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Shape Your World
At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper, world-shaper.
At Alcoa, you're an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies. You have the power to shape things to make them better.
About the role:
Alcoa is seeking a Senior Manager – Financial Accounting to join the Corporate Controllership team based in the Alcoa Corporate Center in Pittsburgh, PA. An exciting and meaningful role at the center of Alcoa's in-house expertise on technical accounting matters. The Corporate Controllership team consists of highly qualified CPAs with extensive experience in financial accounting and business matters. Situated next to Alcoa's Executive Team, this is a highly visible role.
The role requires the candidate to leverage their exceptional technical research expertise and outstanding project management abilities in a collaborative and dynamic team. The role offers a high degree of learning opportunities both in terms of Alcoa's business and technical accounting knowledge and interacts across multiple disciplines at all levels within the organization.
This position provides expert accounting guidance to the regions on a variety of complex accounting matters. This position manages the accounting and reporting for the Company's derivatives and embedded derivatives.
The role requires a results-oriented, collaborative, strategic thinker, with outstanding communication skills who demonstrates the highest level of integrity and trust. This role reports to the Director, Financial Accounting.
Major activities include:
- Provide technical accounting guidance across the global organization for Alcoa's most complex accounting and reporting topics in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
- Document accounting positions for review by management and auditors; present complex accounting topics to senior management.
- Manage the accounting and reporting for the Company's derivatives and embedded derivatives, including evaluation, documentation, accounting and reporting for new derivative strategies.
- Represent Alcoa's financial and accounting interests by providing input on financials, terms, pricing, and legal commitments on mergers, acquisition and divestiture transactions.
- Analyze monthly and quarterly segment, legal entity and operations level financial results and summarize analysis for senior financial management.
- Assist in preparation of quarterly communications on earnings results to the Company's Audit Committee and periodic SEC filings.
- Assist in the preparation of consolidated financial statements, supporting schedules and disclosures for 10-Q / 10-K filings with the SEC.
- Participate in activities related to the quarterly reviews and the annual audit performed by external auditors.
What you can bring to this role:
Our values – act with integrity, operate with excellence, care for people, lead with courage – are at the foundation of everything we do. To be successful in this role and to play a part in our ongoing success we desire the following background:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
- CPA certification required
- Experience with accounting for derivatives and hedging in accordance with ASC 815
- Thorough knowledge of US GAAP, including SEC reporting requirements
- 8+ years of accounting experience, and one of the following:
- Minimum 4 years of experience in public accounting
- Minimum 4 years of experience within an external reporting team of a publicly traded manufacturing company
What we offer:
- Competitive compensation packages, including pay-for performance variable pay, recognition and rewards programs, and stock-based compensation awards (3-year vesting schedule)
- Flexible spending accounts and generous employer contribution to the HSA
- 401(k), employer match up to 6%, additional employer retirement income contribution (no vesting period), and a nonqualified deferred compensation plan
- Holiday Pay: 10 holidays and one flexible holiday of your choice.
- 8 hours of Paid annual volunteer hours
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About the Location
Working at the Pittsburgh Alcoa Corporate Center, located on the thriving North Shore of Pittsburgh, allows employees to experience firsthand, whether working virtually or on-site or a hybrid of the two, what being a values-based company means. Through daily interactions with colleagues and exposure to some of the organization's highest-level executives, the office creates an environment in which all employees can develop and contribute to their full potential. Outside of the office, Pittsburgh itself is one of the country's most livable and affordable cities – combining the city feel with small town charm.
We are values led, vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress. Our commitments to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.
As a proud equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer, Alcoa is dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of a person's gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, nation of origin, disability, veteran status, language spoken or any other characteristic or status protected by the laws or regulations in the places where we operate.
If you have visited our website in search of information on U.S. employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Alcoa Recruiting via email at gssrecruiting@alcoa.com.
This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work, be your authentic self, and feel a true sense of belonging. Come join us and shape your career!
Your work. Your world. Shape them for the better.
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