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.
• Lead intercompany accounting team responsible for 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.
• Manage 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 is 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 - $193,725.00, based on experience and qualifications.
• Candidates offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

Location

• Location details are not specified.

Additional Information

• The employer generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.
• Equal employment opportunity policies prohibit discrimination based on ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual and reproductive health decisions, 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.
• Compliance with applicable state and federal laws regarding employment practices is maintained.