Chief Accounting Officer

Yext is seeking a strategic and operational Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) to oversee global accounting, finance operations, and external reporting teams. The CAO will be a key partner to the CFO and executive team, responsible for the full accounting and reporting functions. As Yext grows, including international expansion and M&A activities, the CAO will take on additional responsibilities.
The CAO will lead Yext’s accounting team, managing the record-to-report cycle, month-end close, regulatory compliance, and financial reporting and analysis. Success in this role depends on leadership, organizational development, process improvement, strategic execution, and strong communication. The CAO will manage a global team.

What You'll Do

• Lead global accounting operations, including payroll, billing, collections, procurement, AP, technical accounting, revenue accounting, international accounting, and SEC reporting.
• Oversee and modernize systems and processes to stay ahead of technological advancements.
• Scale business processes, systems, and financial controls to support future growth, focusing on continuous improvement and automation.
• Drive efficiencies in accounting operations, focusing on process improvement and shortened close cycles. Implement best-in-class solutions to improve processes, quality, and productivity.
• Manage the accounting budget, balancing internal and external spend, and innovating finance service delivery.
• Create a strategic vision for finance and accounting to support Yext’s business objectives.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing global team, attracting, growing and retaining top talent.
• Align accounting team priorities with company objectives, providing advanced service and value.
• Serve on the finance leadership team, collaborating with the CFO and other leaders on functional and people priorities.
• Serve on the extended leadership team and develop relationships with senior leaders to support new customer products, company wide initiatives and business/system process changes.
• Lead Audit Committee meetings and support other Board of Director meetings.
• Demonstrate urgency in meeting targets, benchmarking team performance, and achieving goals.
• Align individual performance measures with organizational goals.
• Build relationships to help others achieve their objectives.
• Promote a culture of accountability

What You Have

• Public company experience at companies with $2B+ market cap.
• 15+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, beginning in a Big Four public accounting firm. Recent experience as a CAO in a fast-growing public company of similar size and complexity.
• Public company/SEC reporting and SOX compliance experience required.
• Experience scaling and improving processes, systems, and teams during periods of change.
• Experience in global businesses, with the ability to build a cohesive approach worldwide.
• M&A experience.
• Experience building and developing high-performing teams, with a track record of attracting and retaining top talent.
• CPA and/or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Preferred: Experience with SaaS.

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