect by advocating for that which is fair, honorable and equitable.

The foundation for what is now SNAP got its start in the summer of 1966, when Father Frank Bach, then the director of Catholic Charities in Spokane, enlisted the assistance of the St. Vincent DePaul Society to establish three community centers, in Hillyard, East Central and West Central Spokane, each with a goal of helping low-income people meet their emergency needs as well as to provide a multitude of services within those communities.

These centers and the community-based programs they initiated were so successful that the Spokane Community Action Agency took over the administration of the neighborhood centers. Unfortunately, that agency lost its funding in the summer of 1973. The programs would have been lost were it not for the intervention of a number of community leaders. New funding was secured and Catholic Charities again administered the program.

Striving to fill growing needs, the Neighborhood Centers had developed an annual budget in excess of $4 million by 1985 and were growing beyond the scope of Catholic Charities. On September 12, 1985, with Tom Pleas as Director, the centers became Spokane Neighborhood Centers, Inc. The incorporators were: P.J. Grabicki, Thelma Pugh, Robert Huckabay, Sheri Barnard, Clarence (Bud) Barnes, Nora Beggs, Ed Stevens and Bill Fearn. The corporation adopted bylaws on December 10, 1985.

Five years after incorporation, leadership shifted with the announced retirement of Director Pleas. The agency’s associate director, Larry Stuckart, was formally named executive director in July 1992. Julie Honekamp assumed the role of SNAP and SNAP Financial Access CEO in June of 2011.

From 1985 through the present, the agency has expanded services to meet the needs of a growing population, proving itself to be more than just “neighborhood centers.” Through continuing expansion and a variety of programs, the agency strives to facilitate long-term solutions for the people it serves.

The agency officially became Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs in December 1991, a name chosen to reflect the breadth of the agency’s operations. In Sheri S. Barnard’s Mayoral Proclamation, the agency pledged to continue providing quality services and to ensure that Spokane remains a place that cares about its citizens. In 2008, the name was officially shortened to “SNAP” and legally changed to Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners.

With a re-energized mission, vision and values statement, as well as a new visual identity, SNAP continues to respond to individual and community needs by providing a range of opportunities that offer stability to our vulnerable neighbors and encourage economic self-sufficiency for those who are able.

COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Paid Sick Days, Parking, Prescription Drug Coverage, Employee Referral Program, Retirement / Pension Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Life Insurance
FOUNDED
1966
WEBSITE
https://www.snapwa.org/