BMC Software

Director of Financial Reporting and Corporate Accounting - HYBRID

BMC Software • $172K — $286K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • CPA licensed with a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting.
  • 8+ years of relevant work experience, with progression in technical accounting.
  • Public accounting experience, preferably with a Big 4 firm.
  • Extensive SEC financial reporting and financial control experience in public settings.
  • Strong GAAP knowledge and technical research capabilities.
  • Proficiency in relevant software; experience with Oracle and OneStream preferred.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for engaging with senior management.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the global monthly accounting close process and manage deadlines.
  • Lead accounting and internal control activities for compensation plans and foreign currency transactions.
  • Conduct technical research and serve as the company’s accounting resource on complex transactions.
  • Manage goodwill impairment testing and valuation for M&A transactions.
  • Prepare quarterly and annual investor/lender reporting packages and financial statements.
  • Oversee M&A accounting initiatives including diligence and purchase accounting.

Benefits

  • Strong commitment to employee authenticity and culture.
  • Encouragement for diverse applicants to apply regardless of qualifications.
  • Access to a variable compensation plan and country-specific benefits.
Full Job Description
Description and Requirements

CareerArc Code

CA-JY

Hybrid: #LI-Hybrid

Join us as a Director of Financial Reporting and Corporate Accounting!

As the Director of Financial Reporting and Corporate Accounting, reporting to the Assistant Corporate Controller, you will be the primary contact for external reporting and corporate accounting for BMC Software. You will lead a team of managers/senior-level accounting personnel, including "dotted line" oversight of the services performed on behalf of Corporate Accounting by the global shared services team in Pune, India. Additionally, you will have significant interaction with other global accounting teams and work cross-functionally with departments within BMC including Tax, Treasury, FP&A, Legal, Human Resources, and others.

Here is how, through this exciting role, YOU will contribute to BMC's and your own success:

  • Oversee the global monthly and accounting close process, including developing the corporate close calendar, managing the close progress against deadlines, and coordinating with global accounting teams.
  • Lead the accounting and internal control activities for share-based compensation plans, bonus plans and other global compensation programs, as well as foreign currency matters, intercompany transactions, lease accounting, derivative accounting, business combinations, debt modifications, and other centralized accounting processes.
  • Perform hands-on technical research and oversight, evaluation, and documentation for significant, complex transactions, , new accounting pronouncements, and ad hoc questions, serving as the Company's technical accounting resource to support other accounting functions such as regional accounting, revenue accounting, and global shared services functions on analyzing and evaluating their complex accounting issues, and serving as principal liaison with the external auditors regarding technical accounting positions.
  • Manage and oversee valuation efforts in connection with goodwill impairment testing, M&A transactions, share-based awards, derivatives, etc.
  • Lead the preparation of quarterly and annual investor/lender financial reporting packages and presentations, interacting closely with a number of other finance functions as well as legal counsel. Provide oversight of the preparation and analysis of financial statements, footnotes and MD&A, EBITDA reporting, coordination and review of disclosure information sourced from various parts of BMC, document review, and assisting external auditors.
  • Lead M&A accounting initiatives including diligence, purchase agreement drafting assistance, purchase accounting (including intangible asset valuation efforts), and integration from an accounting standpoint.


To ensure you are set up for success, you will bring the following skillset & experience:

  • You hold a CPA with a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and 8+ years of work experience with demonstrated progression, including proficiency in technical accounting areas.
  • You have current or prior public accounting experience within a big 4 public accounting firm.
  • You have extensive experience in SEC financial reporting, accounting, and financial controls in a public company environment or public accounting firm.
  • Extremely strong GAAP and technical research skills, commensurate with a complex global company environment.
  • Proficiency with selected software applications; experience with Oracle and OneStream a plus
  • You possess strong communication skills, both verbal and written, as the position requires: i) regular partnering with senior management personnel across multiple corporate functions, ii) the ability to concisely document technical positions in the form of critical policy and other memoranda and iii) discussing and defending technical positions, including with external auditors.


Our commitment to you!

BMC's culture is built around its people. We have 6000+ brilliant minds working together across the globe. You won't be known just by your employee number, but for your true authentic self. BMC lets you be YOU!

If after reading the above, you're unsure if you meet the qualifications of this role but are deeply excited about BMC and this team, we still encourage you to apply! We want to attract talents from diverse backgrounds and experience to ensure we face the world together with the best ideas!

The annual base salary range represents the low and high end of the BMC salary range for this position. Actual salaries depend on a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training, licensure, and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

The range listed is just one component of BMC's employee compensation package. Other rewards may include a variable plan and country specific benefits.

At BMC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at /near the top of the range. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $172,050 - $286,750

Min salary

172,050

Mid point salary

229,400

Max salary

286,750

Min Salary - NEW

172,050

Max Salary - NEW

286,750

About BMC Software

BMC Software is a software company that provides IT management solutions for businesses. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. BMC Software's products include solutions for cloud management, mainframe automation, and IT service management. The company has over 10,000 customers in over 120 countries.
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7,000 employees
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Founded
1980

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