Senior Manager – External Reporting and Financial Accounting - Alcoa USA Group

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 – External Reporting and Financial Accounting to join the Corporate Controllership team based in the Alcoa Corporate Center, 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 offers a high degree of learning opportunities both in terms of Alcoa’s business and technical accounting knowledge. This role will have considerable ongoing interaction with a wide group of stakeholders across the company including Alcoa’s Legal, Tax, Treasury, Financial Planning & Analysis, Investor Relations, and Communications Teams.

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, External Reporting and Financial Accounting.

Major activities include:

• Manage all aspects of periodic, quarterly, and annual SEC filings including detailed planning, cross-functional coordination, and review of the entire report.
• Oversee the preparation of consolidated financial statements and supporting schedules for internal and external purposes.
• Review or prepare disclosures for 10-Q / 10-K filings with the SEC and financial reporting to the Board of Directors, including Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis.
• Work closely with Corporate Communications, Corporate Secretary’s Office, and Investor Relations related to our external filings, investor presentations, and related public releases and statements, including drafting of financial sections and statements.
• Coordinate review by stakeholders and document Alcoa’s conclusions related to new or proposed guidance from the FASB, SEC, and other standard setters.
• Manage a direct team of two talented CPAs.
• Evaluate, develop and implement accounting policy; create solutions for new accounting pronouncements; develop and maintain global accounting and reporting standards; communicate and train accounting community on new policies and procedures.
• Analyze monthly segment, legal entity, and operations level financial results and summarize findings for senior financial management.
• Coordinate activities related to the quarterly reviews and the annual audit performed by external auditors.

What you can bring to this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• CPA certification required
• Thorough knowledge of US GAAP, including SEC reporting requirements
• 5-8 years of accounting experience, including one of the following:
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in public accounting
  • Minimum 2 years of experience within an External Reporting team of a publicly traded 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: 11 holidays and one flexible holiday of your choice.
• 4 hours of Paid annual volunteer hours
• Alcoa has been chosen as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023 by Newsweek

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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.