Senior Technical AccountantNew$83K–$728K
The opportunity
We are seeking a highly analytical, detail-oriented Senior Technical Accountant to play a pivotal role on our Technical Accounting team during a period of rapid growth and increasing transactional complexity. Reporting to the Director of Technical Accounting and Financial…
What you'll do
Research, interpret, and conclude on complex and judgmental accounting: matters, authoring clear, well-supported technical accounting memoranda that document the facts, alternatives considered, and basis for conclusions in accordance with applicable accounting standards. Subject areas include revenue recognition (ASC 606), leases (ASC 842), business combinations (ASC 805), stock-based compensation (ASC 718), debt and equity transactions (ASC 470 and ASC 480), financial instruments and derivatives (ASC 815 and ASC 825), capitalized software (ASC 350-40), and equity investments (ASC 321 and ASC 323), among others.
Support mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions, including: accounting due diligence, purchase price allocation and valuation review, opening balance sheet procedures, and drafting the related technical accounting positions under ASC 805.
Lead the annual impairment assessments for goodwill and indefinite-lived: intangibles (ASC 350) and long-lived and finite-lived assets (ASC 360), including triggering-event analysis and documentation of conclusions.
Assess the technical accounting implications of transactions under IFRS in: addition to US GAAP (IFRS 2, IFRS 16, IFRS 15) and prepare dual-framework analyses that identify and quantify key differences to support statutory reporting, investor requirements, and potential future reporting needs.
Monitor new and emerging accounting pronouncements under both US GAAP and: IFRS and lead the assessment and implementation of new standards across the Company.
Perform high-volume review of service and vendor contracts to identify and: assess their technical accounting implications, evaluating terms that may affect revenue recognition, lease identification and classification, cost capitalization, embedded derivatives, and other accounting conclusions, and documenting the appropriate accounting treatment for each.
What they're looking for
- Big 4 or large regional public accounting experience serving technology,: aerospace/defense, or high-growth clients.
- Experience supporting IPO readiness or working within a public company.
- Working knowledge of, or demonstrated exposure to, IFRS and the ability to: analyze differences between US GAAP and IFRS.
- Experience reviewing high volumes of commercial contracts and translating: contractual terms into accounting conclusions.
- Strong written communication skills, with a track record of authoring: technical accounting memoranda relied upon by auditors and management.
- Exceptional problem-solving ability and intellectual curiosity, with a proven: capacity to navigate ambiguity and drive issues to resolution independently with minimal direction.
- Demonstrated experience applying ASC 606, ASC 718, ASC 805, and ASC 842, among other standards.
