Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting

Job Title: Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting

Duration: 6+ Months Contract

Location: San Jose, CA Hybrid

Romania-based candidate will be 100% remote

Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and experienced accounting professional. This individual will play a key role in supporting our corporate accounting close and consolidation function and the implementation of our Tagetik Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platform. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with strong technical accounting knowledge, hands-on systems experience, and the ability to proactively identify, research, and resolve both accounting and system-related issues while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Support the Tagetik EPM implementation by participating in business process design, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), system validation, issue resolution, and post-deployment stabilization.
• Validate accounting results and system configurations to ensure they align with business requirements and US GAAP.
• Collaborate with Finance, IT, and external implementation partners to troubleshoot system and process issues.
• Monitor intercompany journal entries in SAP and supporting systems.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to investigate and resolve intercompany discrepancies.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes and enhance operational efficiency.
• Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial statements in accordance with US GAAP, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
• Maintain and communicate foreign exchange rates in accounting systems to support proper revaluation, translation, and consolidation.
• Prepare and maintain documentation for intercompany, consolidation, and financial reporting processes.
• Support quarterly and annual external reporting activities by preparing consolidation schedules and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate with internal and external auditors and support SOX compliance activities.
• Support management reporting, statutory reporting, and other special accounting projects as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressive accounting experience; public accounting experience is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, including intercompany accounting, foreign currency accounting, consolidation, and topside journal entries.
• Experience working with multiple legal entities and multinational corporate structures.
• Hands-on experience supporting ERP, EPM, or financial systems implementations, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT), business process testing, and system validation.
• Strong systems aptitude with the ability to understand end-to-end accounting processes, validate system configurations, identify system issues, and work effectively with Finance and IT teams.
• Experience with Tagetik, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Group Reporting, or other consolidation/EPM platforms is strongly preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, and data analysis.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.