Financial Reporting Manager (Melville)

Our client, an industry leader and one of the best places to work on Long Island, is seeking to hire a Financial Reporting Manager to join their team.

Responsibilities include:

• Research Complex Transactions: Conduct deep-dive technical research and write formal accounting memos for non-routine transactions, including revenue recognition (ASC 606), lease accounting (ASC 842), stock-based compensation (ASC 718), and business combinations (ASC 805).
• Standard Implementation: Lead the end-to-end evaluation, adoption, and implementation of new or updated US GAAP accounting pronouncements across the global organization.
• Corporate Policy Management: Author, update, and maintain the company’s global accounting policy manual to ensure alignment with operational shifts and regulatory changes.
• Contract Review: Partner with legal and commercial teams to review complex vendor and customer contracts, identifying embedded accounting triggers prior to execution.
• External Audit Liaison: Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors, managing the Prepared-by-Client request list and defending the company’s technical accounting positions.
• Financial Statement Disclosures: Draft and review complex disclosures, footnotes, and statements for annual reports and private entity financial packages.
• Audit Resolution: Facilitate the timely resolution of complex audit findings, tracking deficiencies and implementing corrective action plans.
• Control Framework: Design, implement, and test internal controls over financial reporting to safeguard company assets and ensure data integrity.
• Process Automation: Identify operational bottlenecks in the monthly close process and implement automated workflows to scale technical accounting operations.
• Training and Advisory: Deliver technical accounting training sessions to the broader finance, sales, and operations teams to elevate organizational financial literacy.

Requirements include:

• 5-8+ years of relevant Accounting experience
• Ability to research, understand and summarize technical accounting literature
• Strong attention to detail as well as written and verbal communication skills
• CPA preferred, but not required