Senior Technical Accounting Manager

Overview

This role is for a Senior Technical Accounting Manager responsible for navigating complex, non-routine transactions and implementing new accounting standards. The position supports technical accounting activities end-to-end, including research, policy implementation and process improvements, and ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Draft high-quality accounting memos and analyses to support management’s conclusions and obtain concurrence from external auditors on topics including:
  • Business combinations
  • Financing transactions
  • Consolidation and joint ventures
  • Investments
  • Segment reporting
  • Goodwill and intangible assets
  • Derivatives and hedging
  • Leases
  • Stock-based compensation
  • Internal-use software
• Evaluate and operationalize accounting for complex, non-routine transactions (including equity offerings, convertible debt issuance and settlement, supplier financing, and data center, GPU, power, and colocation agreements) and provide timely, strategic guidance on accounting impacts.
• Review material lease transactions (such as large data center and GPU arrangements) in partnership with the Accounting team.
• Review non-routine or unusual revenue arrangements as needed in partnership with the Revenue Accounting team (including ASC 606 analyses).
• Lead accounting and valuation of M&A transactions and strategic investments, partnering with third-party specialists on purchase price allocations and fair value measurements.
• Perform goodwill, long-lived asset, and indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment analyses.
• Develop and maintain accounting policies to reflect current standards and industry best practices.
• Monitor FASB and SEC rulemaking; proactively lead implementation of new standards and regulations.
• Partner with Accounting, Tax, and FP&A to create SOX-compliant processes.
• Serve as a primary technical accounting contact for external auditors during quarterly reviews and annual audits, coordinating information and documentation needed to resolve technical matters.
• Partner with Financial Reporting on technical accounting disclosures for quarterly and annual SEC filings.
• Support offering documents and related diligence for equity and debt financings as needed.
• Review statement of cash flows and earnings per share calculations, including the impact of convertible debt and equity transactions, and support preparation as needed.
• Ensure complex transactions are recorded accurately in the general ledger by reviewing key journal entries and supporting calculations.
• Prepare clear, concise, executive-level materials, including technical accounting updates for senior leadership.
• Design, document, and execute management review controls over technical accounting areas, maintaining clear evidence of review and support for significant inputs while strengthening controls and increasing automation.
• Mentor, coach, and develop junior accounting staff.
• Support ad hoc technical accounting requests and special projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field
• Active CPA license
• 8+ years of progressive technical accounting experience under U.S. GAAP, with significant exposure to:
  • Financing arrangements (debt, equity, and convertible instruments)
  • Consolidations
  • Derivatives
  • Stock-based compensation
  • Business combinations
• Working knowledge of lease and revenue accounting sufficient to review material transactions
• Public company experience, including SEC reporting and SOX 404 internal controls
• Prior Big 4 audit or transaction advisory experience, or an equivalent in-house technical accounting role at a high-growth technology company
• 4+ years at a Big 4 audit firm strongly preferred
• Experience leading accounting for financing and M&A transactions of meaningful size and complexity
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to critically evaluate valuation methodologies and assess complex security structures
• Proven ability to build financial processes and internal controls from scratch in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Excellent communication and writing skills, including the ability to draft clear technical memos and explain complex accounting topics to executives, external auditors, and non-accounting partners
• Exceptional attention to detail, with developed self-review processes to produce error-free work products
• Proficiency in financial modeling and comfort working across Excel, ERP systems (Oracle Fusion), Workiva, and collaboration tools such as Google Suite
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and drive projects to completion with minimal supervision

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud, data center or AI infrastructure accounting

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation range: $140,800 - $176,000
• Remote role
• Bonus may be available in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance.
• Equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and option to participate in an Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• Benefits include an Employee Assistance Program and flexible time off; specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
• Employees receive reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education, and have access to training resources.

Location

Remote

Additional Information

• Application limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period.