- Base Salary Min: 130000
- Base Salary Max: 211000
We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Director, Accounting Manager to join our Finance team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA- HYBRID.
In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:
- Leads the end to end accounting and reporting activities of multiple large, high-visibility /risk, and/or complex legal entities conducting technical review and sign-off before transforming data into information for reporting purposes.
- Directs the completion of numerous activities from start to close, including consolidations and financial reporting of business outcomes to deliver useable, accurate and timely financial information and recommendations for the desired period (monthly, quarterly or annually).
- Performs the most complex research and analyses to provide senior management with analytical/technical support and advice related to financial performance, and critical financial accounting issues.
- Serves as a key advisor to functional and/or business leaders, frequently delivers presentations, information and/or recommendations to senior management, regulators and the internal board of directors.
- Provides leadership, direction and functional guidance to more junior analysts to ensure the delivery of performance metrics within assigned processes, geographies, lines of business, or legal entities.
- Completes advanced accounting activities, including highly complex general ledger events and transactions, continuously improving exceptions identification and analysis activities, facing off with internal/external auditors and SOX, maintaining the control environment, fulfilling ad hoc requests in accordance with global, regional and country-specific process standards and identifying opportunities for process improvements.
- Uses professional judgement and considerable experience to deliver recommendations for use in accounting and financial reporting to senior management and the internal board of directors.
- Works closely with the regional or global leaders to review and vet any new proposed process enhancement documentation and training content.
- Provides statutory and regulatory guidance and support as requested for special projects and continuous improvement work efforts.
- Has in-depth expertise in the accounting functions of a business, legal entity or geography and serves as a key advisor to functional and/or business leaders.
- Activities include designing and leading the implementation of new or revised reporting, accounting and accounting process policies, procedures and reports which provide effective financial planning, accounting and reporting of financial information, and authorizing the recording of accounting entries to financial systems.
- Applies a depth of knowledge from the completion of multiple assignments across lines of business, legal entities and geographies to manage the interaction of legal entity, regulatory and cross-country requirements.
- Anticipates and plans for existing and emerging risks, identifying and developing recommendations and working with senior management to address/implement solutions.
- Provides leadership and technical guidance on risk identification to other analysts.
- Is adept at translating technical information to non-technical audiences, advising the internal board of directors, lines of business and regulators to ensure their questions are answered and needs are met.
To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience required.
- Accounting concentration preferred.
- MBA or CPA/CA/local area equivalent certification preferred.
- 12-15 years of total work experience preferred.
- Knowledge of GAAP and accounting and finance concepts and analysis techniques preferred.
About Us
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