The Technical Accounting Manager is responsible for performing research, documenting conclusions, and maintaining all accounting policies and certain corporate policies with accounting matters. This role interfaces with the external auditor to ensure that the Company applies the correct accounting to material, judgmental accounting matters, including but not limited to complex contracts, new and/or unusual transactions, and regulatory outcomes. This is a hybrid role.
Responsibilities:
Reviews complex transactions for applicable accounting guidance and coordinates with personnel initiating the transaction, tax, FP&A, Financial Reporting, and others.
Performs the drafting process of all research matters, implements updates throughout the review process, and ensures final approvals are obtained for all research matters.
Works directly with external auditors to ensure research matters are finalized by the auditors in a timely manner.
Maintains the internal repository of accounting research function deliverables, ensuring all research matters are finalized in the database in a timely manner.
Develops strong relationships cross-functionally to ensure research needs are met across the organization.
Prepares Audit Committee and other quarterly deliverables.
Assists the Financial Reporting group during peak work times for Financial Reporting, typically during 10-Q and 10-K periods.
Qualifications
Technical Knowledge:
Thorough knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), standard accounting policies procedures, and practices
Knowledge and experience with financial statement preparation
Knowledge and experience with financial management procedures and techniques
Other Preferred Knowledge:
Knowledge of SEC reporting rules and regulations
Skills:
Extensive resourcefulness to anticipate, define and direct solutions to complex and/or unusual accounting, finance and/or regulatory issues
Analytical skills, including the ability to draw sound conclusions, act decisively, and perform quantitative and qualitative analyses
Ability to think and act strategically in a fast-paced environment with frequently shifting and/or conflicting priorities
Strong team membership as well as team building skills
Strong customer focus
Strong spoken and written communication skills
Strong functional understanding of computerized business systems
Demonstrated skill with MS Office applications
Strong organizational skills
Education:
Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or closely related field required
Experience:
Five (5) plus years of related accounting experience, preferably in a corporate environment, or a minimum of three (3) years of public accounting/audit experience required