Senior Manager Accounting Policy & Technical Accounting

Title: Senior Manager Accounting Policy

Salary: 150-160K

Onsite /Remote / Hybrid: Chicago Preferred or Remote optional Travel 3 or 4 days a month or as needed. If in Chicago 1 day a week required in office.

Essential Job Duties

• Partner with finance and functional leaders to develop, implement, and operationalize standardized accounting policies and procedures.
• Promote global consistency, adoption of best practices, and alignment with US GAAP in finance and other business transformation initiatives.
• Develop, update, and maintain accounting policy documentation and related training materials, focusing on widespread access and improved usability.
• Serve as a resource to the organization on accounting policy application and best practices.
• Lead efforts to standardize and maintain processes around finance master data (i.e., charts of accounts).
• Perform technical accounting research on accounting matters raised by management or the field; lead or support efforts to draft related white papers
• Provide support to international operations related to local / US GAAP conversion and other technical matters.
• Provide technical accounting guidance and expertise to business leaders and/or the business development team to support special projects and transactions.
• Lead efforts to implement new accounting standards as they become effective.
• Assist in reviews of external filings to provide policy viewpoint and technical accounting support.
• Work with field and finance personnel to document new and/or unique accounting transactions.
• Assume other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Manage the work of others, including planning, assigning, scheduling, and reviewing work, ensuring quality standards.
• Responsible for hiring, terminating, training and developing, reviewing performance, and administering corrective action for staff.

Minimum Requirements - Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 7 years related experience in public accounting, corporate accounting and/or financial analysis.

Preferred Requirements

• Masters degree in accounting, or other advanced degree in Business.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
• Public Accounting experience.
• Advanced skill level in Microsoft Excel.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Frequent use of Outlook, Word, Excel, graphics, etc. Ability to create, maintain, and incorporate functions into Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, databases, and PowerPoint presentations to support business objectives.
• Frequently communicates complex information across departments and interacts with management. Can present, resolve, and address delicate situations. Can motivate and persuade others.
• Problems are varied and complex, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation. Problems are solved using knowledge and skills, general precedents, and practices.
• Decisions impact the management and operations within a department or business unit. May contribute to business and operational decisions that affect the department.
• Provides and sets goals and priorities for functional area. May make recommendations for department policies, practices, and programs. Makes decisions for and/or resolves problems for others.
• Prioritize, organize, and oversee tasks and projects: responsible for outcomes.