Associate Manager, Technical Accounting & SEC Reporting

Are you looking for a technical accounting and SEC reporting role where your work directly influences financial reporting, business decisions, and enterprise initiatives? As an Associate Manager, Technical Accounting & SEC Reporting, you will help ensure the integrity of external reporting while providing accounting guidance on complex transactions, critical initiatives, and evolving business activities. This is a hybrid position based in Richmond, VA, with relocation benefits available.

Get ready to join a high-impact Controller organization responsible for technical accounting and SEC filing oversight across the enterprise! This role offers exposure to senior leadership, complex accounting matters, and cross-functional business initiatives while providing opportunities to strengthen financial reporting processes and the control environment.

What you will be doing:

• Leading technical accounting research and analyses for strategic transactions and SEC reporting matters, including researching accounting guidance, evaluating accounting considerations, and developing well-supported accounting conclusions.

• Preparing and maintaining assigned disclosures, footnotes, and supporting schedules for SEC filings, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 11-K.

• Collaborating with finance, legal, business partners, and external auditors to capture information, provide accounting analyses, and execute technical accounting and reporting deliverables.

• Assessing the impact of new accounting standards and regulatory developments on financial reporting, disclosures, processes, and internal controls.

• Assisting with SOX compliance activities, disclosure controls, and other initiatives that strengthen the financial reporting control environment.

• Developing clear and concise, audit-ready accounting memoranda, technical analyses, and supporting documentation that facilitate effective review and decision-making.

• Using financial reporting systems, automation capabilities, and new technologies to improve reporting accuracy, efficiency, consistency, and control effectiveness.

• Driving continuous improvement initiatives by identifying accounting, reporting, control, and operational improvement opportunities that strengthen governance and modernize ways of working.

We want you to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required; U.S. CPA certification strongly preferred.

• 6+ years of progressive experience in public accounting, SEC reporting, consolidations, technical accounting, or a combination of these areas within a large public company environment.

• Experience preparing, reviewing or significantly contributing to SEC filings, including financial statement disclosures, supporting schedules, tie-outs, and related reporting documentation.

• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements, including competence in researching, interpreting, and applying accounting insights to complex transactions.

• Experience supporting SOX compliance programs, disclosure controls, or internal controls over financial reporting.

• Experience preparing technical accounting memoranda, accounting analyses, and documentation supporting complex accounting matters.

• Strong analytical, critical thinking, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical accounting concepts to diverse audiences.

• Experience with financial reporting and enterprise systems, including Workiva, Oracle FCCS, or comparable reporting and consolidation platforms preferred.

• Ability to manage several priorities, achieve time-sensitive results, and perform efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

• Commitment to accuracy, continuous learning, and delivering high-quality work in a collaborative team environment.