Senior, Accounting and Financial Reporting

Professionals in Deloitte’s Internal Services work in a wide range of careers—accounting, tax, in-house counsel, brand, design, HR, IT, technology development, and more—but we share a common purpose. We help Deloitte deliver measurable, lasting results for our internal stakeholders and make an impact that matters. Here are a few ways Internal Services fuels Deloitte’s ability to achieve its goals.

The Senior will bring an agile, innovative, and entrepreneurial mindset that will enable them to collaborate with a team of finance professionals focused on delivering day-to-day accounting and controllership activities for their respective business. The Senior will ensure that timely, accurate, and insightful financial information is provided to the appropriate business stakeholders. To accomplish this, the Senior may also collaborate with Deloitte’s Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team, our Engagement Financial Advisor (EFA) organization, Global Finance Services (GFS), and other teams within the Accounting & Compliance function. 

About the Team

Deloitte’s Controllership function, within its Finance & Administration organization, provides stewardship over the US firms’ assets by monitoring business transactions and enforcing accounting policy that results in accurate and reliable financial statements. Controllership is a dynamic, highly collaborative group focused on overseeing and supporting the financial health of the U.S. member firm and each of its functional subsidiaries.

What You’ll Do:

• Drive period, quarter, and year-end accounting processes, ensuring compliance with appropriate policy and accuracy of financial information within established deadlines.
• Review and approve journal entries daily.
• Analyze, interpret, and understand financial data to ensure reported amounts are accurate and aligned with expectations.
• Support the review of business transactions to ensure compliance with US GAAP and firm policies.
• Collaborate effectively with teams across Finance & Administration to review accruals, journal entries, and other accounting transactions.
• Demonstrate responsiveness by proactively assisting the team with critical deliverables for the Lead Controller or US Firms’ Controller.
• Support the implementation and execution of key controls and processes as applicable.
• Responsible for various analyses, ad-hoc reporting, and special reporting requests.
• Participate in broader Controllership transformation initiatives and other ad hoc projects.
• Support in executing process improvement opportunities to improve efficiency, increase digitization, enhance value created, and delivered by Controllership.
• Identify opportunities to transform processes utilizing technology enablers.
• Partner with peers within and across other business or EA Controllership teams to share ideas and collaborate on ways to improve Controllership processes.

The ideal candidate for this position should have a foundational accounting background. An operational and transformative mindset combined with strategic thinking, flexibility and executive presence are critical qualifications for this role. It is expected the candidate will hold themselves and others accountable for ensuring results are achieved on time; take action beyond formal job responsibility and set high expectations for their self.

Other attributes a successful candidate will possess includes:

• Ability to understand and support application of applicable areas of operational accounting and technical accounting.
• Strong technical aptitude including the ability to resolve accounting issues and document rationale.
• Ability to adapt and respond to change and uncertainty.
• A process-improvement mindset with the ability to challenge the status quo and identify improvements.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills (both oral and written) are crucial as the position involves the ability to satisfy and influence various stakeholders, including senior management.
• Candidate must be able to operate effectively within Deloitte’s culture of diversity and inclusion.
• Enthusiastic, self-starter who is highly organized with excellent attention to detail.