WillHire

Senior Director, Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting

WillHire

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York City • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $231,760 - $347,640 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Provide leadership, support, and professional development opportunities to the technical and reporting accounting team
  • Manage the reporting and filing process for SEC Form 10-Q and 10-K, and other external reporting requirements
  • Proactively identify and lead the technical accounting team in researching, communicating, and resolving complex accounting matters
  • Lead all policy initiatives, including the implementation of new accounting standards, and ensure global accounting policies are maintained and up to date
  • Continuously monitor, document, and communicate new accounting standards to the organization and determine their impact on the company
  • Lead or support cross-functional strategic initiatives ensuring accounting impacts are proactively addressed
  • Lead Financial M&A due diligence, partner with Corporate Accounting to integrate these transactions, and communicate with Corporate Development and cross-functional team leads on accounting matters
  • Drive management of valuation exercises, including partnering with 3rd party valuation firms to ensure proper valuation and disclosures
  • Oversee areas including equity investments, stock-based compensation, and hedge accounting
  • Develop a culture of mentorship, continuous improvement, finance transformation, automation, training, and success in the finance organization
  • Report to the Controller and interact with various departments across the company to ensure proper accounting treatment and accurate financial results

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting
  • CPA
  • Public accounting experience with Big 4
  • 15+ years of experience in public accounting / private industry with increasing levels of responsibility including people management
  • Strong leadership skills with a consistent record of leading meaningful initiatives across the organization
  • Ability to develop and empower staff and collaborate well with cross-functional teams
  • Extensive knowledge of US GAAP and SEC reporting requirements
  • Expert in technical accounting issues and accounting for complex transactions
  • Experience with M&A due diligence, valuations, purchase accounting and M&A integration project management
  • Strong understanding of financial statement analysis
  • Current knowledge of U.S. GAAP including areas of M&A and hedge accounting, equity investments, financial reporting, and other technical accounting matters
  • Strong interpersonal written and oral communication skills and analytical skills
  • Effective project management skills and ability to manage multiple long-term projects
Benefits
  • As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus
  • Annual refresh stock grants
  • For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here
  • Flex Work: combining in-person time and remote; spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field
  • Remote "home office" roles have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments
  • Prioritize the development and training of team members
  • Culture of work-life balance and employee-centric policies
  • Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations during the application process

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
US GAAPSEC reportingtechnical accountingM&A due diligencevaluationpurchase accountingfinancial statement analysishedge accountingstock-based compensationfinancial reporting
Soft skills
leadershipmentorshipcollaborationcommunicationanalytical skillsproject managementcontinuous improvementempowermentcross-functional teamworkorganizational skills
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