US - Tax - EDGE - GCR - Accounting Compliance & Reporting (ACR) - Tax Senior Services Manager

Overview

This role supports Accounting Compliance & Reporting (ACR) within the organization’s National Tax and related practices. ACR helps clients proactively manage global bookkeeping and finance compliance obligations across 150+ countries where ACR services are provided.

The ACR practice enables teams to reduce inefficiencies, mitigate risk, and improve clients’ global finance operations through a technical network and standardized methodology.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver timely, high-quality services and work products that exceed client expectations, including daily contact with local ACR teams to help ensure contracted services are delivered on time and accurately the first time.
• Provide professional, confidential, and responsive client support; maintain the confidential and proprietary nature of client relationships and related work products.
• Serve as a point of contact for applicable client relationships, demonstrating knowledge of client businesses.
• Assist in validating and governing global finance operations using a single global methodology to track the end-to-end process.
• Provide subsidiary governance throughout the legal-entity life cycle to mitigate risk and increase corporate transparency.
• Develop and guide senior/staff and other junior professionals through effective performance feedback and by ensuring team responsibilities align with skills and developmental goals.
• Deploy appropriate engagement teams by leveraging US ACR resources and ACR resources located in Global Delivery Service locations.
• Stay current on global trends, developments, and regulations and apply them to moderately complex situations, including non-routine, complex project-type work as requested.
• Exhibit competency in technology by maintaining complex sets of data and reviewing data analytics; analyze trends including data collection aligned to agreed financial statement close timelines and other requirements.
• Ensure statutory reporting and bookkeeping process/procedure documentation remains relevant, up to date, and is used consistently.
• Take ownership of engagements by making decisions, resolving issues, and escalating client and internal partner issues when needed; work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
• Support overall practice success by building understanding of methodologies and tools to enhance service delivery; keep team members informed of work status; seek assignments when unassigned; proactively identify opportunities to provide ACR services; challenge prior processes and propose improvements.
• Support practice growth by assisting with scoping of new opportunities, proposal development, and participation in oral presentations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in accounting, finance, or other related business major.
• 8–10 years of work experience in audit/accounting.
• Approved technical certification, CPA license, or membership to state Bar is required.
• Knowledge of global statutory reporting and/or bookkeeping, preferably with experience across multiple countries.
• Strong analytical skills; interpersonal skills; and written/verbal communication skills; problem-solving ability and attention to detail.
• US- GAAP knowledge, including GAAP reconciliation experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in Business English.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and IT concepts.
• Ability to analyze historical legal entity financial information to determine what GAAP to GAAP and other adjustments are required, how they are calculated, and how they should be rolled forward in preparation of statutory financial statements.
• Ability to apply technical accounting knowledge to analyze account balances, reconciliations, and other financial matters during monthly, quarterly, or annual account close processes.
• Ability to understand detailed issues underlying deliverable completion status (e.g., statutory reporting or month-end close), identify root cause, develop potential solutions, and remove impediments for remediation.
• Ability to undertake continuous improvement projects to drive improved quality, visibility, efficiency, and client experience.
• Ability to influence change with internal stakeholders and clients using technical knowledge, experience, and relationships.
• Ability to travel 20–30% to client locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Client-facing exposure in a global role.
• Basic understanding of IT systems (SAP, Oracle, Business Central).
• Basic understanding of other compliance activities such as global indirect tax (VAT, GST, etc.) and corporate tax compliance.
• IFRS knowledge.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range (varies by location):
  • New York City, Boston, and Washington DC Metro Areas, Washington State, and Southern California offices – $136,100 to $283,200
  • Bay Area California offices – $141,900 to $295,000
  • All other US offices locations, including Sacramento – $113,500 to $259,500
• Individual salaries are determined based on factors including education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography.
• Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
• Flexible vacation policy: vacation time based on personal circumstances.
• Time off also includes designated paid holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence.

Location

New York City, Hoboken, Charlotte, Atlanta, Chicago, Phoenix, Seattle, Dallas, Miami and Washington