12 Jun
Senior Director, Accounting
New Hampshire, Paramus 00000 Paramus USA

Position Purpose:The Senior Director of General Accounting is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing and

directing the company's general accounting, regulatory accounting, and management & services (M&S)

accounting functions. This role will serve as a strategic partner to senior finance leadership, ensuring

the integrity of accounting records, compliance with regulatory requirements, and the continuous

improvement of accounting processes. The ideal candidate brings deep technical accounting expertise

in both US GAAP and IFRS, strong leadership capabilities, and a forward-thinking mindset toward digital

innovation and process transformation.Primary Duties/Responsibilities:Provide day-to-day leadership, direction, and oversight to the General Accounting, Regulatory Accounting, and M&S Accounting teams, ensuring accurate and timely execution of all accounting activities.Monitor and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and transactional activity to ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP, IFRS and applicable regulatory accounting standards.Ensure timely and accurate completion of regulatory accounting entries, regulatory assets and liabilities roll-forward, and deferred cost tracking in accordance with ASC 980 and applicable regulatory requirements.Review M&S cost allocations and inter-company billings to ensure proper recording and compliance with cost allocation methodologies.Review and approve balance sheet account reconciliations, ensuring all reconciling items are properly documented and resolved within established timelines.Support Rates and Regulatory Affairs (RRA) during rate case proceedings, providing financial data, testimony support, data requests and accounting analysis as required.Oversee the preparation and submission of annual regulatory reports and support RRA for any other required regulatory filings.Partner with FP&A, Tax and business unit leaders to provide accounting insights and historical data analysis to support budgeting and forecasting, business decision making, and process optimization.Serve as a point of contact for external auditors during the annual audit, managing the preparation of audit schedules, responding to auditor inquiries, and ensuring timely resolution of audit findings.Conduct periodic performance reviews for direct reports, establish individual development plans, and identify training and growth opportunities to build team capabilities.Identify, champion, and lead process improvement initiatives across the general accounting, regulatory accounting, and M&S accounting functions to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.Partner with Internal Control and Compliance to strengthen the internal control environment and proactively address control gaps or deficiencies.


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