Our client, a global professional services firm, is searching for a Financial Reporting Manager to join their team. With oversight of the financial reporting process, the Manager will bring an agile, innovative, and entrepreneurial mindset that will enable them to partner with senior management in the organization. They will work with a team of finance professionals focused on delivering all day-to-day financial reporting accounting activities. The Manager will ensure that timely, accurate, and insightful financial information is provided to the appropriate stakeholders. To accomplish this, the Manager may also collaborate with the Company’s Controllership team, the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) organization, Global Finance Services (GFS), and other teams within the Finance organization. This position is virtual/based in Nashville, TN.

Key Relationships:

Managing Director of Financial Reporting, Senior Manager of Financial Reporting

Work you’ll do:

• Coordinate the multiple processes in connection with the financial reporting of the Company’s entities including presentation and coordination with multiple levels of management


• Drive period, quarter, and year-end close process, ensuring compliance with appropriate policies and accuracy of financial information for both external reporting and internal management reporting


• Monitor and understand current changes in accounting standards (GAAP); communicate impact to management to ensure compliance with reporting requirements


• Provide technical expertise in preparing GAAP compliant footnotes to financial statements and provide responses to technical accounting questions by accessing databases and formal accounting literature.


• Provide key statistics to external reporting bodies including financial surveys.


• Responsible for various analyses, ad-hoc reporting, and special reporting requests


• Work with Senior Manager of Financial Reporting to develop and improve existing financial reporting processes and standards


• Review account reconciliations for accuracy and completeness and participate in fringe benefits accounting and analysis


• Assists with other operational aspects of Financial Reporting team including financial statement referencing, documentation and internal control support, testing of system enhancements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting required. CPA or MBA achieved or in process


• 5 or more years of relevant experience


• Position will have significant work complexity and requires a strong grasp of intermediate accounting principles


• Experience with financial reporting, analysis, and consolidations


• Strong technical aptitude relating to accounting systems; prior SAP preferred


• Strong interpersonal communication skills are crucial as the position involves the ability to satisfy and influence various stakeholders, including senior management


• Must be a team player, detail oriented with be able to manage multiple priorities and work in a fast-paced dynamic environment


• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

Travel Guidelines:

Ability to travel 0-15%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and

industries/sectors you serve