Requisition/Vacancy No\. 116944BR
**Position Title** Director of Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting
**Job Category** Finance and Accounting
**Business Line** AECOM Corporate
**Office Region** USA \- West
**Office Location** US \- Los Angeles, CA \- 1999 Avenue of the Stars
**Why Choose AECOM?** AECOM is a premier, fully integrated professional and technical services firm positioned to design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets around the world for public\- and private\-sector clients\. With nearly 100,000 employees — including architects, engineers, designers, planners, scientists and management and construction services professionals — serving clients in over 150 countries around the world, AECOM is ranked as the \#1 engineering design firm by revenue in _Engineering News\-Record_ magazine’s annual industry rankings, and has been recognized by _Fortune_ magazine as a World’s Most Admired Company\. The firm is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, water, high\-rise buildings and government\. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering customized and creative solutions that meet the needs of clients’ projects\. A _Fortune 500_ firm, AECOM companies, including URS Corporation and Hunt Construction Group, have annual revenue of approximately $19 billion\. More information on AECOM and its services can be found at www\.aecom\.com\.
**About the Business Line** **AECOM Corporate**
Our teams provide the strategic guidance that shapes the vision and direction for AECOM\. We enable the success of our employees and our operations by ensuring they have the tools, information, resources and support they need to do their jobs\.
**Job Summary** As Director of Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting, you will be responsible for AECOM’s overall compliance with GAAP\. GAAP compliance includes reviewing and updating our existing technical documentation as necessary based on changes in our business, as well as technical research, interpretation and documentation for new accounting guidance\.
**Responsibilities:**
+ Research, analyze and conclude on technical accounting issues, including the preparation of memorandums regarding the Company’s position in a clear, logical and comprehensive manner
+ Monitor and ensure timely identification of evolving accounting guidance and potential impacts on the company
+ Ability to understand contract terms and other business matters and translate them into the appropriate application of U\.S\. GAAP
+ Work closely with various departments in addressing day\-to\-day business activities and associated accounting implications and recommend practical solutions associated with the contemplated business transactions
+ Provide ongoing technical training for the accounting organization and technical accounting direction to AECOM’s foreign entities on U\.S\. GAAP treatment of transactions
+ Collaborate with the Corporate Controller to develop and maintain AECOM’s financial accounting policies and standards
+ Ensure financial statements are prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
+ Provide a high level of customer service within Accounting and Finance and to our non\-Accounting business partners
+ Support AECOM Capital with ad\-hoc requirements including financial reporting and relevant JV accounting research
+ Other tasks as assigned by the Corporate Controller
**Minimum Requirements**
+ Bachelor's degree in accounting
+ CPA required
+ 12\+ years’ work experience in accounting with some industry experience in financial reporting
+ Big 4 accounting firm experience preferred
+ Advanced knowledge of SEC regulations and rules
+ Strong, demonstrated knowledge of US GAAP
+ Proven problem solving skills \- defining problems, collecting relevant data, and draw valid conclusions, and recommending corrective actions
+ Strong analytic, and communication skills \(both written and verbal\)
+ Strong interpersonal skills
+ Self\-motivated, adaptive, proactive, quick learner, and works well with others with minimum supervision, in a fast paced dynamic environment
**Preferred Qualifications** Advanced degree
**What We Offer** AECOM is a place where you can put your innovative thinking and business skills into high gear and work alongside other highly intelligent and motivated people\. It's a place where you can apply your skills to some of the world's most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects worldwide\. It's a place that values the diversity of our areas of practice and our people\. It's what makes AECOM a great place to work and grow\.
AECOM is an equal opportunity employer and Minorities, Females, Veterans, and Disabled persons are encouraged to apply\. For further information, please click here to view the EEO Is The Law poster\.
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