Senior Technical Accountant
Connor Group
Manager – Technical Accounting
Connor Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Austin • Arizona, California, Colorado, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Interact with clients directly
- Work independently and collaborate with a diverse group of talented professionals
- Develop specialized expertise in multiple areas
- Strengthen personal capabilities to broaden new skills and deepen existing skills
- Share experiences with junior team members
- Communicate with engagement leadership
- Prepare for and facilitate client and team meetings
- Willing to take on new challenges and step out of comfort zone
- Provide excellent timely client service, deliver high quality work, and strengthen client relationships
- Add value through complex transaction analyses including IPOs, M&A, Divestitures, SPACs/Reverse Mergers, and Debt/Equity private placements
- Understand technical accounting, FASB, and SEC rules and regulations, client deadlines and deliverables, requests, and preferences to deliver excellent client services
- Identify, analyze, and conclude on generally accepted accounting principles for the client and consult with senior manager, director, or engagement partner
- Begin to supervise, coach and mentor all levels of staff and contribute to performance feedback and training
- Develop and communicate workplace culture and code of conduct
- Strengthen client relationships and begin to generate additional engagement opportunities through excellent quality, timely execution and strategic approach to service delivery (i.e., One Firm – Passion, Pride and Purpose)
- Support growth efforts through pursuits, market research and maintaining a network I.e., your social capital
- Foster relationships with clients to successfully prepare and complete audits
- Add value to public and private clients in any of the following: Detailed revenue analysis and revenue recognition – existing and future products/services
- Equity – stock compensation, warrant accounting, and EPS
- Draft or review complex sets of financial statements, financial statement disclosures, MD&A, critical accounting policies, Capitalization table and SEC comment letter responses
- SEC Reporting, including S-1, F-1, 10K, 20-F, 10Q, 8K, 6K and other filings
- Global accounting activities including IFRS, foreign currency and consolidations
Requirements
- 5 - 7 years of public accounting and industry experience required (minimum of 3 years in public accounting)
- 3 or more years of prior supervisory experience in a team environment
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent required
- CPA license preferred
- Experience and familiarity with broad range of industries including those such as tech, biotech, and life sciences
- Professional and personable demeanor
- Passion for helping clients with a strong interest in technical accounting
- Hard working, disciplined, detail oriented and ability to motivate engagement teams
- Ability to manage teams and own their work product
- Proven solid verbal and written communication skills
- Aptitude for technical accounting research and self-education, desire to learn and be an expert
- Ability to act and lead as a primary client contact
- Knowledge of IFRS or other international accounting standards a plus
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite with strong Excel skills
Benefits
- Health insurance packages
- Wellness programs
- One-on-one coaching program
- Career development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
public accountingtechnical accountingfinancial statement analysisrevenue recognitionSEC reportingIFRSM&AIPOdivestituresdebt/equity private placements
Soft skills
communicationteam managementcoachingmentoringclient servicedetail orientedmotivationalprofessional demeanoradaptabilitycollaboration
Certifications
CPABachelor’s degree in accounting
