Manager, Technical Accounting Job Description
Manager, technical accounting
provides training to finance professionals throughout Xylem on technical accounting matters and Sarbanes Oxley requirements.
Manager, Technical Accounting Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Ensure the Company properly applies US GAAP to recurring and non-recurring transactions
Ensure the Company's accounting policies and procedures consistently comply with US GAAP
Recruit new staff from internal and external sources
Monitor and encourage continuing education specific to the essential duties and skills required for staff
Develop work assignments that are challenging, meet established goals and improve work processes
Ensure ongoing communication of organizational activities so that issues are identified and addressed
Provide clear communication on performance evaluation and career development
Ensure that policy/procedural changes are clearly communicated to staff on a proactive and timely basis
Develop policies and implement procedures to ensure External Regulatory Reports are prepared in compliance with reporting standards and filed in a timely manner
Coordinate the compilation of regulatory report instructions, guidance and reference materials
Manager, Technical Accounting Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Manager, Technical Accounting
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPA, CFA, CISSP, CISA, CIA, ACCA, IFRS, ICAEW, MBA
Education for Manager, Technical Accounting
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Employers hiring for the manager, technical accounting job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, MBA, Business/Administration, Education, Technical, Public Accounting, Economics, Management
Skills for Manager, Technical Accounting
Desired skills for manager, technical accounting include:
US GAAP
IFRS
Sarbanes Oxley and internal control concepts
Workiva
GAAP
SEC reporting and Sarbanes Oxley requirements
Large computerized accounting and reporting systems and proficiency in MS office
SAP
Complex accounting concepts
Desired experience for manager, technical accounting includes:
Develop reporting policies that ensure compliance with reporting instructions, identify reporting sources and outline procedures used to complete the reporting process
Implement procedures that ensure compliance with the rules and standards issued by the regulatory agencies for accurate completion of regulatory reports
Review completed reports for technical accuracy, completeness and historical comparability
Participate in organizational projects related to new business activities and proactively engage others to gain an understanding of existing business processes
Provide Regulatory Reporting guidance to organizational projects and to seek automation in the reporting process
Review technical regulatory subject matter to serve as the organization's Regulatory Reporting subject-matter expert
Manager, Technical Accounting Examples
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Manager, Technical Accounting Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of manager, technical accounting. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for manager, technical accounting
- Evaluate and document the impact of the new revenue recognition standard, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, ASC Topic 606
- Serve as the project manager for the implementation of the new revenue recognition standard, ensuring deadlines are met in a timely manner
- Provide technical accounting guidance on the new standard to others across the organization, including senior leaders
- Ensure systems are properly updated and compliant
- Act as a liaison with internal and external auditors, providing audit deliverables as needed
- Manage the accounting department contract review process
- Evaluate the impact from new accounting standards to the company's transaction streams
- Evaluate processes to identify opportunities for efficiency improvements to meet statutory and regulatory reporting requirements
- Work with legal, operational, global strategy, and merger and acquisition groups to assess the financial and accounting exposures from potential acquisitions and dispositions
- Support legal and financial reporting personnel with regulatory filings
Qualifications for manager, technical accounting
- Bachelors Degree in Business, Finance or Accounting - CPA or equivalent required
- Extensive knowledge of technical revenue accounting and operations
- Train, provide guidance to, and develop associates
- Participate with the Company’s Project Teams to implement the new revenue recognition standard (ASC 606) the new leasing standard (ASC 842)
- Perform various special/ad hoc projects and inquiries, such as over the areas of business combinations, accounting for pension, derivatives, stock based compensation
- Of diverse knowledge, skills, and experiences to achieve results
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of manager, technical accounting. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for manager, technical accounting
- Participate in required Corporate Accounting cross training program to develop knowledge in other functional areas, such as stock-based compensation, venture capital investments, g/l accounting
- Lead technical accounting efforts associated with non-routine transactions (debt refinancing, equity activity, significant contracts, leases, ad-hoc questions, ) and adoption of new accounting, pronouncements including performing technical research, drafting whitepapers and facilitating external auditor review
- Responsible for various periodic analyses and memorandums including annual goodwill impairment, reporting units, definite-lived intangibles impairment
- Worldwide management of all confidential long-term incentive (stock options, restricted stock and other equity awards) related accounting
- Assist with the preparation of the financial statement footnotes (Equity, Debt, ) for the Annual and Quarterly Reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, along with the preparation of related schedules for the Company’s Statutory Reporting Package required by the Company’s majority shareholder
- Ensure compliance with SOX internal control requirements with respect to the Equity, Incentives, Treasury Financing, and Accrual cycles
- Assisting in the development and drafting of all components of 10-k and 10-Q filings, including the preparation of the statement of stockholders’ equity and cash flows, the notes to the financial statements and executive discussion and analysis
