Accenture - Controllership Manager - Shareholder Equity Accounting Group

The Shareholder Equity Accounting group is responsible for the timely and accurate recording, reporting, and forecasting of share-based compensation and weighted-average shares. Additionally, it monitors and respond to general technical accounting/policy inquiries from Finance, Human Resources, Legal, SP&A and external auditors as well as performs modeling of existing and potential programs.

Primary Responsibilities:

As part of the Shareholder Equity Accounting group, responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

- Become the subject matter expert on equity accounting and share-based compensation.

- Overseeing the implementation of Accenture's new equity reporting and accounting system, which impacts both Accenture's consolidated reported results as well as user's interface to the equity program (i.e. participants who receive equity grants as well as those participating in the ESPP)

- Perform and communicate technical accounting research under US GAAP as needed.

Review and ensure accuracy of deliverables examples including:

- Statement of shareholders equity,

- Weighted average shares outstanding,

- Minority interest,

- Treasury share

- Share repurchase files,

- Key Executive performance share analysis and memos.

- Review all journal entries, including Performance Equity, RSU and ESPP accrual utility files.

- Review equity activity (both issuances and repurchases) provided to Strategic Planning for cash flow forecast.

- Review of operating and finance lease activity for the preparation of consolidated cash flow

- Prepare ad hoc schedules and analysis (as requested by Senior Management, CP&A and SP&A)

- Review equity sections of MD&A and footnotes of 10Q and 10K

- Prepare and review sections of the annual Proxy statement as it relates to share-based compensation.

- Assist in the preparation and review of financial statements for Irish Stand-alone Statutory filing (Balance sheet, Statement of Cash Flows and Shareholders' Equity)

- Ensure internal controls compliance and documentation requirements are met.

- Completion of special regulatory filings (e.g. 8-Ks and local country filings).