Program Manager Accounting
Company: Highbridge Consulting LLC
Location: Newark
Posted on: May 18, 2024
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Job Description:
Our client, the leader in the audio marketing space and a great
place to work is looking to hire a Program Manager, FinTech for the
Newark, NJ office(hybrid)
ABOUT THIS ROLE The client has an immediate opening for a Program
Manager to join our Finance Technology product team. This role will
identify the impact to the global accounting organization from
multiple, simultaneous consumer and creator product launches,
working with various stakeholders in a fast-paced environment, and
managing through ambiguity and complexity. This role will partner
closely with product management, engineering, finance to translate
financial requirements into accounting requirements documents
(ARD), journal entry mapping (JEM), tax accounting requirements
(TAR) that will be used by engineering teams to build system
accounting capabilities. Responsibilities of this role include
guiding new business launch teams, helping them to identify and
incorporate necessary detailed accounting requirements, and
identifying internal control elements within systems or tools to
support new business activities, considering automation
capabilities (current and future). The financial business analyst
will be part of the product management organization but will have a
dotted line reporting into the client's Finances.
Job responsibilities will include:
Develop an in-depth understanding of accounting and corporate
finance
Support critical relationships with internal and external business
partners
Deliver complex projects from initiation through delivery
Streamline program delivery across accounting by standardizing
project communications, execution and documentation, ensuring
consistent, scalable global processes
Gather requirements from appropriate process owners, writes clear
and detailed functional specifications, prioritizes features and
drives technical scoping as needed
Drive continuous process improvement by collaborating with
stakeholders on design of new solutions that enhance business
performance and achieve established goals
Ensure consistent and efficient execution of all functions across
accounting by working closely with internal business partners and
stakeholders to drive adoption and implementation of global
standards, processes and programs
Identify and evaluate potential risks/obstacles with minimal
direction. Determines appropriate corrective action
Basic qualifications
5+ years experience in program or project management
Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements
Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech
teams
Experience managing accounting process improvement and/or
technology projects with aggressive schedules
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related financial field, or
equivalent work experience
Preferred qualifications
Master's degree or Accounting certification (CMA or CPA)
PMP Certification
Experience supporting accounting customers to set and effectively
manage expectations, project deliverables, and drive resolution
when conflicts or issues arise.
Experience in accounting projects, including requirement gathering
and testing in environments with distributed systems
Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
Experience working in a fast-paced environment similar to a
high-tech start-up
Proven ability to influence and make an impact
Excellent analytical skills
ABOUT THE TEAM This team's expansive scope covers all of the
systems within client and Amazon that are leveraged for financial
management and tax compliance. A team of dedicated engineers works
alongside of other engineering teams across client's and Amazon to
enhance and build systems to continuously scale client global
customer reach. This team works across functions, with critical
guidance from accounting and tax professionals in both companies.
Your success will directly benefit both client's millions of
listeners, as well as creators across the globe. In addition,
you'll gain direct insight into one of the world's largest
retailers, as you work closely with Amazon partners to leverage the
best of Amazon's technology and infrastructure.
ABOUT CANDIDATE This position supports and can directly influence
the launches of some of client's newest global business
initiatives. This individual will work closely with the Financial
Technology team, accounting operations teams, tax, and others and
represent the accounting organization to various stakeholders. In
this role, the candidate will be part of a team that collaborates
with business, finance, and technical teams to deliver world class
solutions that are highly scalable, secure, and flexible. This
person will be comfortable working in a fast-paced, global
environment, managing through ambiguity and complexity, and
demonstrate and ability to support multiple, simultaneous, project
launches at any one time. Strong oral and written communication
skills are crucial, as well as ability to think clearly, analyze
quantitatively, problem-solve, scope business requirements and
prioritize. This individual has a proven history of contributing to
successful product launches, partnering with teams to manage
prioritization and trade-offs of short-term value and long-term
strategic goals. This individual has experience with building
systems, reporting, and services for financial organizations. This
individual has deep knowledge of revenue reconciliation, the
financial close process, and taxation. This individual is
detail-oriented, ambitious, and a self-starter. This individual has
a depth of understanding in accounting processes and principles
including Chart of Accounts (CoA), project management, accounting
requirements documentation (e.g., Journal Entry Mapping), business
process design, and user acceptance testing
Keywords: Highbridge Consulting LLC, Greenwich , Program Manager Accounting, Accounting, Auditing , Newark, Connecticut
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