SEC Reporting Manager
Description
Prepare and distribute financial statements for external reporting requirements. Ensure that all statements and documents comply with the company's regulations and professional accounting standards. Maintain current knowledge and familiarity with published accounting principles, rules, bulletins, opinions, concepts, practices, and procedures.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead, coordinate and prepare reports that include financial statements, footnotes, and other financial information of the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission such as 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, etc., annual report, and proxy statements.
- Assist with the preparation of ad hoc registration statements and offerings.
- Coordinate the review of the SEC filings with the Company's Disclosure Committee members, its executives, external auditors, legal advisors and Audit Committee members.
- Assist in organizing and maintaining the Company's documentation of its processes and procedures related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related SEC and exchange rules and regulations.
- Monitor current developments of various accounting standard setting bodies and remain current on technical accounting literature to identify/assess possible changes to the company's Accounting policy and practices.
- Advise finance management on the accounting and reporting consequences of potential transactions such as due diligence on strategic initiatives and revenue recognition to determine accounting impact.
- Prepare presentations to senior management and the audit committee.
- Responsible for managing the external and SEC financial reporting.
- Research new accounting literature, evaluate impact on Company, implement new accounting requirements and incorporate into Company accounting policies and procedures. Work with CFO, Controller and others on M&A activity and assist with the purchase accounting.
- Work with external auditors, attorneys and other Company functions within and outside of Finance to prepare SEC filings.
- Maintain revenue recognition policies and train others in Finance and the business on proper application.
- Understand overall business and work with business functions to ensure understanding and compliance with US GAAP and SEC requirements.
Requirements
Qualifications
- Advanced proficiency with GAAP, FASB and SEC regulations
- MS Excel
- Knowledge of Oracle is a plus.
- Must have the ability to translate complex literature into "plain English".
Education/Licenses/Certifications
- BA/MBA in Accounting and/or Finance. CPA required
- At least 5-8 years of experience
- At least 3 years with a Big 4 or national accounting firm and 2 years of private industry experience or 5 years of Big 4 accounting firm experience
