Senior Accounting Manager

DEPARTMENT: Finance

REPORTS TO: Director of Finance & Accounting

The Senior Accounting Manager position is a critical role in our Company, and is responsible for providing technical accounting expertise and leading a team to develop and maintain the organization’s accounting principles, practices, procedures, and initiatives to produce accurate and timely financial statements in accordance with GAAP.

A successful candidate will be someone who is very hands on and has the energy to dive into details, enjoy a fast-paced environment, has excellent communications skills and proven leadership abilities to coordinate all close activities, and will be able to drive accounting process to improvements.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own the monthly, quarterly and year-end close process, prepares international consolidations, reviews journal entries and reconciliations performed by team members, publishes internal/external consolidated financial statements.
• Lead a team and over-sees the day-to-day accounting functions — general ledger accounting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, fixed assets, prepaid, accruals, payroll accounting and financial reporting.
• Proactively lead all aspects of technical accounting, including revenue recognition, inter-company entries, VSOE analysis, research technical accounting matters as they arise and determine accounting treatment for complex transactions.
• Calculate and prepare royalty reporting to partners and resolve discrepancies, in accordance with contractual agreements and ensure accurate accruals and Cost of Goods Sold accounting.
• Compile monthly management and external reporting package
• Coordinate and manage external financial audits, including year end audits, sales taxes, miscellaneous corporate compliance and support foreign subsidiaries audits.
• Prepare supporting schedules for Tax Returns and assist overall preparation of Corporate Tax return by outside tax accountant.
• Identify opportunities to develop and implement improvements in internal controls and application systems to meet the Company’s evolving business model and culture.
• Manage Microsoft GP Dynamics, Tensoft RDM and Scribe applications administration.
• Other tasks as required

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting, with 4-7 years of increasingly complex general accounting experience
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), preferred
• A thorough understanding of GAAP and the ability to research GAAP issues
• Experience with the software industry required, specifically revenue recognition and VSOE analysis
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and take the initiative in researching and resolving problems
• Assertiveness — ability to identify and proactively make suggestions to enhance existing processes
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact comfortably with personnel throughout the organization
• Advance knowledge of Excel
• System expertise in Microsoft GP Dynamics, Tensoft RDM and SalesForce.com preferred
• Excellent oral, written and organizational skills

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