Finance & Accounting Special Projects manager

Job Description

The Finance & Accounting Special Projects manager is responsible for managing accounting, valuation and reporting processes associated with mergers and acquisitions or disposal (M&A) transactions. He/She assists in analyzing and assessing data, performing complex analysis on financial information, periodically researching and documenting the appropriate accounting treatment of transactions based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and other complex project management organizational tasks.

• Manages project plan to ensure completion of all required tasks and addresses project risk appropriately
• Prepares and reviews updates to the company’s internal accounting policies and procedures manual, to ensure that accounting personnel in other parts of the company have access to current UPS accounting policies
• Works cross-functionally throughout M&A life cycle to ensure financial statement accuracy
• Provides updates to senior management for project status and accounting impacts associated with M&A transactions
• Identifies and prepares US GAAP required accounting documentation, entries, and SEC disclosures as a result of M&A transaction activity
• Collaborates cross-functionally, globally, flexibly, in a hybrid three day/week office environment. Coordinate live and virtual meetings and working rhythms to drive project results
• Provides supporting documentation and other materials to the external auditors in conjunction with the completion of their required audits

Knowledge And Skills

• Applies standard GAAP and accounting data analysis methods; makes recommendations to improve practices or procedures in compliance with GAAP
• Considers industry and financial trends when making account decisions; understands critical aspects of business models and operating structures to provide input into decisions
• Uses the enterprise strategy to identify the key indicators of performance for individuals, departments, and/or groups; creates measures relevant to desired results; recommends methods for measurement (e.g., surveys, focus groups, observations, metrics, etc.)

Basic Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National of the U.S., an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. for this employer.