Accounting Manager, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting

Somatus, Inc. • McLean, VA

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About The Position

The Accounting Manager, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting is a high-impact role responsible for supporting the Company’s accounting close, technical accounting analysis, financial reporting, audit readiness, internal controls, and scalable accounting processes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. This role will have meaningful involvement in revenue accounting and healthcare contract accounting, including matters involving ASC 606 and ASC 460, while also supporting other complex accounting areas, including estimates, accruals, reconciliations, disclosures, systems, and process improvement. The role is designed for a high-performing accounting professional who can own complex accounting matters, apply strong technical judgment, prepare audit-ready documentation, and drive continuous improvement across close, reporting, systems, and controls.
This role is well suited for a current or former public accounting audit manager who wants to move into an operating role with broad ownership across accounting close, technical accounting, financial reporting, audit support, controls, and scalable process improvement. A successful candidate is intellectually curious, detail-oriented, highly accountable, and capable of operating independently while partnering cross-functionally with Finance, FP&A, Legal, Operations, Investors, and external auditors. CPA certification and prior Big 4 or national public accounting experience are strongly preferred.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including public accounting, corporate accounting, technical accounting, financial reporting, revenue accounting, healthcare contract accounting, or other complex accounting experience.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, account reconciliations, monthly close processes, financial reporting, audit support requirements, internal control expectations, and the ability to apply technical guidance such as ASC 606 and ASC 460 to complex arrangements.
• Experience preparing or reviewing journal entries, account reconciliations, fluctuation analyses, supporting schedules, and audit-ready documentation

Nice To Haves

• CPA certification strongly preferred
• Big 4 or national public accounting experience strongly preferred, ideally at the Audit Manager level or equivalent.
• Experience with technical accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, significant estimates, complex reconciliations, revenue recognition under ASC 606, guarantee accounting under ASC 460, or healthcare accounting.
• Experience in a high-growth, private-equity-backed, IPO-readiness, SOX-readiness, or public-company environment.
• Experience supervising, reviewing, or developing accounting team members.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, technical accounting analysis, financial reporting, internal controls, month-end close processes, and technical guidance applicable to complex revenue and guarantee arrangements, including ASC 606 and ASC 460.
• Experience with ERP systems (NetSuite preferred).
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, XLOOKUP, data analysis, and the ability to work with large data sets.
• Ability to analyze operational and finance data sets to support estimates, accruals, reserves, true-ups, reconciliations, and other judgment-based accounting conclusions.
• High intellectual curiosity and ability to think critically beyond transactional processing.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear, audit-ready documentation and explain accounting conclusions to finance and business stakeholders.
• Ability to meet communicated and expected deadlines.
• Ability to leverage work prepared by others, apply review-level judgment, incorporate feedback, and drive tasks to completion.
• Effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, business partners, leadership, co-workers, clients, and others courteously and professionally.
• Ability to delegate, develop teammates, provide constructive feedback, and expand the capacity of the team.

Responsibilities

• Own or support key monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities across assigned accounting areas, including preparation and review of journal entries, account reconciliations, rollforwards, fluctuation analyses, and supporting documentation.
• Serve as a technical accounting resource under U.S. GAAP, including support for revenue recognition under ASC 606, guarantee accounting under ASC 460, estimates, accruals, contract accounting, significant judgments, and non-routine transactions.
• Prepare and review technical accounting memoranda and supporting analyses for significant accounting matters, including ASC 606 revenue arrangements, ASC 460 guarantee arrangements, estimates, reserves, true-ups, contract modifications, balance sheet judgments, and other complex transactions.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, FP&A, Operations, and business stakeholders to review new or amended arrangements and assess accounting, billing, reporting, estimates, disclosures, and control implications, including considerations under ASC 606 and ASC 460 when applicable.
• Maintain and enhance assigned chart of accounts structures, reporting hierarchies, accounting policies, and close processes to support accurate, consistent, and scalable reporting.
• Design, maintain, and enhance internal controls over assigned accounting processes, including reconciliation controls, evidence retention, control documentation, and remediation of identified control gaps in support of IPO/SOX readiness.
• Develop and enhance reporting tools, reconciliations, and analytics to improve visibility into financial statement trends, balance sheet activity, estimate true-ups, and close status.
• Partner with Finance Systems and IT to implement, test, and document system enhancements that improve accounting accuracy, automation, reporting, and control execution.
• Drive process improvements that make accounting close and reporting activities faster, more accurate, better controlled, and scalable for company growth and public-company readiness.
• Develop, implement, and maintain accounting policies, procedures, close calendars, reconciliations, reporting packages, and control documentation across assigned areas.
• Prepare and support financial statement disclosures, including tie-outs to the general ledger, supporting schedules, audit evidence, and responses to external auditor inquiries.
• Act as a primary point of contact for audit requests within assigned accounting areas, including PBC schedules, walkthrough support, technical accounting documentation, significant estimate support, and auditor follow-up items.
• Review work prepared by staff and senior accountants, provide coaching and feedback, and help develop team capabilities as the accounting function scales

Benefits

• Subsidized personal healthcare coverage: Medical, Dental & Vision, plus Wellness programs
• Paid Time Off: Flexible PTO
• Professional development: CEU and tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager