Financial Reporting Manager

Tiger Search Group; Melville (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client on Long Island is seeking a Financial Reporting Manager to join their team. The role focuses on technical accounting research, policy implementation, and close-process improvements.

Responsibilities include drafting memos on ASC topics, coordinating with auditors, and guiding disclosures and controls. 5–8+ years of accounting experience and strong communication are required.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Research complex transactions and write formal accounting memos for non-routine items (ASC 606, 842, 718, 805).
• Lead end-to-end evaluation and implementation of US GAAP pronouncements across the organization.
• Maintain and update the global accounting policy manual.
• Partner with legal and commercial teams to review vendor and customer contracts for accounting triggers.
• Serve as primary liaison with external auditors and manage Prepared-by-Client requests.
• Draft and review disclosures, footnotes, and annual report materials.
• Design, test, and strengthen internal controls over financial reporting.
• Identify bottlenecks in monthly close and implement automated workflows.
• Deliver technical accounting training to finance, sales, and operations teams.

Skills

Technical research

Accounting literature

Attention to detail

Job description

Our client, an industry leader and one of the best places to work on Long Island, is seeking to hire a Financial Reporting 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