Senior Financial Reporting Analyst

• Sprout Social is looking to hire a Senior Financial Reporting Analyst to join the Finance team
• As a member of Sprout’s finance team, you’ll help better position Sprout for future growth while maintaining compliance and integrity at the highest level. No matter your role, everyone on the team has the opportunity to be a part of creating best-in-class processes and practices that can scale with the organization
• Our team is unique because we value transparency and direct ownership of responsibilities—meaning, you’ll always have our trust to help contribute to our overall goals and success as a department and organization
• Assist in the preparation of Sprout’s SEC filings, such as 8-Ks, 10-Qs and 10-Ks, including the associated XBRL tagging requirements
• Prepare financial statements, footnotes, MD&A, and other disclosures in accordance with U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements
• Create underlying workpapers and analyses to support the company’s disclosures and prepare the disclosure checklist
• Work cross-functionally with various stakeholders, including Legal, Investor Relations, Finance and Accounting, in order to complete Sprout’s SEC filings
• Ensure SOX compliance throughout our financial reporting and related processes
• Interface with external auditors and facilitate their procedures over Sprout’s SEC filings
• Perform ad hoc disclosure benchmarking research of peer group companies
• Prepare share-based compensation entries and reconciliation for month-end close and provide equity-related analysis
• Utilize artificial intelligence to enhance Sprout’s financial reporting and technical accounting processes
• Participate in other technical accounting and SEC reporting workstreams and ad hoc projects
• Within 1 month, you’ll plant your roots, including:
• Experiencing Sprout’s in-depth onboarding, covering everything from our company mission and values, hearing directly from executives and founders, to deep training on our products and the value that Sprout delivers to our customers
• Making a plan with your manager to set initial priorities, aligning on expectations for your role, planting goalposts for your career, and learning about Sprout’s approach to scaling key business operations to support a high-growth NASDAQ publicly traded company
• Within 3 months, you’ll start hitting your stride by:
• Being proficient in using Sprout’s accounting system (NetSuite) in order to retrieve data needed to prepare financial reporting
• Becoming proficient in Workiva in order to prepare the required external filings, such as the 10-Q and 10-K
• Obtaining a broad understanding of Sprout’s financial reporting process and timelines
• Preparing financial statements, footnotes and other disclosures for Sprout’s external filings
• Building connections with business partners and finance teammates
• Within 6 months, you’ll be making a clear impact through:
• Taking on additional responsibility over the financial reporting process, including interfacing with the external auditors and preparing the quarterly close and reporting calendar
• Work with key business partners, such as legal and investor relations, on filings and disclosure updates
• Research and remain up-to-date on current accounting pronouncements that could affect the company and work with the team to ensure new items are incorporated correctly
• Having your first performance conversation with your manager, where you’ll discuss your accomplishments in your role and work together to build goals for your professional growth
• Within 12 months, you’ll make this role your own by:
• Being able drive the completion of Sprout’s 10-Q and 10-K filings and preparation of the underlying schedules and support for the company’s disclosures
• Having a strong understanding over the company’s disclosures and reporting requirements
• Working effectively with business partners on SEC filings and other initiatives
• Making recommendations on process improvements
• Assisting in other ad hoc projects on an as needed basis
• Surprising us! You’ll use your unique ideas and abilities to change your team in beneficial ways that we haven’t even considered yet
• Of course what is outlined above is the ideal timeline, but things may shift based on business needs and other projects and tasks could be added at the discretion of your manager

Benefits

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program, employee-led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and mentorship programs for aspiring leaders
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
• Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting- We are looking for an individual who is self-motivated with strong attention to details, proven ability to work both independently and cross-functionally and drive to take on new challenges
• 2-5+ years of relevant industry or public accounting experience
• If you have a background in financial reporting and are passionate about delivering quality results and driving continual improvement in a dynamic, high-growth environment, we’d love to talk to you!
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent business degree
• We know experience is built in a number of ways. Even if your background doesn’t match the exact requirements, we encourage you to apply and share any relevant skills in a cover letter
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with an ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
• Experience with SEC reporting software a plus (e.g. Workiva)
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Understanding of U.S. GAAP and SEC disclosure and reporting requirements
• CPA license or actively working towards obtaining license