Western Digital Lead Corporate Consolidations Systems Reporting 

United States, South Dakota, Lead 

666641835

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Engage in and oversee consolidation activities as part of the monthly close, including foreign currency remeasurement and translation and cost allocations.
• Assist in the oversight of master data maintenance activities, including chart of accounts and department structures.
• Seek opportunities to streamline and shorten the close and reporting cycle, including identifying and recommending process and system enhancements to improve efficiency and effectiveness of close and consolidation activities while maintaining effective internal controls.
• Prepare journal entries and account analyses for internal legal entity restructuring efforts and external general ledger accounting.
• Support cross-functional teams including revenue, tax, and cost accounting with journal entry posting and account analyses.
• Prepare and perform general account reconciliations and analysis for assigned accounts, including internal equity.
• Assist in the monthly Balance Sheet fluctuation analysis.
• Prepare monthly reporting schedules to executives, providing commentary and noting fluctuation changes from prior periods.
• Support the Sarbanes-Oxley documentation for key Balance Sheet and Income Statement accounts and relevant control activities.
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly SEC financial reporting, including cash flow statements, footnotes, and disclosures.
• Proactively identify issues and assist in optimizing systems, upgrades, and automation of accounting processes
• Assist with quarterly reviews and annual audits conducted by external auditors.
• Preparation of ad-hoc analyses and special projects as requested.
• Assist with quarterly, interim, and year-end audits.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or similar degree
• 6+ years of relevant experience including familiarity with areas of general accounting, intercompany transactions, account reconciliations, multi-currency consolidations, and financial reporting.
• Public accounting / audit experience with an active CPA license preferred.
• Experience with SAP and Oracle systems preferred.
• Attention to detail and accuracy is a must.
• Advanced Excel skills
• Self-motivated with effective communication skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities. Desire to work collaboratively within and across teams (including internationally), and with internal/external auditors.
• Willingness to tackle and troubleshoot problems in a fast-paced environment.

Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital’s Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.