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Position Overview:
The Senior Manager, Accounting Special Projects reports to the Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and will assist or lead key special projects such as M&A diligence and accounting support, accounting support on capital markets transactions, and business process transformation initiatives. This position will have significant exposure to various leadership within the CFO organization and partner with various functions including Corporate Accounting, Corporate Development, FP&A, External Reporting, Legal, Tax, and Internal Audit on various projects. Given the Company's continued and sustained growth, the position will provide meaningful opportunities to work on high exposure projects and to develop strong cross-functional relationships setting up the individual for future accounting or finance leadership opportunities.
Location: Remote
Reports To: Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
Responsibilities:
The below represents the primary duties of the position, others may be assigned as needed. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Partner with Corporate Development and other functional areas to provide financial and technical accounting support for acquisition and divestiture activity, complex business transactions, and other special projects.
• Identify and model the financial impact of significant accounting implications
• Consult with the business team to understand the accounting implications and provide alternative accounting solutions when possible.
• Research and document the Company's position in formal whitepapers and gain concurrence with the external auditors
• Help drive pre/post-acquisition accounting integration strategies
• Assist in the Company's evaluation of technical accounting matters, including those related to complex transactions, emerging areas, and adoption of new accounting standards.
• Partner with other accounting leaders in the ongoing evaluation of internal control process or control optimization opportunities as needed. Serve as a subject matter expert in evaluating a new system or process initiatives and related control implications.
• Assist in the build and documentation of key finance/accounting policies and procedures, as needed
• Work cross-functionally and within the accounting/finance group to prepare and execute against Corporate initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting and CPA required.
• 10+ years of experience in accounting-related work for public companies.
• At least 5 years in public accounting with a Big 4 accounting firm.
• Experience reviewing and analyzing complex business transactions including acquisitions and divestitures
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel.

Preferred Skills:

• Senior manager experience preferred
• Experience providing technical accounting support in a non-audit capacity a plus
• Software/SaaS industry experience a plus

Soft Skills:

• Ability to take full ownership of assignments and be self-motivated
• Ability to translate technical accounting concepts and impacts into plain English for key business stakeholders
• Exceptional leadership and staff development/mentoring capabilities
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure of time constraints.
• Demonstrates strong change agility and willingness to take on new, challenging roles
• Attention to detail and thoroughness
• Process and process improvement oriented

Our journey forward.
Paylocity strives to create an organizational culture where every employee has a voice, feels truly welcome, appreciated, and free to be themselves, and is empowered and enabled to do their best work. A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is critical to creating such a culture.
We've made great strides to support diversity, equity, and inclusion. That being said, we realize there's still room for improvement. Our current focus is on the following initiatives:

• Education & Awareness
• Client Community
• Company Representation
• Advocacy & Support
• Fairness & Equality
• PCTY Gives

Want to learn more, click here to access our DEI flipbook. https://www.flipsnack.com/paylocitycom/diversity-equity-and-inclusion.html
This job description has been written to provide an accurate reflection of the current job and to include the general nature of work performed. It is not designed to contain a comprehensive detailed inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of the employees assigned to the job. Management reserves the right to revise the job or require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change.
This role can be performed from any office in the US. The pay range for this position in Colorado is $142,000 - $176,000 /yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual bonus and restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here. This information is provided per the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via www.paylocity.com/careers.