Senior Manager Accounting Policy

Chicago, Illinois
Job Type: Direct Hire
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Title: Senior Manager Accounting Policy

Essential Job Duties
-Partner with finance and functional leaders to develop, implement, and operationalize standardized accounting policies and procedures.
-Promote global consistency, adoption of best practices, and alignment with US GAAP in finance and other business transformation initiatives.
-Develop, update, and maintain accounting policy documentation and related training materials, focusing on widespread access and improved usability.
-Serve as a resource to the organization on accounting policy application and best practices.
-Lead efforts to standardize and maintain processes around finance master data (i.e., charts of accounts).
-Perform technical accounting research on accounting matters raised by management or the field; lead or support efforts to draft related white papers
-Provide support to international operations related to local / US GAAP conversion and other technical matters.
-Provide technical accounting guidance and expertise to business leaders and/or the business development team to support special projects and transactions.
-Lead efforts to implement new accounting standards as they become effective.
-Assist in reviews of external filings to provide policy viewpoint and technical accounting support.
-Work with field and finance personnel to document new and/or unique accounting transactions.
-Assume other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities
-Manage the work of others, including planning, assigning, scheduling, and reviewing work, ensuring quality standards.
-Responsible for hiring, terminating, training and developing, reviewing performance, and administering corrective action for staff.

Minimum Requirements
Education & Experience
-Bachelor’s Degree.
-7+ years related experience in public accounting, corporate accounting and/or financial analysis.

Preferred Requirements
-Master’s degree in accounting, or other advanced degree in Business.
-Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
-Public Accounting experience.
-Advanced skill level in Microsoft Excel.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
-Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
-Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret graphs.
-Frequent use of Outlook, Word, Excel, graphics, etc. Ability to create, maintain, and incorporate functions into Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, databases, and PowerPoint presentations to support business objectives.
-Frequently communicates complex information across departments and interacts with management. Can present, resolve,
and address delicate situations. Can motivate and persuade others.
-Problems are varied and complex, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation. Problems are solved using knowledge and skills, general precedents, and practices.
-Decisions impact the management and operations within a department or business unit. May contribute to business and operational decisions that affect the department.
-Provides and sets goals and priorities for functional area. May make recommendations for department policies, practices, and
programs. Makes decisions for and/or resolves problems for others.
-Prioritize, organize, and oversee tasks and projects: responsible for outcomes.

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