Technical Accounting Manager

About the role

The Technical Accounting Manager will be responsible for leading key technical accounting areas, including lease accounting, complex contract accounting, accounting research, and quarterly/annual financial reporting support. This role serves as a critical liaison across Accounting, FP&A, Legal, Treasury, Tax, and international finance teams, ensuring appropriate application of U.S. GAAP, timely close processes, and audit-ready documentation. The position also supports emerging accounting issues, prepares technical memos, and drives consistency in accounting policies and processes across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Leads the accounting for complex transactions and executing critical quarterly and annual close activities.
  • Owning all aspects of lease accounting under ASC 842 (including evaluating new and modified lease agreements, determining lease classification, maintaining the lease accounting system).
  • Leading the accounting for complex arrangements, including the preparation of recurring and non-recurring technical accounting memos.
  • Preparing journal entries and account reconciliations for technical accounting issues and repairing accounting analyses and supporting schedules for financial statement disclosures related to complex accounting matters, as needed.
• Partners cross-functionally with Finance (including India finance, FP&A, Treasury, and Tax), Legal, IT, and business stakeholders to proactively identify, assess, and resolve complex accounting and financial reporting matters while ensuring the consistent application of U.S. GAAP.
• Supports emerging accounting issues, prepares technical memos, and drives consistency in accounting policies and processes across the organization.
• Leads continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency, scalability, and effectiveness of technical accounting processes and related internal controls.
• Promotes SOX compliance by maintaining strong documentation, assisting with internal control design and execution, and responding to internal and external audit requests.
• Oversees the Finance contract review process, coordination of agreement reviews, and timely routing of contracts to appropriate accounting and business stakeholders.
• Evaluates agreements for accounting implications, identifies technical accounting considerations, coordinates with Legal and business partners to resolve issues, and ensures accounting conclusions are appropriately documented prior to contract execution.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors Degree (BA/BS) Accounting/Finance - Required
• Experience: 7 years or more in Big 4 and/or corporate pharmaceutical industry experience
• Specialized Knowledge: Strong understanding of GAAP and accounting theory, Possess a strong understanding of US GAAP, accounting systems, internal controls, financial reporting, and financial statement analysis.