Senior Manager or Director of Technical Accounting
At a glance
Director-level Accounting role at Burnett Search. Palo Alto · no salary stated · we estimate $165,000–$228,250 across the United States.
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What you'll do
- Analyze client accounting issues under GAAP and apply the relevant guidance to each situation
- Prepare and review financial statements and disclosures, including SEC filings such as 10-Ks and 10-Qs
- Research accounting literature, write technical position papers and advise clients on accounting questions
- Set engagement scope, deadlines and expectations with clients, then deliver work to firm quality standards
- Coordinate with client, acquired-company, valuation-firm and auditor contacts during engagements
What you bring
- A CPA license is required, along with roughly seven to fifteen years of relevant work experience
- You bring technical accounting knowledge covering revenue recognition, business combinations and stock-based compensation
- You have written technical accounting position papers and understand preferred-stock transactions
- You have worked with private and public companies, preferably in technology or software
Who this fits
This role suits a senior technical accounting professional, especially someone with public accounting or advisory experience. The position is onsite in Palo Alto.
From the employer
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
Compensation:
Competitive salary
Stock options
401K
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
If interested contact:
Prudence Minnihan
C (650) 303.7534
O (650) 209.5639
www.burnettsearch.com
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