Senior Accountant

Job description

Our partner is seeking a Director of Technical Accounting to lead all aspects of corporate technical accounting in San Francisco, CA. This is a critical Finance leadership role that will interface across various teams, LOBs and senior levels of the company, as well as the internal and external auditors. You will provide leadership and technical guidance of accounting policy development and financial reporting within the assigned functional area(s).

Responsibilities:

* Provide strategic leadership of short and long-term technical accounting goals that are aligned with our mission and Core Values
* Review, interpret and develop diverse policies to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures, GAAP, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF), and other regulatory requirements. Introduce thoughtful accounting techniques as a means to implement positive change and/or create organizational structure
* Provide interpretation of new GAAP and SEC rules and regulations and their potential effect on the business. Ensure clear and concise written documentation of accounting conclusions and accounting policies.
* Direct process improvement projects; delegating and managing project execution and planning.
* Maintain a positive, results-oriented work environment and provide leadership, guidance and coaching for all direct reports to maintain an engaged and productive workforce
* Collaborate with leadership across the company to establish clear and concise development plans to ensure succession planning, and advancement of future leaders within team
* Minimal travel may be required when circumstances permit in the future

Requirements

* Close to 15+ years related experience; several years of experience in one of the Big 4 public accounting firms preferred
* Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license is required
* Strong working knowledge of accounting methods and workflows
* Experience directly managing teams, invested in building teams with diverse backgrounds and perspectives
* Hands-on leader. Youre resourceful, forward-thinking, drawn to building off of ambiguous and unsolved problems and have an "own the outcome" mindset. Also, you are excited to be on the cutting edge of applications of GAAP
* You have a lot of exposure to influencing and partnering with a diverse group of stakeholders, able to partner with deeply technical as well as operational, business-minded leaders
* You devote time to and are passionate about educating, mentoring and teaching partners the values and business impact behind technical accounting

Benefits

* Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
* Mental health benefits
* In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
* 401(k) plan to help save for your future
* 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
* Pre-tax commuter benefits