Technical Accounting Analyst at Hewlett Packard (HP) in Spring, Texas, United States of America

Job description

• US GAAP Technical Accounting – Financial Analyst

Responsibilities

• Lead technical accounting research and preparation of position papers; document conclusions of key judgments and estimates with management and external auditors
• Providing support to finance teams and business partners on technical accounting matters as required, including research, analysis, and documentation of conclusions related to contracts and operational matters and leading the implementation of, and compliance with, new accounting requirements
• Ensuring the quarterly contingency and one-timer reporting process is executed with no exception.
• Performing extensive benchmarking evaluations
• Monitoring, assessing, documenting and communicating new GAAP, SEC and other accounting and disclosure issues
• Coordinating with various departments to assist in providing and vetting financial information
• Drafting and updating AFM accounting policies and memos
• These activities will involve actively participating in meetings across multiple organizations and identifying and solving problems. There will also be involvement with quarter end close activities including providing auditors documentation to support the accounting conclusions made.

Requirements

• Detailed understanding of accounting rules
• Consults with business leaders to guide and influence strategic decision-making within a broad scope.
• Identifies opportunities for process improvement and policy development and engages in the design.
• Ability to influence multiple organizations within a broad scope, typically interacting with other managers and directors.
• Excellent understanding of accounting principles and financial analysis.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Superior business application skills (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Power Point Presentation).
• Superior communication and influencing skills.
• Superior teamwork skills
• Excellent business acumen.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance;
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent qualification required
• 5 to 10 years combined experience in technical accounting, including Big-4 accounting firms and/or Controllership within large multinational, publicly-held companies;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to effectively communicate status, issues, risks and opportunities with Corporate Financial Reporting leadership team;
• Proven ability to communicate complex topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience, including meeting facilitation and presentations;
• Exposure to ERP accounting and finance systems such as SAP preferred;

Skills

Required

• Excellent analytical skills
• Superior teamwork skills
• Excellent business acumen
• Excellent project management skills

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including;
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)
• The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.
• The pay range for this role is $105,050 to $161,800 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.