Description:
A leading New York Stock Exchange company with over 6,000 employees and 100 offices nationwide looking to hire a Senior Technical Accountant to their growing team. The Senior Technical Accountant will be an integral part of the accounting advisory services’ team primarily focused on providing deep expertise on client engagements. This position offers an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative and high energy team and to directly impact the performance and success of the practice.
Essential Functions and Primary Duties:
- Provide accounting advisory support to clients, including implementation assistance with new accounting standards
- Outsourced Senior Accounting and Staff work
- Provide assistance to the advisory team in transaction oriented accounting and reporting
- Assist in the drafting of technical accounting memos for various topics such as equity versus debt classification, revenue recognition, lease accounting and other technical accounting matters
- Performs technical industry and company research utilizing online tools and publicly available information
- Assist in preparation of clients internal and external financial statements including supporting schedules and required disclosures
- Assist clients in closing their books on a monthly and annual basis
- Assistance with audit readiness
- Develops and maintains productive working relationships with client personnel
Preferred Qualifications:
- CPA or equivalent certification
- Prior experience with IPOs and SPACs is a plus
- Advanced analytical and issue resolution intelligence, problem solving is essential
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Well-developed aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis
- Proficient with PC environments and related software, including Microsoft Office applications, especially advanced skills in Excel
- Proficient use and analysis of computer models and development of dynamic spreadsheet applications
- Understanding of and experience with application and research of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting
- Principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and relevant auditing standards required.