The Senior Accounting Manager will manage a set of accounting activities to ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, corporate policies and external audits. This person will manage the accounts payable function, payroll function, monthly closing of accounts and preparation of reports in support of the financial statements.

The Senior Accounting Manager will report to and work closely with the Corporate Controller and others in the organization in analysis and reconciliation of accounts and in development and implementation of accounting policies, procedures and controls.

The ideal candidate possesses leadership capabilities, solid operational and technical accounting background and works proactively to drive results. This person is a self-starter, flexible, has a high level of integrity and is action and goal-oriented in a fast-paced, team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage the monthly financial close process, including ensuring all costs incurred are properly recorded, reviewing journal entries, account balance reconciliations and report preparation
• Participate in the ongoing development/establishment of accounting policies and procedures and operational strategies including the review and implementation of process and system changes.
• Continued focus on improving system efficiencies and business practices
• Participate in strategic financial projects including upgrades/implementations of systems connecting to the general ledger
• Develop robust internal control frameworks and risk and control matricies
• Collaborate with external auditors to ensure successful audit results and compliance
• Interacts at all levels and with budget owners or other stakeholders to produce timely, efficient and accurate month-end close and all internal management and financial reporting through annual report
• Responsible for hierarchy and scalability in chart of accounts and accuracy in the general ledger and financial statements and has ultimate authority over classification and booking of all transactions
• Analyze the effect of statutory accounting practices and studies regulations and guidance to ensure correct application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Make recommendations for changes as needed and ensure that company policies and procedures are followed and establishes the proper techniques to discover and prevent fraud
• Prepare detailed journal entries and account analyses
• Assist with compilation of information for preparation of tax returns
• Work with Audit, Tax and Treasury to ensure overall coordination of all financial accounting activities through annual report
• Prepare summary feedback of financial statements variances to budget
• Actively review and advise on financial/accounting processes
• Support compliance with US GAAP in key technical areas (i.e. SaaS/multiple-element arrangements, leasing, etc.)
• Coach a team with international reach with focus on promoting personal and professional growth within Finance
• Perform ad hoc analytics on large/diverse datasets using various tools and techniques
• Assist with various accounting transformation projects
• Other duties as required

• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field, MBA a plus
• CPA required
• Minimum 12+ years of experience; public accounting (Big 4) experience a plus
• Public company SEC filing experience a plus
• Able to work both independently and as a member of a team
• Demonstrated knowledge of US GAAP and other financial/accounting principles
• Attentive to detail
• Project management sophistication
• Creative and innovative approach to problem solving
• Demonstrated ability to make quantitative and qualitative assessments of data, work in a fast-paced, continuously changing, environment, and use technology to gather, clean, extract and transfer information/data
• Demonstrated ability to go above and beyond what is required to get the job done
• Expert level user for Microsoft Office applications – MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, NetSuite experience a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and ability to communicate successfully with individuals at all levels of the organization