Global Reporting - Senior Manager

Accenture•Chicago, IL

2d•$122,700 - $234,100

About The Position

The Global Reporting Senior Manager works within Global Controllership to support Accenture’s global financial and non-financial reporting. The role collaborates across Corporate Functions to prepare and review SEC filings, earnings materials, and non-financial reports, ensuring compliance with reporting requirements, data integrity, and consistency with corporate commitments and strategic objectives. The position maintains global policies, processes, and controls that support reporting quality and integrity. It assesses reporting processes and risks with functional leads and designs and implements process changes and controls as needed. The role also supports compliance with non-financial regulatory reporting requirements, responds to client non-financial reporting needs, and serves as the Controllership subject matter expert for GHG emissions reporting, including managing data assurance activities and coordinating with auditors. The Senior Manager monitors developments in non-financial reporting requirements and ensures appropriate updates are incorporated into Accenture’s policies and procedures. The role prepares and presents reporting updates, proposals, and data assurance summaries to executives; contributes financial reporting expertise to corporate initiatives; responds to questions from senior management and stakeholders; and oversees the annual fair value analysis.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting and/or finance.
CPA.
At least 8 years of finance or accounting experience.

Nice To Haves

Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements.
Demonstrated leadership in a professional setting, including the ability to lead complex work efforts and solve complex issues.

Responsibilities

Collaborate across Corporate Functions to support reporting needs, including preparation and review of SEC filings, earnings materials, and non-financial reports.
Ensure reporting compliance, data integrity, and consistency with corporate commitments and strategic objectives.
Maintain global policies, processes, and controls that support reporting quality and integrity.
Work with functional leads to assess reporting processes, identify risks, and design and implement process changes and controls as needed.
Ensure compliance with non-financial regulatory reporting requirements and collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet client non-financial reporting needs.
Serve as the Controllership subject matter expert for GHG emissions reporting and manage data assurance activities over GHG emissions disclosures, including auditor coordination.
Monitor developments in non-financial reporting requirements, evaluate their impact on Accenture, and incorporate appropriate changes into policies and procedures.
Prepare and present summaries of reporting updates, reporting proposals, and data assurance activities to Accenture executives.
Participate in cross-functional teams, contributing financial reporting expertise to key corporate initiatives.
Respond to questions from senior management and stakeholders, including Finance, Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, Legal, Strategic Planning and Analysis, Treasury, and Tax.
Oversee the annual fair value analysis.