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Senior Manager Corporate Accounting - Lucrative Compensation Package & Defined Career Path - Lincoln, NE - HEMPHILL EXCLUSIVE!
Excellent opportunity to join one of Nebraska's strongest corporations in a highly visible Senior Manager role supporting the company's technical accounting and financial reporting functions. This position will be a key resource within the accounting organization, partnering closely with the Corporate Controller, CFO, business unit leaders, legal counsel, external auditors, and other members of the finance team on complex accounting matters, significant transactions, and special projects.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an accounting professional who enjoys digging into complex accounting questions, researching guidance, developing thoughtful conclusions, and helping the organization navigate accounting issues that don't always have a simple answer. You'll have the opportunity to take ownership of technical accounting projects, prepare accounting memos and documentation, evaluate the accounting implications of significant business transactions, and help ensure the company's financial reporting accurately reflects the underlying business activity.
- Serve as a key technical accounting resource, researching and evaluating complex accounting matters and developing well-supported accounting conclusions and recommendations.
- Prepare technical accounting memorandums, position papers, financial statement disclosures, and other reporting documentation related to significant or non-routine accounting matters.
- Take ownership of the accounting surrounding acquisitions, business combinations, purchase accounting, purchase price allocations, goodwill and impairment analyses, revenue recognition, lease accounting, debt compliance, equity transactions, derivatives, and other unique accounting matters.
- Partner with business unit and corporate accounting teams to understand transactions and ensure appropriate accounting treatment, documentation, and financial statement presentation.
- Monitor changes in accounting standards and emerging guidance, helping assess their impact on the organization and assisting with implementation when necessary.
- Work closely with external auditors and internal accounting leadership to support technical accounting conclusions, resolve complex accounting questions, and facilitate a smooth year-end and reporting process.
- Partner with the Workday implementation team to ensure accounting processes, reporting, and system configuration appropriately support the organization's financial reporting objectives.
- Support the Controller and CFO on special projects, strategic initiatives, and other high-impact accounting matters as they arise.
We are searching for a technically strong accounting professional who enjoys being the person others turn to when an accounting question gets complicated. This is a role where you'll be given meaningful ownership while working closely with highly experienced accounting and finance leaders. You'll gain exposure to acquisitions, complex transactions, technical accounting research, financial reporting, and the broader business - giving you the opportunity to continue expanding both your technical expertise and leadership capabilities. For someone who wants to become exceptionally well-rounded in accounting and develop a deeper understanding of how accounting decisions connect to the business, this is a tremendous opportunity to build that foundation while making a meaningful impact within one of Nebraska's most respected organizations.
To learn more about this position on a confidential basis call Austin Hemphill at 402.334.4800 *246 or send an e-mail to ahemphill@hemphillsearch.com. Job # 9713AH
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Austin Hemphill
(402) 334-4800 ext 246
After more than two years in public accounting as a member of the audit team at BKD, LLP (now Forvis Mazars), Austin shifted his career to a position that blends his accounting and business experience with his passion to deliver solutions that have a positive impact for others. At Hemphill Search Group, Austin helps leaders hire impressive individuals at all levels of accounting, finance, tax, audit, financial reporting, financial systems, fixed assets, budgeting, forecasting, bookkeeping, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, and payroll.
While in public accounting, Austin audited small, mid-sized, and large corporations in a variety of industries. His experience in public accounting combined with the discipline to gain an in-depth understanding of the position being filled, the skills, experience, and personality needed to be successful and happy in the position and company is a secret to his success. Austin is passionate about finding the “the right match - the first time” and shared: “This is important work, and I really enjoy placing an individual into a position where I know they will be successful and genuinely happy while adding value to our client and their new team of co-workers.”
Austin spends 100% his time helping leaders hire high quality individuals well matched for success and happiness. Helping a leader hire a high performing individual makes a very positive impact for the leader, the team of co-workers, and the person we placed! Austin shared: “It is incredibly rewarding to call the person we placed 6, 9, and 12 months later to hear they are having a lot of success, proud of their contribution to the company, and hearing they are having fun and truly happy in the position, company, and culture we helped them identify.”
Austin grew up in the greater Omaha area and graduated from Gretna High School. While in high school, Austin wrestled, played varsity football & baseball, and he was a two time state champion powerlifter. While in college, Austin played football for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As a student athlete, Austin was added to the Dean’s List, and the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll while earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Minor in Management. He was named to the Brook Berringer Citizenship Team and the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team. Austin volunteered and helped raise awareness and money for pediatric brain cancer research through his involvement in the Nebraska Football Road Race. He supported those in need at the St. Anthony’s Homeless Shelter, others through the Husker Heroes Outreach program, and several school and hospital outreach programs. Austin is an active member of the University of the Nebraska N Club and the Letterman’s Association. As a former Husker, Austin is actively mentoring current student athletes and members of the University of Nebraska Football team through the mentoring program TeamMates. He is a member of the Association of Corporate Growth, the Internal Audit Association, and Austin regularly attends Love Church in West Omaha.
Austin’s interest in business started at an early age when he started Austin Enterprises a lawn mowing, snow removal, and landscaping business at age 12. Austin operated the small business for 11 years through junior high, high school, and college. Austin is an outgoing individual who loves athletics, travel, hiking, being outdoors, and making memories with friends and family. He also recently finished his first full marathon.