Accounting Policy and Advisory - M&A Senior Specialist

Marsh McLennan•New York, NY

5d•$115,200 - $230,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Marsh is seeking an Accounting Policy and Advisory - M&A Senior Specialist for our high-performing Controllership team. This is a hybrid role with three days per week required in our NYC office. The Accounting Policy and Advisory M&A Senior Specialist will partner across Finance, Corporate Development, and Marsh’s four businesses to help shape and support accounting conclusions on complex matters, new initiatives, and strategic transactions. This role reports into the Global Head of Accounting Policy and Advisory and will be a member of a highly visible team that serves as a trusted technical accounting resource across Marsh’s four global businesses.

Requirements

Certified public accountant
Bachelor’s and/or a Master’s degree in Accounting.
8+ years of providing technical accounting advice in-house within an organization and/or within the public accounting space.
Experience with complex transactions

Nice To Haves

Strong interpersonal skills and can take a thoughtful, measured approach when interacting with colleagues.
Extensive technical accounting experience gained in a large Big 4 accounting firm’s client-serving technical accounting group and/or National office.
Ability to balance providing accurate accounting advice while being commercial and practical.
Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written.
Experience with goodwill and intangibles is a plus.

Responsibilities

Assist with transaction accounting advisory for mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, and strategic investments; designing and communicating the ASC 805 purchase accounting and contingent consideration classification and measurement and any other related accounting complexities that arise.
Partner with Marsh’s Corporate Development team to assist in providing balanced accounting advice during deal structuring and contract negotiations.
Provide advice in response to ad-hoc due-diligence queries from Marsh’s high-performing Corporate Development team, with a focus on topics such as, but not limited to ASC 606 (revenue recognition) and 718 (share-based payments).
Work closely with other key stakeholders, including but limited to; Legal, Tax, Treasury, Controllership, and Marsh’s four businesses.
Communicate accounting guidance to Marsh’s Controllers by designing, maintaining, and refining accounting policies and/or preparing accounting memos that are easy to understand and include sufficient detail to support effective implementation.
Advise management of any new accounting guidance issued by standard setters and regulators that may affect the organization, and support Marsh in the adoption and implementation of new standards across the business.
Support SEC reporting activities through the review of applicable changes to the financial statements, footnotes, and MD&A within Marsh’s 10Q and 10K.
Equip the local and regional Controllers’ teams with technical accounting guidance through the development and delivery of targeted training in complex accounting areas.
Support the team’s external engagement with 1) Marsh’s external auditors and 2) the SEC, the FASB, FINRA, and relevant trade groups to help ensure Marsh’s views are appropriately represented.