Accounting Manager - GREAT role for Big 4 Managers

Tiger Search Group; Melville (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Client on Long Island is seeking an Accounting Manager to join their team. The role focuses on researching complex transactions, drafting memos, and implementing new US GAAP pronouncements.

You will manage policy updates, contract reviews, and external audit coordination. Responsibilities include drafting disclosures, strengthening internal controls, and guiding finance, sales, and operations with technical accounting training.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of relevant accounting experience.
• Ability to research, understand and summarize technical accounting literature.
• Strong attention to detail and written/verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Research complex transactions and write formal accounting memos (ASC 606, ASC 842, ASC 718, ASC 805).
• Lead end-to-end evaluation and adoption of new US GAAP pronouncements.
• Maintain global accounting policy manual alignment with changes.
• Review complex vendor and customer contracts for accounting triggers.
• Liaise with external auditors and manage Prepared-by-Client requests.
• Draft and review complex disclosures for annual reports and private entities.
• Design and test internal controls over financial reporting.
• Identify bottlenecks in monthly close and implement automation.
• Provide technical accounting training to finance, sales, and operations teams.

Skills

Technical accounting

GAAP knowledge

Research & writing

Communication

Audit liaison

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting

Job description

Our client, an industry leader and one of the best places to work on Long Island, is seeking to hire an Accounting Manager to join their team.

Responsibilities include:

• Research Complex Transactions: Conduct deep-dive technical research and write formal accounting memos for non-routine transactions, including revenue recognition (ASC 606), lease accounting (ASC 842), stock-based compensation (ASC 718), and business combinations (ASC 805).
• Standard Implementation: Lead the end-to-end evaluation, adoption, and implementation of new or updated US GAAP accounting pronouncements across the global organization.
• Corporate Policy Management: Author, update, and maintain the company’s global accounting policy manual to ensure alignment with operational shifts and regulatory changes.
• Contract Review: Partner with legal and commercial teams to review complex vendor and customer contracts, identifying embedded accounting triggers prior to execution.
• External Audit Liaison: Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors, managing the Prepared-by-Client request list and defending the company’s technical accounting positions.
• Financial Statement Disclosures: Draft and review complex disclosures, footnotes, and statements for annual reports and private entity financial packages.
• Audit Resolution: Facilitate the timely resolution of complex audit findings, tracking deficiencies and implementing corrective action plans.
• Control Framework: Design, implement, and test internal controls over financial reporting to safeguard company assets and ensure data integrity.
• Process Automation: Identify operational bottlenecks in the monthly close process and implement automated workflows to scale technical accounting operations.
• Training and Advisory: Deliver technical accounting training sessions to the broader finance, sales, and operations teams to elevate organizational financial literacy.

Requirements include:

• 5-8+ years of relevant Accounting experience
• Ability to research, understand and summarize technical accounting literature
• Strong attention to detail as well as written and verbal communication skills