Director, Financial Reporting & AI-Enabled Consolidations

Socket.dev; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SESAC in Nashville seeks a Director, Financial Reporting to own the Group’s consolidated financial reporting under US GAAP and support foreign subsidiaries in technical accounting areas. You will lead AI-driven improvements and oversee complex consolidation, intercompany eliminations, and equity movements to ensure accurate disclosures.

You will present to finance leadership, drive process improvements, and manage external auditors while maintaining rigorous internal controls and technical

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field, or equivalent combination of education & experience.
• 5+ years high-quality experience in a technical accounting and/or financial reporting role.
• 2+ years public accounting experience preferred.
• Active CPA license required.
• Big 4 public accounting firm experience strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience with multi-entity consolidation, intercompany eliminations and settlements, and equity movements.
• Experience supporting M&A transactions — purchase accounting, opening balance sheets, and GL recording and integration of acquired entities.
• Experience reporting under both US GAAP and foreign GAAP (IFRS or local) preferred.
• Comfortable adopting and working with new technology, with a curiosity for emerging tools — including AI — and how they can improve financial reporting.
• Have exceptional attention to detail and an ability to effectively prioritize work to meet deadlines.
• Proficiency in MS Office products (especially Excel).

Responsibilities

• Technical accounting research and interpretation of accounting guidance in areas such as business combinations, stock-based compensation, debt, software capitalization etc. and document conclusions in accounting memos on an as-needed basis.
• Assessing accounting implications for complex transactions and guide the accounting team in accurately reflecting the accounting and financial reporting impact in the Company’s financial statements.
• Leading and guiding the team on AI implementation to create efficiencies in the financial reporting process.
• Supporting M&A transactions from an accounting and general-ledger perspective, including purchase accounting, opening balance sheets, GL recording and integration of acquired entities.
• Reviewing nonstandard contracts, including revenue, debt, investment etc. to determine the appropriate accounting treatment and document the conclusions.
• Implementing and evaluating new accounting standards.
• Reviewing monthly and quarterly consolidation and primary statements at the group level.
• Taking a hands-on approach with the subsidiary finance teams on consolidation, US GAAP and local GAAP differences, intercompany eliminations, settlements, and equity movements etc., ensuring group figures are complete, accurate and well-supported.
• Preparing annual US GAAP consolidated financial statements including drafting of disclosures.
• Serving as the primary liaison for the external auditors for overall audit management, including presenting and defending accounting positions taken by the Company.
• Working cross-functionally with other departments to increase financial reporting accuracy.
• Assisting and overseeing special projects as assigned.
• Other duties as needed and assigned by supervisor.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Independent / self-starter

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA license

Big 4 experience preferred

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

SESAC in Nashville seeks a Director, Financial Reporting to own the Group’s consolidated financial reporting under US GAAP and support foreign subsidiaries in technical accounting areas. You will lead AI-driven improvements and oversee complex consolidation, intercompany eliminations, and equity movements to ensure accurate disclosures.

You will present to finance leadership, drive process improvements, and manage external auditors while maintaining rigorous internal controls and technical