Senior Technical Accounting Manager

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Senior Technical Accounting Manager

London, UK (Hybrid)

The Senior Technical Accounting Manager role is an individual contributor leadership role that will lead and drive technical accounting initiatives to ensure continued compliance with relevant accounting standards and regulations. The role will report to the Director, Technical Accounting, Finance Governance and Compliance.

The role's responsibilities would include the following:

• Accounting policy alignment, documentation and maintenance

• Accounting treatment assessment and memorandum documentation & review

• New accounting standards adoption including ESG

• Coordination of "deals desk" to capture all unusual significant contracts subject to accounting treatment assessment

• Support M&A activity from technical accounting assessment perspective including review of contract drafts

• Establishment of cross functional business team relationships to understand relevant factual details relevant to accounting assessment matters

• Working closely with local and group external auditors as part of accounting treatment assessment memorandum reviews

• Review and assessment of assumptions used as part of estimations

• Serve as main accounting contact related to legal matters

• Support FP&A and planning teams in determining forecast / budget impact from accounting treatment perspective

• Execution of SOX controls relevant to Technical Accounting activities

• Address ad-hoc accounting treatment questions from accounting, business planners and forecasting teams

• Establishment of training curriculum for accounting teams and establishment of knowledge base

The following qualifications, experience and personal attributes are required:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, finance or related field.

• Active CPA or equivalent license

• Manager level public accounting experience

• 8 - 12 years of progressive experience in Technical Accounting either with Big 4 technical accounting advisory or in practice

• Extensive experience in interpreting IFRS and USGAAP (and or UKGAAP) accounting standards and applying it to unique real-world business fact patterns

• Previous experience with retail, SaaS, software, entertainment and or technology companies

• ESG regulatory framework experience

• Experience with managing and driving projects working with cross functional teams

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Highly motivated, self-driven, pro-active and pragmatic

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