Accounting Experienced Manager - Special Projects

BDO USA; Metairie (LA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO USA seeks an Accounting Experienced Manager, Special Projects to lead complex accounting initiatives across the company and its subsidiaries. You will collaborate with corporate accounting, FP&A, tax, treasury, internal audit, and subsidiary finance to deliver accurate statutory and GAAP/IFRS-compliant reporting, strong controls, and scalable processes.

Responsibilities include managing entity integrations, intercompany matters, close/reporting improvements, and applying policy execution,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of accounting/finance experience
• 5+ years of management experience
• Public accounting firm background preferred
• Multi-entity experience desired
• Experience with project management and cross-functional leadership

Responsibilities

• Lead special projects across subsidiaries, including entity integrations and restructurings
• Oversee intercompany reconciliations and eliminations
• Prepare/review complex journal entries and account reconciliations
• Support monthly/quarterly close and align with parent reporting
• Assess accounting impacts of acquisitions/dispositions
• Strengthen internal controls and support audits
• Drive process improvements, ERP/reporting enhancements, KPI reporting

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Financial controls

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA preferred

Tools

Oracle

OneStream

Excel

Job description

Job Summary

The Accounting Experienced Manager, Special Projects leads accounting projects affecting the company and its subsidiaries, including legal-entity accounting, consolidations support, intercompany matters, ERP/process changes, internal reorganizations, and policy execution. This role partners with corporate accounting, FP&A, tax, treasury, internal audit, and subsidiary finance leaders to deliver accurate statutory and GAAP/IFRS-compliant reporting, strong controls, and scalable processes.

Job Duties

• Manages special projects across subsidiary accounting including entity integrations, carve-outs, restructurings, chart-of-accounts changes, and close/reporting improvements
• Oversees subsidiary accounting matters including intercompany reconciliations, equity roll forwards, pushdown considerations, eliminations support, and legal-entity trial balance integrity
• Prepares/reviews complex journal entries, account reconciliations, and accounting memos for nonroutine transactions
• Coordinates monthly/quarterly close support including balance sheet reconciliation support for subsidiaries and ensure alignment with parent-company reporting deadlines and policies
• Assess technical accounting impacts of acquisitions, dispositions, debt/equity transactions, and cross-entity activity
• Strengthens internal controls, document procedures, and support internal/external audits and statutory reporting needs
• Drives process improvement, automation, and ERP/reporting enhancements; develops KPI reporting for project status and close quality
• Assists the external reporting team in preparation of specific external financial reports (annually, monthly and as requested)
• Assists in the completion of required audits of subsidiaries
• Leads a team and ensures that their tasks are completed timely and accurately
• Assists the FP&A team with accounting related budget items during annual budget and periodic forecasting cycles
• Interfaces with Financial Systems Support team on development of Financial Reports
• Assists in the formulation of internal controls and policies to comply with legislation and establish best practices
• Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Monitors and provides performance feedback of team members throughout the performance year
• Ensures all team members are effectively trained on systems and processes related to the Finance Department
• Assists team members with prioritization of workload, communications, etc. and delegates work assignments to team members as appropriate

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Education

Bachelor's degree required; focus in Accounting or Finance, preferred

Experience

• Eight (8) or more years of accounting and finance experience, required
• Five (5) or more years of management experience, preferred
• Experience with a Public Accounting Firm as an experienced Senior or Manager level, preferred
• Experience with a multi-entity company, preferred
• Experience with project management and cross-functional leadership, preferred

License(s)/Certification(s)

CPA, preferred

Software

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, required
• Oracle and OneStream Financial Systems experience, preferred

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to translate complex transactions into clear accounting conclusions
• Displays superior verbal and written communication skills
• Capable of working and communicating effectively with professionals at all levels
• Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects / tasks with attention to detail
• Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment
• Proficient in utilization of Microsoft Excel
• Possesses superior customer service skills

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

National Range: $95,000 - $125,000

Maryland Range: $95,000 - $125,000

NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $95,000 - $125,000