Accountant 1 - Accounting/Payables

Job Description

Job Description

This role will report to the Accounting Manager and will play an important role in handing the Company's US payable support, accounts reconciliation and relevant tax filing. This position will make key contributions by coordinating and analyzing information required for resolving payable issues and participates in financial close process. The individual must be self-motivated and detail oriented and possess effective communication skills as well as thrive in a challenging and fast paced environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with Shared Service Center (SSC) Philippines. Provide necessary US payables support to SSC-Philippines team during US time zone. This includes, but not limited to US payables and Good Receipt (GR) matters.

• Analyze, research, and resolve aged US AP and GR issues as needed

• Complete monthly supplier reconciliations for critical US suppliers as needed

• Complete AP Trade, GR and related GL reconciliations as assigned as needed

• Develop, document and update global payable policies and procedures as needed

• Prep internal and external US audit samples as needed

• Responsible for all aspects related to:

• US P-Card program

• US annual 1099 process

• US Tax payables

• US aged /outstanding checks and provide support to US Tax team with annual escheatment process

• Assist with global AP and GR projects as assigned

• Review non-SSC (China, India and Israel) AP as assigned

Work closely with cross-functional business partners at all levels Supplier Master Org. (SMO), Procurement, Treasury, Tax, and others.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• BS/BA degree or equivalent with 4 or more years of accounting experience in multinational global company and shared services center.

• Preferred 3 or more years full cycle Accounts Payable experience

• Experience with SAP and Oracle or Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP a plus

• Excel, Word, Power Point, etc.

Skills:

• Outstanding performer, high integrity, team work , committed, and flexible

• Ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment

• Self-starter, works independently, deals with ambiguity, exercises prudent judgment

• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills

• Conduct business and perform responsibilities in ethical manner

• Develop and maintain good working relationships with internal personnel and/or external contacts

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person's gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at jobs.accommodations@wdc.com to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

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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.