The Manager – Technical Accounting will assist in providing direction and guidance to the operating accounting groups that ensure that all aspects of the Company’s activities are recorded and reported in compliance with both GAAP and internal accounting policies. The Manager will keep abreast of relevant GAAP developments, conduct the research needed to advise the business on the financial reporting implications of new and amended commercial agreements, and formulate position papers and accounting policy documentation. The Manager will assist in directing and providing financial support to the Legal and Accounting groups to ensure that the implications of new lease agreements, sublease structures and commercial agreements with embedded leases are fully understood and that accounting procedures are implemented to ensure consistent application of relevant principles and that financial reporting is compliant with appropriate GAAP guidance.

Job Description:

• Partner with the various UST teams that are developing and making changes to commercial arrangements, providing contemporaneous advice in relation to the GAAP and financial rerating implications of the various proposals under consideration. Such advice must be clear, timely and delivered in a way that ensures a complete understanding
• Provide a general interpretation of accounting standards and application of those standards to commercial situations and scenarios
• Compose technical accounting memo(s) that will set out a concise statement of facts, the relevant GAAP, options and a conclusion
• Research complex accounting issues and present conclusions grounded in GAAP both in writing and verbally
• Remain current in relation to all of the GAAP developments relevant to the company’s financial reporting and manage the implementation of any new pronouncements
• Ensure that the agreed accounting conclusions are properly implemented by internal teams as well as recorded and supported by underlying analysis and valuations, discuss conclusions with the company’s external auditors
• Develop and monitor compliance with internal accounting policies and operating procedures
• Support (as required) the corporate office and international operating businesses with US GAAP and accounting policy analysis and advice
• Direct the development and presentation of training materials to business stakeholders to both build general understanding of the GAAP principles and concepts relevant to the business and articulate the impact that proposed transactions and contract amendments will have on the Company’s financial reporting
• Bachelor’s degree required
• CPA preferred
• A minimum of 4 years of experience in an audit or close environment preferred
• Experience in a leadership role required
• Experience working with financial reporting packages required

• Bachelor’s degree required
• CPA preferred
• A minimum of 4 years of experience in an audit or close environment preferred
• Experience working with financial reporting packages required