Senior Manager, Technical Accounting and Financial Instruments

Deloitte (UK); Alabama; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Deloitte is seeking a Senior Manager to lead complex non-audit accounting advisory engagements for corporate clients, focusing on financial instruments, IFRS 9/IFRS 7, and US GAAP across major refinancing and restructuring programmes.

You will connect technical depth with commercial judgement, mentor teams, and shape the use of AI in research, analysis, and client delivery while building strong relationships with senior stakeholders across finance and treasury functions.

Qualifications

• Substantial technical accounting experience, including strong financial instruments expertise and the confidence to lead complex judgements.
• Deep knowledge of IFRS 9 and IFRS 7; experience of FRS 102, US GAAP, new standards, valuation or transaction-related accounting is advantageous.
• A track record gained in advisory, audit or a senior industry technical accounting role.
• Proven engagement leadership, project management, commercial management and executive communication skills.
• Evidence of building client relationships, leading business development and turning market needs into scalable services.
• A progressive leadership style, curiosity about technology and a practical understanding of how AI can enhance accounting work.

Responsibilities

• Own a portfolio of complex non-audit accounting advisory engagements, setting direction and remaining accountable for quality, economics and client outcomes.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior finance and treasury leaders on financial instruments, hedge accounting, disclosures and wider technical accounting matters.
• Lead Deloitte teams through large-scale refinancing, restructuring, reporting change and multidisciplinary transformation programmes.
• Provide clear judgement on emerging or precedent-setting issues and contribute to the evolution of methodologies, knowledge and quality standards.
• Originate opportunities, lead proposals and develop propositions that respond to changing client needs.
• Build senior relationships across Deloitte service lines and the wider market to deliver connected solutions.
• Lead, mentor and sponsor project teams, strengthening technical capability and supporting meaningful career progression.
• Champion new ways of working and shape the strategic use of AI in research, analysis, documentation, quality and client delivery.
• Contribute visibly to the team’s culture through learning, inclusion, wellbeing and social impact initiatives.

Skills

Technical accounting

IFRS 9

IFRS 7

US GAAP

Engagement leadership

Business development

Executive communication

Education

CPA or equivalent

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

As a Senior Manager, you will be at the forefront of complex accounting advisory for corporate clients. You will lead high-profile engagements involving financial instruments and wider technical accounting, shape trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, and help grow an ambitious non-audit business.

Your work may range from IFRS 9, IFRS 7, FRS 102 and US GAAP advice to new standards implementation, major refinancing and restructuring programmes, and the accounting implications of evolving treasury strategies. You will connect technical excellence with commercial judgement and use innovation—including responsible AI—to rethink how advice is developed, delivered and embedded.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte?It’show we approach the thousands of decisions we make everyday. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, whereverwe arein the world, welead the way,serve with integrity, take care of each other ,fosterinclusion, andcollaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision wemake and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it mattersmost .

Connect to your opportunity

• Own a portfolio of complex non-audit accounting advisory engagements, setting direction and remaining accountable for quality, economics and client outcomes.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior finance and treasury leaders on financial instruments, hedge accounting, disclosures and wider technical accounting matters.
• Lead Deloitte teams through large-scale refinancing, restructuring, reporting change and multidisciplinary transformation programmes.
• Provide clear judgement on emerging or precedent-setting issues and contribute to the evolution of methodologies, knowledge and quality standards.
• Originate opportunities, lead proposals and develop propositions that respond to changing client needs.
• Build senior relationships across Deloitte service lines and the wider market to deliver connected solutions.
• Lead, mentor and sponsor project teams, strengthening technical capability and supporting meaningful career progression.
• Champion new ways of working and shape the strategic use of AI in research, analysis, documentation, quality and client delivery.
• Contribute visibly to the team’s culture through learning, inclusion, wellbeing and social impact initiatives.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

You will influence some of the most complex accounting and treasury decisions faced by corporate organisations. Assignments may include accounting policies, disclosures, covenant-related reporting and technical papers that form part of management’s financial reporting process and may be reviewed by external auditors. You will gain exposure to boards, CFOs, controllers and treasurers; collaborate with valuation, transactions, tax, technology and finance transformation specialists; and have the platform to build a recognised market profile.

• Substantial technical accounting experience, including strong financial instruments expertise and the confidence to lead complex judgements.
• Deep knowledge of IFRS 9 and IFRS 7; experience of FRS 102, US GAAP, new standards, valuation or transaction-related accounting is advantageous.
• A track record gained in advisory, audit or a senior industry technical accounting role.
• Proven engagement leadership, project management, commercial management and executive communication skills.
• Evidence of building client relationships, leading business development and turning market needs into scalable services.
• A progressive leadership style, curiosity about technology and a practical understanding of how AI can enhance accounting work.

This role combines technical depth, market leadership, people development and innovation. You will have the autonomy to shape propositions, influence the direction of the practice and create a lasting impact for clients and colleagues.

Connect to your business - Audit & Assurance

We know it’s not just about the numbers. Often, we let the technology take care of those. It’s about the creative and collective thinking or our people. That’s where the true insight is found. We’re redefining the future of audit. Come join us.

Assurance

Businesses need to be resilient and transparent in their reporting to build trust and confidence. Assurance practitioners play a key role in achieving this through independent review and challenge of management’s views on a range of regulatory and reporting requirements, whether financial, operational or compliance in nature.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

“The team is very supportive of flexible hours and hybrid working, which makes my life as a working parent a lot easier. I can plan my day and meetings around the time that I need to be attentive to my children. I really appreciate how inclusive and respectful everyone is to different personal circumstances. “ - Alva, Audit & Assurance

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in London with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers