Staff Accountant

About Us

Diligent is the AI leader in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions, helping more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members to clarify risk and elevate governance. The Diligent One Platform gives practitioners, the C-Suite and the board a consolidated view of their entire GRC practice so they can more effectively manage risk, build greater resilience and make better decisions, faster. 

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Position Overview

As part of our AI-first finance team, you’ll blend strong accounting fundamentals with modern automation tools to deliver a faster, more accurate, and insight-driven close. In this role, you’ll support day-to-day GL activities, assist with audits and international compliance, and partner closely with FP&A, Tax, and cross-functional teams. You’ll play a key part in improving processes, reducing manual work, and applying AI to recurring tasks like reconciliations, variance analysis, and documentation. This is an ideal opportunity for an early-career accountant who wants to build deep technical expertise while helping shape the future of an automated, data-driven finance function.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support day-to-day general ledger activities and help deliver accurate, on-time end close in collaboration with FP&A and cross-functional teams.
• Support statutory audits and filings for international entities, coordinating required schedules and documentation
• Prepare or assist with international indirect tax filings and partner with the tax team on compliance for entities outside the US and Canada.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders; communicate proactively to resolve issues and improve outcomes.
• Drive process improvement: standardize checklists, reduce manual touches, and propose automation to improve accuracy, efficiency, and speed.
• Assist with acquisition integrations by aligning new entities to accounting policies, controls, and close cadence.
• Apply an AI-first toolkit: use tools to automate and streamline reconciliations, recurring journals, variance analysis, audit requests, documentation drafts, and GL anomaly reviews.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Knowledge of U.S. GAAP; strong understanding of core accounting principles an advantage.
• 1–2 years of progressive accounting experience; technology/SaaS exposure is a plus.
• Experience with NetSuite or a similar ERP; comfort with ERP reporting/analytics an advantage.
• Strong communication skills; ability to partner effectively across functions and geographies.
• Organized, hands-on, and adaptable; able to prioritize, multitask, and independently drive outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
• Mindset for automation and AI; proficient with spreadsheets (formulas, pivots, lookups) and eager to pilot new tools.

What Diligent Offers You 

• Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive in exploring how things can be differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients
• We care about our people. Diligent offers a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting free days, generous time off policy and wellness programs to name a few
• We have teams all over the world. We may be headquartered in New York City, but we have office hubs in Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney.
• Diversity is important to us. Growing, maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team, facilitate dialogue, and foster understanding.

Diligent created the modern governance movement. Our world-changing idea is to empower leaders with the technology, insights and connections they need to drive greater impact and accountability – to lead with purpose. Our employees are passionate, smart, and creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future, but who want to make the world a more sustainable, equitable and better place. 

Headquartered in New York, Diligent has offices in Washington D.C.,  London, Galway, Budapest, Vancouver, Bengaluru, Munich, Singapore and Sydney.   To foster strong collaboration and connection, this role will follow a hybrid work model. If you are within a commuting distance to one of our Diligent office locations, you will be expected to work onsite at least 50% of the time. We believe that in-person engagement helps drive innovation, teamwork, and a strong sense of community.

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