Sr. Manager, Accounting

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Senior Manager, GL Accounting
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* Job Summary:

** This position is responsible for leading, enhancing and delivering the accounting operations, controls, financial and close processes for our global organization.  This person will have a passion for US GAAP accounting while leading a team and have a proven ability to foster proactive working relationships with cross-functional teams. You will partner with senior finance leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure the company maintains robust accounting practices, meets regulatory and external reporting requirements, and drives process improvement.
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* Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

*** Manage day-to-day global non-revenue accounting activities to ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, and international standards, internal policies, SOX controls and external audits
* Own the global GL financial close process and related activities to ensure complete and accurate financials in accordance with U.S. GAAP, including managing/reviewing close activities such as journal entries, account reconciliations, flux analysis and consolidation within the established close timeline
* Develop, implement and maintain accounting policies, procedures and internal controls to support compliance with US GAAP (and/or IFRS if applicable), SEC requirements and company standards.
* Provide in-depth variance and trend analysis, commentary and insight to senior leadership, supporting decision-making, forecasting and budget processes.
* Collaborate with cross functional teams, including SEC reporting and financial planning
* Partner with the Technical Accounting team on the implementation of new accounting standards or accounting for non-standard transactions
* Drive process improvement and automation efforts to streamline accounting processes , reduce month-end close cycle, increase efficiency and scalability and improve the quality of monthly, quarterly, and annual closes, and internal controls
* Mentor, develop and coach accounting staff to develop a high performing accounting team; build succession plans and improve team capabilities.
* Manage SOX compliance for GL Accounting team
* Participate in special projects (system implementations, process redesign, M&A integrations, carve-outs) and drive change initiatives to enhance accounting operations.
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* Qualifications:

*** B.S. or above degree in Accounting, CPA required
* 8-12 years of progressive experience - preferably a mix of Big 4 accounting firm experience and  

Experience with large (US $1B revenue) global publicly traded company (market cap US $10B preferred)
* 5+ years in a supervisory/management role leading accounting teams in a complex organization
* Deep knowledge of US GAAP
* Demonstrated experience managing global operations, multi-jurisdiction accounting, inter-company processes, and/or shared service center environments
* Experience working with ERP and accounting systems
* Excellent verbal, written, and listening skills as well as ability to effectively use accounting and operational knowledge to collaborate, guide and interact professionally with a wide range of personnel at various levels within the organization to drive sound business decisions
* Ability to effectively present information with confidence and accuracy to various levels of internal management
* Ability to conduct technical accounting research and document findings
* Strong multi-tasking skills and ability to adapt to change
* Exceptional organizational skills, project management experience to include management of large-scale/global initiatives
* Strong leadership, coaching and team development skills, with the ability to influence across levels and geographies
* Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and process improvement skills, with a focus on continuous improvement, scalability and automation
* Strong knowledge of SOX requirements, including the ability to assess, develop and implement internal controls
* Proven track record of reducing close cycle, implementing automation or robotics in…