Senior Statutory Accountant

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The Role

The Senior Statutory Accountant is responsible for overseeing all aspects of statutory financial reporting for foreign subsidiaries and branch operations. The position partners closely with external auditors, regional finance teams, and internal stakeholders to ensure accurate and timely statutory reporting, compliance with local regulations, and continuous process improvements across global jurisdictions. The ideal candidate possesses strong technical accounting knowledge, analytical capabilities, and experience working within multinational environments.

What you'll do

• Manage statutory financial reporting activities for international subsidiaries and foreign branches.

• Coordinate with external auditors and manage the audit process, including providing audit support documentation and addressing audit requests.

• Review and resolve audit findings and implement corrective actions as needed.

• Reconcile statutory intercompany invoicing and ensure alignment with statutory reporting requirements.

• Prepare, review, and reconcile statutory financial statements.

• Analyze and explain variances between corporate ledger and statutory books, ensuring proper documentation and resolution of differences.

• Monitor and assess changes in accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and reporting obligations across foreign jurisdictions.

• Ensure compliance with all statutory reporting and local regulatory requirements.

• Drive continuous process improvement initiatives focused on reducing gaps between corporate ledger and statutory reporting processes while enhancing understanding of local accounting standards causing reporting variances.

• Develop and expand global balance sheet reconciliation processes using BlackLine across additional jurisdictions.

• Supervise and support the India Statutory Reporting Accountant, including oversight of reporting deliverables and process improvements.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or equivalent certification preferred.

• Strong knowledge of statutory reporting, international accounting regulations, and external audit coordination.

• Experience with ERP systems such as Dynamics and reconciliation platforms such as BlackLine.

• Experience in a Big 4 or public accounting environment a plus.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to explain complex financial variances.

• Experience working with auditors external auditors.

• Excellent organizational, communication, and project management skills.

• Excellent analytical and reconciliation skills.

• 6+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience.

• Experience researching and documenting technical accounting positions preferred.

• Self-motivated and able to manage competing priorities with a high degree of ownership.

Compensation

The rate for this position generally is $80,000 - $110,000 annually. This range is a good faith estimate provided pursuant to the New York Pay Transparency Law. It is based on what a successful New York applicant might be paid and assumes that the successful candidate will be in New York or perform the position from New York. Similar positions located outside of New York will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Actual pay rates may vary from the range, as permitted by New York Equal Pay Transparency Law. Compensation offers will be based on various factors, including operational needs, individual education, qualifications and experience, work location and comparison to employee already in the role, as well as other considerations permitted by law. A potential new employee’s pay history will not be used in compensation decisions.

Benefits

Depending on your employment status, benefits may include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Disability and other voluntary benefits

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Childcare

• Paid Time Off, Family Leave for New Parents, Volunteer Time

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Commuter Transit (where available)

• 401k retirement savings with Company matching on employee contributions and/or qualified student loan repayments

• Fitness Reimbursement

• And other various wellness, diversity/inclusion and employee resource programs and initiatives

 

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