Senior Accountant - International Accounting

It all started with an idea at Block in 2013. Initially built to take the pain out of peer-to-peer payments, Cash App has gone from a simple product with a single purpose to a dynamic ecosystem, developing unique financial products, including Afterpay/Clearpay, to provide a better way to send, spend, invest, borrow and save to our 50+ million monthly active customers. We want to redefine the world's relationship with money to make it more relatable, instantly available, and universally accessible. Today, Cash App has thousands of employees working globally across office and remote locations, with a culture geared toward innovation, collaboration and impact. We've been a distributed team since day one, and many of our roles can be done remotely from the countries where Cash App operates. No matter the location, we tailor our experience to ensure our employees are creative, productive, and happy. The Role Block's International Accounting Team is looking for a Senior Accountant to assist with the Clearpay business unit. This individual contributor role will drive accounting and financial statement preparation to ensure our financial records are complete and accurate. You will run month-end close processes, prepare and present monthly/annual management reports, support statutory and compliance audits, analyze financial data, support operational processes and various business initiatives, and work on other ad hoc projects. You will partner with teams both within the UK and around our global offices to ensure financial close and reporting processes are consistent with corporate requirements. This position can sit in our Australian Melbourne or Sydney office or be full-time remote from any part of Australia. You Will As part of the International accounting team, to ensure compliance with local reporting requirements, you will be responsible for: Accounting

• Maintaining Clearpay's secondary IFRS ledgers
• Working with Corporate and revenue accounting to maintain Clearpay adjustments to local materiality levels
• Maintaining and providing oversight of trial balances at an entity level
• Quarterly preparation and presentation of primary statements and other accounting material as required for local board reporting
• Preparation of movement analysis for both balance sheet and profit and loss.
• Review externally prepared SPV entity accounts
• Prepare reporting for local regulatory bodies
• Prepare audited & unaudited financials statements for Clearpay entities
• Support Afterpay consolidated financial statement preparation and audits
• Assist on ad hoc projects

Financial leadership - supporting the business

• Understanding of new Clearpay initiatives and business activities
• Supporting the Clearpay business with accounting information as requested, including Tax, F&S, Treasury, Corporate Governance and Technical Accounting

Audit

• Support the completion of end-to-end statutory audits for Clearpay entities, ensuring on time delivery and compliance with statutory reporting requirements
• Supporting internal audit and ensuring compliance with internal audit with local and afterpay audits

You Have

• 4+ years experience working in multinational, fast paced and energetic environments
• Exceptionally strong financial reporting and analytical skills
• Expertise in IFRS accounting standards; familiarity with US GAAP and statutory reporting
• Bachelor's degree
• CA or CPA qualified
• Strong communicator and an ability to communicate across all levels of the business, and remote international teams.
• Strive to continually improve, including making changes to internal accounting processes and controls.
• Ability to time manage and problem solve effectively in a high-pressure environment, consistently meeting tight deadlines.

We're working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis. We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we're doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page . Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want. Check out benefits at Block. Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.