Accounting Manager

Overview of Scope:

Technical Accounting (TA) is primarily responsible for the preparation and filing of the Company’s Forms 10-Q, 10-K, and 8-K (Earnings Release) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, implementing new and updated accounting standards that are relevant to the client, and providing support to the organization through the TA consultation service to ensure transactions are accounted for in accordance with U.S. GAAP. TA maintains the accounting policy library and works with policy owners within the various Centers of Excellence (COE) to ensure policies are updated to reflect changes to the accounting standards. Individuals within this group also review the impairment analysis performed by the Valuation COE and functional currency forms.
Managers within the company play a key role in ensuring that fundamental responsibilities of Accounting Services are completed in a timely and accurate manner. They build leadership skills by seeking out formal and informal opportunities to develop and demonstrate abilities to lead and manage work and resources. Managers display a strong understanding of accounting systems and processes and demonstrate ability to "think outside the box" by applying creative solutions to situations. Managers also demonstrate strong skill in identifying opportunities for improvement to departmental accuracy, timeliness and efficiency, and implementing feasible solutions. Individual Contributor Managers have no direct supervisory responsibilities.
This is an accounting position within TA with a high potential for career growth, increasing responsibility, and exposure to executive financial management. The position offers the opportunity to develop a broad knowledge of client's operations and consolidated financial information and is responsible for managing the accounting policy process and the technical accounting consultation process which includes the work performed by subject matter experts and performing technical accounting research.



Overview of Key Responsibilities:

Concurrently serve as the North America TA Lead
Maintain the accounting policy library and work with policy owners, subject matter experts, reviewers, and approvers on all aspects of the accounting policy work
Manage the TA consultation process including the work performed by subject matter experts
Provide TA guidance to the accounting organization and other departments
Implement new accounting standards by recommending the appropriate accounting methods and procedures and communicating and coordinating these matters with the accounting organization and other departments
Verify and/or prepare support for footnotes to the client's quarterly and annual financial statements filed with the SEC
Organize and maintain documentation and support for all departmental activities
Assist management on special projects as needed
Communicate with various levels of accounting management in the U.S. and international locations
Assist in resolving accounting and disclosure comments from external auditors
Constantly look for ways to improve current processes/develop new and more efficient processes



Ideal candidate must exhibit the following behavioral competencies:



Collaboration & Teamwork:

Aligns goals to ensure that success is defined in terms of mutual objectives, both within and across departments
Secures executive sponsorship that reinforces cross-functional efforts
Works effectively across geographic, departmental, and organizational boundaries to positively influence the business



Communication / Effective Conversations & Feedback:

Articulates especially complex matters in a way that is easily understood by people up and down the organization
Coaches peers in the effective dissemination and presentation of information
Creates and improves processes so information can be shared in a timely and effective manner



Accountability & Resourcefulness:

Takes full responsibility for overall execution and delivery of critical tasks or projects
Backs up commitments with planning (risk management, project management, contingency planning, etc.) that ensures the organization can deliver what is required
Implements effective reporting systems that keep all stakeholders informed of progress



Authenticity:

Demonstrates to everyone that ethical behavior is inseparable from good business
Helps managers and their teams to make sense of, and react professionally to, unforeseen and undesirable circumstances
Gives honest, non-defensive answers to tough questions



Innovation for Our Customer:

Helps others understand how excellence and innovation can and should co-exist
Champions ground-breaking ideas that capitalize on future opportunities
Thinks well outside of the box in consideration of innovative, new approaches to the business



Leading Change:

Acts as a catalyst with conviction for fundamental change in the organization
Revises plans and priorities to accelerate progress and minimize the negative side effects of needed improvements
Persuades others to let go of old ways of doing things that have become stale or bureaucratic, in favor of radically new approaches



Diversity, Inclusion & Open Mindedness:

Fosters multi-cultural relationships and partnerships that benefit the organization
Uses cultural familiarity to improve how the organization operates
Enthusiastically works with all employees at all levels, capitalizing on their strengths



Business Savvy with Company-wide Perspective:

Shows a strong command of the business and how the client drives revenue
Is familiar with the competition and understands company strategies for gaining market share
Anticipates changes that will affect customer needs



Strategic & Forward-Thinking:

Ensures that company objectives and key metrics are at forefront of actions and decision-making
Uses a big-picture view of client successes to calibrate priorities with colleagues across functions
Assesses business risks systematically and thoroughly, including the downside of not acting



Excellence Orientation:

Removes obstacles that threaten to prevent the department from meeting goals, deadlines, and objectives
Emphasizes the importance of achieving results that impact the company’s bottom line
Seeks ways to strengthen operations, systems, and processes and shares those developments across the company for maximum benefit



Customer Service Orientation:

Provides thought leadership that influences customer perceptions of what they need and how the client can meet those needs
Commits to quality output that meets or exceeds customer requirements
Ensures that sustainable processes are in place to identify and address customer needs



Level of Education:

Bachelor’s degree in accounting



Work Experience and Skills Required:

5+ years of accounting experience
Prior supervisory experience a plus
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
Experience with Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) a plus
Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting standards required
Experience with WDesk a plus



Certifications:

Certified Public Accountant, preferred