Senior Manager or Director of Technical Accounting

Burnett Search; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Palo Alto seeks a Senior Manager or Director of Technical Accounting to join a premier finance team. This role offers growth opportunities, flexibility, and the chance to work with complex accounting issues while supporting GAAP and SEC requirements. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience, a CPA license, and strong technical accounting knowledge.

Qualifications

• 7-15 years of work experience in public accounting or advisory.
• Knowledge of technical accounting (ASC standards).
• Experience with private/public companies.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed revenue analysis and recognition.
• Draft and review financial statements and disclosures.
• Communicate with clients and ensure compliance with GAAP.

Skills

Technical Skills

Communication

Analytical Skills

Education

CPA License

Job description

Senior Manager or Director of Technical Accounting

Our client is a premier company with an outstanding environment with a very cohesive finance team. Great place to work!

This is a position with extensive growth opportunities, flexibility and the ability to work on the latest technical accounting issues. If you like technical accounting and finding ways to apply it and improve processes to support the GAAP and SEC requirements for the best of the organization this is a great position to consider. Further, the wide range of issues you will touch will keep you current, make you more marketable but also support next moves for your career.

• Have strong technical skills as it applies to:
• Detailed revenue analysis and revenue recognition
• Accounting for preferred stock transactions
• Stock-based compensation arrangements
• SEC Reporting, Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and S-1
• Drafting and reviewing financial statements and disclosures.
• Identification and application of technical accounting guidance to client situations and the ability to analyze and account in accordance with GAAP
• Communicate with the client to determine client expectations, scope of services, deadlines and other requirements
• Ensure work is delivered timely and in accordance with firm quality standards
• Communicate with key client, acquired company and valuation firm decision makers
• Provide ad hoc accounting advice as may arise in the course of the engagements or as may be requested, research accounting literature and write technical position papers
• Interact with clients and auditor as it pertains to the engagement.

• Approximately 7-15 years of work experience, preferably with the majority of experience in public accounting or accounting advisory work CPA license is required
• Knowledge of technical accounting, including, revenue recognition (ASC 605), software revenue recognition (ASC 985-605), revenue recognition for multiple element arrangements (ASC 605-25), , Business combinations (ASC 805) and Stock-based compensation (ASC 718)
• Knowledge of preferred stock transactions and accounting
• Experience with private and public companies
• Experience and familiarity with technology and software industries
• Experience writing technical accounting position papers
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills

Excellent company, premier environment, number one in space