Corporate Accounting Senior Manager

Overview

This role provides enterprise-wide leadership, governance, and technical accounting oversight to support accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting. The Senior Manager leads teams responsible for expense accounting and reporting, fixed assets, accruals and operating expenses, employee compensation and benefits (including equity compensation), intercompany accounting, and capital transactions. The position ensures consistent application of GAAP and statutory accounting principles across legal entities, emphasizing standardization, scalable processes, and effective control design.

Responsibilities

Accounting & Financial Reporting

• Manage accounting teams for employee compensation and benefits, including payroll-related accruals, equity compensation accounting, and benefit-related expenses.
• Oversee teams handling accruals, prepaid expenses, and operating expenses to ensure accurate period recognition.
• Manage intercompany accounting activities, including settlements, eliminations, and reconciliation of intercompany balances across legal entities.
• Supervise accounting for capital transactions, including equity and debt-related transactions, ensuring proper accounting treatment and documentation.
• Lead preparation and review of statutory and GAAP financial reporting, including schedules, exhibits, and internal management reports.

Close, Controls & Compliance

• Direct monthly and quarterly close activities related to expenses, capital transactions, and intercompany transactions, including review of journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance analyses.
• Ensure compliance with statutory accounting principles, regulatory requirements, and internal control standards; identify and escalate issues as appropriate.
• Support and coordinate internal and external audit activities, including preparation of audit documentation and responses related to accounting processes.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Manage, coach, and develop accounting staff by setting priorities, providing direction, and ensuring performance and development expectations are met.
• Lead multiple complex accounting and financial projects concurrently, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business objectives.
• Identify and drive process improvement and efficiency initiatives within accounting, focusing on standardization, scalability, and control effectiveness.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners such as Finance, HR, Tax, Treasury, and Systems to support business initiatives and resolve accounting issues.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of accounting experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), internal controls, and financial reporting.
• Experience with pension accounting, equity compensation accounting, lease accounting, and enterprise or corporate accounting processes preferred.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Significant experience with financial ledger software.
• Demonstrated ability to form, lead, and develop high-performing teams.
• Ability to work collaboratively across departmental functions.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position includes supervisory duties.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual salary range: $120,000.00 to $193,725.00, based on experience and qualifications.
• Candidates will be required to submit to a background investigation.
• Comprehensive technology setup provided, including laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse.
• Employees eligible to work from home receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to offset internet costs.

Work From Home Requirements

• Dedicated, private workspace free from distractions.
• Appropriate desk and seating.
• Reliable internet connection with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.

Location

• This position is subject to applicable state and local employment laws, including non-discrimination policies.
• The employer generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.

Equal Employment Opportunity

• The organization prohibits discrimination based on ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual and reproductive health decision, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race (including traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion (including religious dress), sex, or sexual orientation.
• This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, training, salary administration, promotion, job assignment, benefits, discipline, and separation of employment.