Sr Corporate Accounting Manager

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If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity. 

Skills and Competencies

• Senior-level expertise in Record-to-Report accounting, including accruals, reconciliations, allocations, eliminations, and consolidated close across multi-entity environments
• Deep technical knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS with strong accounting judgment to resolve complex issues
• Proven experience leading and developing accounting managers and teams with a strong performance and control mindset
• Demonstrated ability to govern period-end close processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and audit readiness
• Strong analytical and variance analysis skills, with the ability to identify risks and provide insights to senior stakeholders
• Experience partnering with FP&A, Tax, Audit, and finance stakeholders to explain results and resolve complex matters
• High proficiency with SAP, BlackLine, and consolidation platforms
• Hands-on experience using AI tools to improve efficiency, with awareness of AI risk management and responsible use

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required; CPA or equivalent strongly preferred; Master’s degree a plus

Responsibilities

The Senior Manager, Accounting leads global Record-to-Report activities to deliver accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting with strong governance and people leadership.

• Provide strategic oversight of complex accounting activities, including journal entries, allocations, eliminations, and consolidations
• Govern enterprise period-end close processes, ensuring high-quality financial results through oversight of accruals, reconciliations, and adjustments
• Lead severance, restructuring, and consolidated variance analysis in partnership with FP&A, supporting forecasting and escalation of material risks
• Oversee payroll, debt, and derivatives accounting, approving key judgments and resolving complex issues
• Ensure integrity of consolidated results through senior-level review of eliminations, group adjustments, and management reporting
• Review and approve recurring and lower-risk accounting memoranda, ensuring consistent application of accounting guidance
• Maintain a strong internal control and documentation framework to support audit readiness
• Lead and develop accounting managers and teams, driving standardization, systems optimization, and continuous improvement

About the Team

The Record-to-Report Accounting team delivers accurate and compliant financial reporting across global entities within a shared services and global delivery model. The team partners closely with Finance, FP&A, Tax, and Audit to execute close processes, uphold strong internal controls, and advance standardization and transformation initiatives.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.