Atlassian

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Atlassian is a company dedicated to unleashing the potential of every team through their innovative software products. The General Ledger Analyst role focuses on process improvement and automation within accounting, leveraging AI tools to enhance workflows and supporting monthly close activities with accuracy and efficiency. Responsibilities • Partner with the core GL team to support process improvement and automation initiatives through structured testing, documentation, and validation. Contribute to requirement gathering, perform UAT (User Acceptance Testing), and help reconcile and validate data during automation rollouts and post-implementation reviews to ensure smooth adoption • Explore and apply emerging AI tools to enhance accounting processes and workflows. Review existing spreadsheets and reconciliations to identify where AI can improve accuracy, efficiency, or insight. Further partner with the GL and FinTech teams to pilot scalable use cases for the broader GL and Finance team • Build and maintain trackers, documentation, and user guides to support new system implementations, control updates, and workflow enhancements • Support monthly close activities to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial results. Responsibilities include preparing and booking journal entries, performing account reconciliations, executing flux and variance analyses, and assisting in control activities • Work with teammates across GL and Engineering teams to identify process inefficiencies and explore scalable solutions. Learn how accounting logic translates into system behavior — and how thoughtful tweaks can create measurable impact Skills • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field • 2+ years of experience in accounting, audit, finance systems, or data analytics • Foundational understanding of GAAP/IFRS and the accounting close process • Strong proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, including lookups, pivots, and basic automation formulas. Ability to work with large datasets and perform reconciliations or validations to ensure data accuracy • Curiosity about and comfort experimenting with AI and automation tools to enhance or automate accounting workflows • Detail-oriented with strong documentation and organization skills • Comfortable learning new systems and technologies in a fast-moving environment • Clear and concise communicator who can explain findings to both accounting and technical stakeholders • Proactive, resourceful, and eager to explore 'how things work' and how they can work better • Exposure to ERP systems (Oracle Fusion, SAP, NetSuite, or similar) and understanding of how transactions flow through subledgers to the GL • Experience with Tableau or other visualization tools for building dashboards or reporting views • Exposure to Blackline and familiarity with reconciliations or journal workflows within that platform • Familiarity with (or interest in learning) SQL, Python, or automation tools such as Workato or UiPath Benefits • Health and wellbeing resources • Paid volunteer days Company Overview • Atlassian is a software company that offers proprietary software products for teamwork, project management, and software development. It was founded in 2002, and is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales, AUS, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.atlassian.com. Company H1B Sponsorship • Atlassian has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 351 in 2025, 184 in 2024, 190 in 2023, 259 in 2022, 156 in 2021, 162 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.