Corporate Accounting Manager - Senior Corporate Accounting Manager

Job Duties

• Under broad direction, responsible for planning, organizing, and leading accounting department staff in the activities supporting general ledger, sub-systems, and related business applications, which may also include the preparation of financial statements and ancillary reports in a corporate or cost accounting environment.
• Responsible for preparation, review, and accuracy of business activities within the department, including executing financial close activities, reviewing and updating business practices, performing internal control self-assessments, preparing forecasts and annual business plans, and performing ongoing process improvements.
• Responsible for managing the recruitment, training, and development of accounting personnel within the assigned area.
• Serves as a trusted business advisor to management on key financial issues, financial performance, and strategy execution, including commercial business insight.
• Responsible for interpreting and applying company policy and accounting principles to financial transactions for internal control compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes for technology
• Review journal entries and account reconciliations
• Spearhead monthly forecasting and annual planning
• Perform detailed variance analysis between actuals, budgets, and forecasts; explain and report trends, deviations, and underlying causes.
• Manage the preparation and review of reports and presentations highlighting key financial metrics and variances
• Manage accounting for technology-related assets, including software, hardware, and cloud services.
• Oversee capitalization, depreciation, amortization, and impairment of technology assets.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP and internal accounting policies.
• Partner with technology teams to provide accounting guidance on new technology initiatives, capital projects, and software implementations.
• Support external and internal audits.
• Analyze trends, variances, and financial performance to provide insights and recommendations to leadership.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop accounting staff, fostering a high-performing and collaborative team environment.
• Partner with business units to provide financial insights, support decision-making, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues.

Qualifications

• Applies technical accounting skills acquired through completion of an accounting or business university degree and eight (8) years of progressive experience in finance or accounting related roles, to include management experience.
• CPA preferred.
• Demonstrates advanced functionality of common office environment, functional applications such as SAP and Hyperion, and relevant business applications.
• Demonstrates strong knowledge in aspects of finance and accounting, internal controls and risk mitigation, company policy, financial analysis and statutory reporting, forecasting, and financial applications of varying complexity, as well as performance management and advanced levels of proficiency with industry and company acumen.

Candidates having qualifications that exceed the minimum job requirements will receive consideration for higher level roles given (1) their experience, (2) additional job requirements, and/or (3) business needs.  Depending on education, experience, and skill level, a variety of job opportunities might be available, including Corporate Accounting Manager, and/or Senior Corporate Accounting Manager. 

World Class Benefits

At Halliburton, we're committed to providing you and your family with a comprehensive and affordable benefits package - which means we offer support for your physical, emotional, financial and parental needs, both now and in the future.  When you join our team, you'll have access to a wide range of resources designed to help you thrive at work and at home.  By clicking here, you can review a summary of the benefits available once you join.