Technical Accounting Analyst

About Us

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.

Job Title 

Technical Accounting Analyst (Infrastructure)

Role Summary

As a Technical Accounting Analyst (Infrastructure), you will play a critical role in ensuring the financial integrity of our global infrastructure through robust financial compliance, colocation contract reviews, and SOX controls. Working with an experienced accounting team, you will partner closely with our Infrastructure, FP&A, and AP teams to provide technical accounting guidance and transform complex data into clear, actionable documentation. We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented professional with 3+ years of accounting experience with a strong interest in optimizing or automating financial processes. If you are an agile problem-solver with a strong foundational knowledge of accounting standards looking to make an impact in a fast-growing business, we want to hear from you.

Role Responsibilities

• Responsible for review of colocation service contracts and accurate reporting for month end close processes and SOX controls
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with the internal Infrastructure Strategy team and Business Partners to understand business objectives, develop processes and provide accounting guidance and best practice recommendations to drive process improvements
• Work closely with FP&A and tax teams to ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and internal policies through effective communications and execution
• Research and apply accounting guidance to new and ongoing business initiatives in order to ensure accurate reporting
• Reach conclusions with an adequate level of rationale and documentation for review and then communicate and present the accounting conclusions to the team
• Own key SOX controls as well as gathering necessary audit documentation for internal and external auditors
• Understand how systems work to drive improvements and automation
• Manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines with strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Prepare and book monthly infrastructure accruals

Role Requirements 

Must-Have Skills

• 3+ years of relevant accounting experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• Technical knowledge of U.S. GAAP or IFRS
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables and work well under pressure
• Experience in designing and implementing new processes

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience working across multiple time zones
• Experience accounting for infrastructure / data center activities
• CPA/CA or equivalent qualification
• Experience with ASC 842 or IFRS 16 accounting
• Experience working in Oracle
• Experience utilizing AI as part of process improvement and automation

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.

Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!

Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs.  More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process.

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