Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting Manager (Workiva)

Location: Chicago, United States

Salary: $102,800–$176,000 per year, plus discretionary performance bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a global provider of professional services focused on serving middle-market clients.

What you will do

• Manage the preparation and review of quarterly and annual U.S. GAAP financial statements, disclosures, supporting schedules, and bank reporting packages.
• Build, administer, and enhance the Workiva financial reporting environment, including reporting structures, data connections, templates, workflows, access, and review processes.
• Develop and improve internal controls over financial reporting, including process narratives, risk and control matrices, walkthroughs, testing, and remediation.
• Research U.S. GAAP and prepare technical accounting memoranda, position papers, implementation documentation, and policy updates.
• Coordinate requests from external auditors, Internal Audit, lenders, and Finance stakeholders while maintaining documentation repositories, issue trackers, and reporting deliverables.
• Support finance transformation and process-improvement initiatives through standardized templates, dashboards, automation, and workflow enhancements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field.
• Active CPA license required.
• At least six years of progressive experience in accounting, external audit, financial reporting, technical accounting, controllership, or a related field.
• Experience preparing or auditing U.S. GAAP financial statements and related disclosures.
• Experience with internal controls over financial reporting, including documentation, control design, walkthroughs, testing, or remediation.
• Strong knowledge of general ledger accounting, consolidations, financial close processes, reconciliations, financial statement tie-outs, and technical accounting research.

Nice to have

• Public accounting or external audit experience combined with corporate financial reporting or controllership experience.
• Experience in a large, complex, multi-entity, or professional services organization.
• Hands-on experience implementing or significantly enhancing a Workiva financial reporting environment.
• Experience with COSO-based control frameworks, SOX readiness, audit readiness, or control remediation.
• Experience with Workday Financial Management or a comparable enterprise financial system.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with flexibility in scheduling to help balance personal and professional responsibilities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance.
• Reasonable accommodation is available during the recruitment process.