Senior Accountant

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue.

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Senior Accountant

We’re looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to join our Accounting team. In this role, you’ll support Fixed Asset and Internal Use Software accounting. You’ll play a key part in maintaining accurate financial records through journal entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, and KPI updates with an emphasis on SOX-compliant processes and cross-functional coordination.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working independently with general direction, proactively communicates progress and takes ownership of their deliverables. You’ll be part of a collaborative and technically savvy team that values continuous learning, system improvement, and operational excellence.

What You'll Do:

Own and execute full-cycle Fixed Asset and Internal Use Software accounting including: review of new equipment purchases for capitalization, assess portfolio for impairment triggers, review equipment purchase agreements, input fixed assets into the subledger, review internal-use software development, generate and post journal entries, assess and record accruals, prepare variance analysis, prepare disclosures, and partner with FP A on Budget vs Actual analysis

Update key accounting metrics and support KPI tracking during month-end close

Collaborate with Supply Chain, Product, and Engineering teams to resolve issues and ensure completeness and accuracy of upstream information

Proactively communicate task status, escalate issues as needed, and follow through on deliverables

Support additional accounting tasks and evolving team needs as assigned — this role will grow over time, and flexibility to take on new responsibilities is key

What We're Looking For:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field

3+ years of experience in corporate or public accounting

Familiarity with global accounting operations and U.S. GAAP (ASC 360 ASC 350-40)

Detail-oriented, well-organized, and dependable

Strong Excel skills (XLOOKUP, pivot tables)

Able to work independently with general direction and communicate effectively across teams

Comfortable taking ownership of tasks, asking thoughtful questions, and seeing work through to completion

We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

Audit experience and CPA a plus

Experience with NetSuite, FloQast, Coupa, and G-Suite a plus

Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use AI tools to enhance workflows and deliver measurable gains in efficiency and quality.

Work Hours:

This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

Work Location(s) Travel Requirements:

This position is open to Hybrid And Remote Work Locations. The preferred hybrid location for this position is:

San Francisco, CA

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

There is a strong preference for Hybrid near a local office. However, we are willing to consider remote candidates within the western US, Pacific Time Zone

This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

SF / LA Fair Chance Ordinance Statement

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary:

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits:

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2026, we offer 11 paid lo…