Financial Reporting & Equity Administration Senior Accountant

Location: This role is based at our College Park, MD office, with the option to work a few days a week remotely.
Travel: None
Job ID:  1659

The Role: 

We are looking for a Financial Reporting & Equity Administration Senior Accountant. As a Financial Reporting & Equity Administration Senior Accountant, you’ll be part of a cross-functional team whose mission is to lead IonQ on its journey to build the world’s best quantum computers to solve the world’s most complex problems. 

In this role, you will work closely with the Financial Reporting and Equity Teams to support financial statement disclosures and the processing of the Company’s equity awards.  You will also assist in obtaining and processing compensation-related data by coordinating with a variety of outside teams, preparing workpapers, templates, and reconciliations, and contributing to special projects as needed.  Your work will be performed in an effort to support an influx of equity compensation, as well as growing financial reporting needs, resulting from IonQ’s quickly-scaling workforce as we continue to hire both domestically and internationally, as well as integrate acquired companies!

Responsibilities:

• Prepare schedules to support financial statements disclosures and ensure the accuracy of the Company’s financial statements, including performing key analytical reviews and coordinating with various teams and subsidiaries across the Company
• Prepare required schedules to support the quarterly reviews and the annual audit with the Company’s external auditors
• Prepare the quarterly equity rollforward and earnings per share calculations
• Coordinate with cross functional teams, including Legal, People, and Payroll, to assist with inputting, processing, and reconciling equity data within the equity platform
• Process bi-weekly equity grants by collecting and transforming employee data for processing in our equity platform and guide employees through the process
• Coordinate with People and Payroll Teams from acquired companies to obtain and interpret employee data for the processing of quarterly equity releases
• Support the year-end tax reporting process by collecting, preparing, and reconciling compensation and tax data
• Design processes to make procedures more efficient and accurate, including identifying opportunities for automation and developing processes to support Company growth
• Respond to employee questions regarding equity administration and processes
• Support the implementation of new systems and technology through collaboration with cross-functional teams and performing implementation procedures

Requirements:

• BS/BA in Accounting or Finance
• 3-5 years of progressive experience in accounting, financial reporting, and/or public accounting
• Strong analytical and organizational and presentation skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to manage deadline requirements and multi-task projects
• High competency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated with the ability to meet project deadlines and deliverables in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• SEC reporting experience preferred
• E*Trade experience preferred
• Experience with a Big Four accounting firm or other national accounting firm is preferred
• Strong desire and ability to develop new skills quickly in a fast-paced, high-volume environment to continuously improve processes
• Experience working with Workday, Dayforce, and/or Papaya
• Willingness to take on challenges and think constructively to solve problems
• Experience working with confidential compensation data
• Knowledge of equity compensation data requirements and cycles
• Strong desire and ability to develop new skills quickly in a fast-paced, high-volume environment

The approximate base salary range for this position is $84,455 - $110,132. The total compensation package includes base, bonus, equity, and a range of benefit options found on our career site.