Global Technical Accounting Manager

Constellation Brands; United States; Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Constellation Brands is seeking a Technical Accounting resource to ensure US GAAP compliance, internal controls, and policy adherence across the global organization. You will drive best practices through research, standardization, and cross-functional awareness on complex transactions.

The role involves coordinating with finance and business partners, supporting acquisitions/divestitures, integration of new entities, and contributing to the governance of the general ledger and internal controls.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated strong technical accounting skills.
• Internal Control over Financial Reporting experience strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required, MBA strongly preferred.
• CPA certification required.
• 6–12 years of experience in public accounting or relevant industry experience with progressive responsibility.
• Proficiency with SAP S4/HANA and OneStream a plus.
• Excellent communication skills required (both verbal and written).
• Spanish language a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide accounting support and guidance for complex business transactions such as acquisitions, divestitures and financing activities.
• Support the integration of acquired companies into accounting and reporting systems and processes.
• Reviewing forecast models and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to support recurring and nonrecurring valuation work for goodwill, intangibles and other assets and liabilities.
• Prepare and review journal entries to record complex intercompany funds flow and equity transactions, including the appropriate calculation of historical foreign currency translation rates.
• Research and provide technical accounting guidance in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Provide support and review emerging accounting pronouncements for implications to the global Constellation organization.
• Assist in the implementation of new accounting standards applicable to the organization.
• Work with the business and internal audit to ensure appropriate internal controls over financial reporting, advise on and monitor segregation of duties conflict mitigation, maintain control documentation, monitor for compliance, assess potential control deficiencies and support remediation.
• Jointly responsible for updating and creating accounting policies and procedures required by either technical accounting, business or internal control changes.
• Jointly responsible for reviewing business contracts for accounting implications and determination of appropriate accounting under the contracts.
• Participate in and lead projects from an accounting perspective that arise as a result of business requirements, such as implementation of new software or process improvements.
• Assist with the coordination of internal and external audits as well as the preparation of statutory financial statements.
• Provide oversight and governance related to the general ledger, including chart of accounts, business units, companies, etc.

Skills

Technical accounting

ICFR

Communication skills

Spanish (language)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

MBA

CPA certification

Tools

SAP S4/HANA

OneStream

Job description

Constellation Brands is seeking a Technical Accounting resource to ensure US GAAP compliance, internal controls, and policy adherence across the global organization. You will drive best practices through research, standardization, and cross-functional awareness on complex transactions.

The role involves coordinating with finance and business partners, supporting acquisitions/divestitures, integration of new entities, and contributing to the governance of the general ledger and internal controls.