Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting Senior Manager

Protiviti • St. Louis, MO

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

Our Business Performance Improvement solution is seeking a Senior Manager to join our growing technical accounting and financial reporting team. As a Senior Manager, you’ll partner and cultivate relationships with our clients to identify and manage various technical accounting and financial reporting opportunities. You will evaluate, analyze and issue US GAAP and/or IFRS accounting, as well as SEC reporting position papers for publicly traded and private companies, including private companies seeking public registration. Forms include S-1 S-3, and S-4 for public registration opportunities. You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through using the latest tools and methods. You’ll develop lasting relationships with client personnel and further these relationships through quality product delivery. You’ll foster a network within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor and provide performance development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline (e.g., Accounting/Finance)
• 7+ years relevant work experience mix in consulting, financial reporting, technical accounting, internal audit, attestation / assurance
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access.
• Demonstrated experience with performing technical accounting research utilizing online research tools and publicly available information, developing work plans, preparing reports and schedules summarizing findings that will be delivered to clients and other parties.
• Demonstrated experience with financial reporting, financial close, consolidations, financial statement preparation.
• Demonstrated experience with process improvement related to order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, hire to retire and record-to-report process areas.
• Demonstrated experience with implementation of accounting pronouncement transitions (e.g. lease accounting, revenue recognition, CECL etc.), reconciliation and restatements.
• Demonstrated experience with public company readiness efforts and SEC reporting requirements.
• Demonstrated experience identifying key client business issues, determining client needs by supplementing the standard assessment techniques and tools with innovative approaches, evaluating and validating analysis and developing recommendations for the client in the context of the overall engagement.
• Demonstrated experience with shared services and global business services in design and implementation.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating, summarizing, organizing, and interpreting data.
• Demonstrated experience establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
• Demonstrated experience successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.

Nice To Haves

• CPA license strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Partner and cultivate relationships with clients to identify and manage various technical accounting and financial reporting opportunities.
• Evaluate, analyze and issue US GAAP and/or IFRS accounting, as well as SEC reporting position papers for publicly traded and private companies, including private companies seeking public registration.
• Develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support client needs through using the latest tools and methods.
• Develop lasting relationships with client personnel and further these relationships through quality product delivery.
• Foster a network within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market.
• Mentor and provide performance development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans.
• Identify areas of business risk, potential technical problems, and opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the client’s overall technical accounting and financial reporting processes and disclosures.
• Contribute to the preparation of client proposals and strategies to win new business.
• Identify opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities.
• Execute, lead and manage a team ensuring project activities and deliverables are met while staying in the project budget.
• Evaluate, synthesize, organize and interpret data and information.
• Create a positive work environment that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.
• Build relationships with clients and provide them with timely top-quality service.
• Seek new ways to create extraordinary development opportunities and ways for you and your team to make an impact on clients and communities.
• Perform technical accounting research utilizing online research tools and publicly available information, developing work plans, preparing reports and schedules summarizing findings that will be delivered to clients and other parties.
• Deliverables include the creation of technical accounting position papers accounting and SEC reporting guidance.
• Manage financial reporting, financial close, consolidations, financial statement preparation.
• Manage process improvement related to order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, hire to retire and record-to-report process areas.
• Manage implementation of accounting pronouncement transitions (e.g. lease accounting, revenue recognition, CECL etc.), reconciliation and restatements.
• Manage public company readiness efforts and SEC reporting requirements.
• Identify key client business issues, determining client needs by supplementing the standard assessment techniques and tools with innovative approaches, evaluating and validating analysis and developing recommendations for the client in the context of the overall engagement.
• Manage shared services and global business services experience in design and implementation.
• Evaluate, summarize, organize, and interpret data.
• Establish and cultivate business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
• Pursue business development opportunities and identify and implement strategies to obtain new work or clientele.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverages
• FSA and HSA healthcare accounts
• Life and accident insurance
• Adoption and fertility assistance
• Paid parental leave up to 10 weeks
• Short/long term disability
• Company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions
• Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time
• Up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year for new hires
• 11 paid holidays each calendar year
• Annual bonus plan

What This Job Offers

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