Lead General Ledger Accountant

At Digital Turbine, we make mobile advertising experiences more meaningful and rewarding for users, app publishers, and advertisers — intelligently connecting people in more ways, across more devices. We provide app publishers and advertisers with powerful ads and experiences that captivate consumers, fuel performance, and help telecoms and OEMs supercharge awareness, acquisition, and monetization. In a rapidly evolving industry, we are constantly innovating and creating better paths of discovery to connect consumers, publishers, and advertisers across the mobile ecosystem.

Digital Turbine, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPS) is seeking a US Lead General Ledger Accountant to join our Durham, North Carolina office. This critical role will serve as a key leader within the accounting team, overseeing the general ledger functions and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial data.

Please note Digital Turbine is a hybrid office environment and as such candidates must be able to commute to the Durham office 3 days/week.

Responsibilities of the Lead General Ledger Accountant:

• Lead the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring timely and accurate completion of financial statements and journal entries.
• Analyze and interpret complex data sets, extracting insights to drive key financial decisions and recommending journal entries to ensure compliance with accounting principles.
• Develop, maintain, and improve workflow processes for monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting cycles, with an emphasis on efficiency and accuracy.
• Prepare and review reconciliations of complex accounts to maintain accurate general ledger data, identifying and resolving discrepancies proactively.
• Oversee inter-company account reconciliations and transactions, ensuring consistency and compliance with company policies and accounting standards.
• Review accounting reports, analyze trends, and summarize the financial status for leadership, delivering high-quality insights to support strategic decision-making.
• Act as the primary liaison with external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, leading audit preparations and ensuring compliance with GAAP and SOX.
• Collaborate closely with GL Accounting, Finance, and Operations leadership to optimize financial close processes and streamline procedures.
• Develop and enforce internal controls within the public company environment to uphold compliance and safeguard assets.
• Uphold and protect the organization's value by maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive financial information.
• Serve as a mentor and point of reference for junior team members, fostering professional growth and team development.
• Handle complex ad-hoc projects and analyses to support the business's evolving needs.

Qualifications of the Lead General Ledger Accountant:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting (Master’s preferred)
• CPA certification required
• 7+ years of progressive experience in accounting, with a strong emphasis on general ledger functions; public accounting experience is a plus.
• Expertise in GAAP and familiarity with SOX compliance standards in a public company setting.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel for data analysis, modeling, and reporting.
• Demonstrated experience in leading month-end/quarter-end/year-end close processes and managing accounting projects independently.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive continuous improvement in accounting operations.
• Experience with financial systems such as Oracle Fusion and Concur is a plus.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments and mentor junior team members.

About Digital Turbine:

Digital Turbine (NASDAQ: APPS) powers superior mobile consumer experiences and results for the world’s leading telcos, advertisers and publishers. Our end-to-end platform uniquely simplifies the ability to supercharge awareness, acquisition and monetization — connecting our partners to more consumers, in more ways, across more devices.

The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with global offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and other cities around the world, serving top agency, app developer, and advertising markets. 

We are honored to have achieved numerous awards as an employer of choice, around the world, including: BuiltIn's Best Places to Work Awards in 2022, 2023 and 2024, DUNS 100 Best Places to Work in Tech for 2023 and 2024, and BDICode's 100 Best Companies to Work in 2024.

Digital Turbine is an equal opportunity employer committed to exemplifying diversity and inclusion around the world. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We embed diversity in our mindset, products, and teams to empower an inclusive, equitable, and culturally fluent environment. Building and continuously fostering this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators, partners, and innovators.

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