Job Description
1. Lead preparation and review of quarterly reports (10-Q), annual reports (10-K) and current reports (8-K) and review of other SEC periodic non-financial reports.
2. Work with various personnel and departments and the Disclosure Committee to collect information and input into reports; coordinate, review and collect comments on the various drafts; prepare support files; challenge the appropriateness of disclosures; complete all relevant disclosure checklists and reporting questionnaires.
3. Oversee financial closings and consolidations of actual results covering the P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow
4. Support the general ledger, consolidation, management reporting, and other "record to report" activities
5. Lead the implementation of global new accounting reporting standards and regulations and accounting policies
6. Advise the executive leadership team on business leaders on technical accounting issues
7. Lead audits with external auditors on quarterly reviews
8. Oversee the management and control of the financial systems for monthly closings, estimates, and budgets
9. Coordinate and collaborate with human resource and legal functions on equity-based transactions and ensure the integrity of the data maintained in the equity tracking tool.
10. Drive the company's defined benefit pension accounting in collaboration with human resources and external actuaries
11. Assist with month-end close and financial statement review and support Audit Committee engagement and ad hoc projects as needed.
12. Ensure all policies and processes are complaint and consistent with US GAAP and SOX internal controls
13. Coordinate reviews and audits with external auditors and accounting and supporting review/audit prep processes.
14. Monitor the development and applicability of emerging accounting and reporting rules being deliberated by the SEC, FASB, PCAOB, IASB or other governing agencies or regulators.
15. Maintain reporting timetable and monitor progress against reporting cycle milestones.
16. Responsible for technical accounting research, documentation, and implementation of related impacts.
17. Review and, where necessary, assist with the disclosures for the separate subsidiary year-end financial statements.