- Maintaining documentation for atypical accounting positions, including interest rate hedges, convertible debt, discontinued operations reporting
- Assisting in the preparation of all quarterly and annual earnings documents, including release verbiage and supporting financial statements
- Managing the accounting and internal controls for assigned processes (primarily cash management, financing, lease transactions, and fuel)
Qualifications for manager, technical accounting
- Oversee and tackle all tax issues for the corporation, both Japanese and international
- Manage two staff to support the accounting and the tax sectors
- Lead the preparation of periodic reports to be filed with the SEC
- Assist in internal business reviews and ability to identify issues, areas of focus, process improvements, internal controls
- Assist impacted teams with understanding and implementing new accounting policies or guidance, possibly assist in leading training on technical accounting areas
- Work directly with internal and external auditors to facilitate sufficient understanding of technical accounting issues and help with overall completion of reviews/audits
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a manager, technical accounting. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for manager, technical accounting
- Monitor the implementation requirements for newly issued authoritative guidance
- Execute on operational accounting deliverables (month end close responsibilities, reconciliations)
- Support the preparation and review of the Company’s annual financial statements
- Coordinate financial audits by interacting with multiple teams within the Company and with the external auditors
- Determine the quantitative and qualitative financial impacts of new contracts and amendments to existing contracts with the Company’s customers
- Support the analysis of costs, trends, financial commitments and obligations
- Provide support and coverage for other accounting staff as necessary
- Create and maintains process documentation
- Perform other job related duties as requested by management
- Assess the applicability of new accounting guidelines and lead the implementation of new accounting standards, including development and presentation of project plans
Qualifications for manager, technical accounting
- Results Driven – Must be a strategic thinker with the ability to translate the vision into actionable, quantitative plans
- Team Building – Must have the ability to influence others and forge strong diverse teams of people with multiple perspective and talents
- Developing and Leveraging Relationships – Must have the ability to build and sustain excellent relationships at multiple levels in the workplace
- Integrity – Must act with integrity above all else
- Ability to deal with diverse levels of financial and operating personnel in a multi-national organization and multiple third party external organizations
- Revenue, including SAB 104 concepts related to trade expenditures, coupons, distributors, agency vs
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Our growing company is hiring for a manager, technical accounting. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for manager, technical accounting
- Prepare quarterly and annual SEC filings on Form 10-Q/K
- Assist in technical accounting research
- Partner with business groups to develop or update finance policy manual
- Assist in quarterly stock-based compensation accounting and financial reporting
- Ensure SOX compliance around financial reporting and equity accounting
- Assist in implementing new accounting standards and practices, and ensure compliance with industry regulations
- Assist in various ad hoc projects, such as, equity system implementation, proxy statements preparation and process improvement
- Assist in reviewing revenue contracts and revenue recognition
- Research and conclude on worldwide business development technical accounting matters that could impact the valuation of the proposed transactions
- Prepare timely, quality white papers on all key technical matters for submission to the independent auditor
Qualifications for manager, technical accounting
- Supervisory, project management or other similar experience leading process improvement (Six Sigma, ) initiatives, desirable
- 3 plus years of Big Public Accounting audit experience with publicly-traded clients, preferable with Big 4
- Proficient in MS Excel and Office
- Minimum 7 years financial system analyst experience
- Eager to learn and take on challenges in a dynamic environment
- Minimum of five years of relevant professional experience as an external auditor or other role with transferable skills required
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of manager, technical accounting. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for manager, technical accounting
- Assist in the work paper preparation for position papers created by the Technical Accounting Department to ensure the results are compliant with US GAAP and IFRS
- Review of accounting issue position papers (and relevant supporting documentation) and non-routine transaction checklists prepared at a country level for technical compliance with US GAAP and IFRS
- Research all new accounting and reporting policies (issued by FASB, IFRS, SEC) to determine if new pronouncements impact USG
- Review new and unusual transactions to ensure that they are recorded in compliance with US GAAP
- Assist in the preparation of all quarter and annual SEC reports through our cloud-based software solution Workiva
- Maintain the web-based portal for communicating and storing US GAAP guidance, accounting issue position papers, and training materials
- OM&A transactions
- OStrategic investments accounted for as cost or equity method investments
- Provide support to senior management and to franchises by evaluating the accounting and financial implications of new accounting pronouncements
- OMaintenance of database of corporate-wide accounting policies
Qualifications for manager, technical accounting
- Superior ability to provide finance consultation to senior executives within area of expertise
- Excellent people management skills, including managing virtual teams across geographies
- Ability to collaborate and build strong partnerships across functions
- Excellent consulting, influencing, and negotiating skills
- Minimum 5+ years of progressive professional experience in large public accounting firm with SEC clients or a combination of public accounting firm with SEC clients and private industry with SEC responsibilities
- Experience in information system implementations, Sarbanes Oxley, and process improvements preferred