Accounting Program Manager
Location: Austin, TX 78758 (Hybrid)
Duration: 11 months
Key job responsibilities:
- Responsible for the monthly accounting close including preparing journal entries, analyzing and explaining fluctuations and variances, and providing meaningful financial reporting to management.
- Prepare and review account reconciliations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional business partners including Finance, Operations, Tax, and Technology teams to maintain the flow of communication and support.
- Understand relevant accounting principles and communicate the application of GAAP to peers and business partners.
- Analyze current procedures. Recommend, develop, and drive process improvements to achieve efficiency and scalability.
- Collaborate with technical teams to resolve issues related to unprocessed system transactions.
- Support external audit process and escalate any inefficiency to management
- Assess internal controls, identify gaps in the control process, and design additional controls to solve deficiencies.
- Contribute to manual effort reduction projects.
- Build trust with senior management through effective communication.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 2+ years of Fortune 500 operational accounting experience
- CPA
- Knowledge of internal control framework (specifically COSO) to assess control design and operational efficiency
- Knowledge of GAAP research tools and the FASB codification
- Experience in accounting management in Big Four with Fortune 500 clients
- Experience researching and documenting support for accounting conclusions
Candidate Requirements:
- Seven 7 years of experience required
- Bachelor’s degree: accounting finance
- Knowledge of how assets are done, having soft skills – being a team player
- Recent hands-on experience
- Can process large amounts of data and be able to process