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Director, SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting

Job Category: Finance

Location: US - Massachusetts - Remote

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Meet Our Team:

The Finance Team at Pega is dedicated to driving financial excellence and supporting the strategic objectives of a dynamic high growth tech company. We are a dynamic group of professionals collaborating across various departments to ensure accurate financial reporting, effective budget management, and insightful financial analysis.

Picture Yourself at Pega:

In this role, you will collaborate with various Pega stakeholders to lead the SEC Reporting process, ensuring financial reporting compliance and communicating Pega’s story to external stakeholders. You will work directly with the SVP and Chief Accounting Officer, VP of Investor Relations, and present to the CEO and CFO.

What You'll Do at Pega:

• Manage all aspects of SEC reporting, including coordinating the close timeline, working with external auditors, drafting disclosures and MD&A, managing the document review

• Support the earnings process by overseeing the quarterly earnings release. This role also involves creating the earnings timeline, assisting in developing and validating figures for the earnings call scripts, and preparing supporting materials for the earnings call in collaboration with the Investor Relations and Communications teams

• Collaborate with senior leaders such as SVP and Chief Accounting Officer, Investor Relations, SVP and Corporate Counsel, External Counsel, VP of Communications, CFO and CEO

• Provide technical accounting consultation to senior management on significant transactions before they are executed, performing ad hoc research to advise management on the possible accounting implications and advising on potential provisions and/or structure changes that can result in more favorable accounting treatment

• Research and recommend accounting treatment, including the preparation and review of position memos, for complex transactions and other business initiatives and ensuring concurrence, where applicable, from external auditors

• Develop and assist with the preparation of financial materials used in presentations to the Board of Directors, Audit Committee and Executive Management

Who You Are:

• Highly motivated and adaptable

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral. Strong interpersonal skills, including discretion, tact, and courtesy

• Comfortable presenting to senior management, audit committee, and external counsel.

• High Attention to detail with good organization skills - the ability to multitask, work independently, and meet deadlines

• Understanding financial, regulatory, and audit key concepts/standards (Sarbanes-Oxley Act, PCAOB, COSO, GAAP, SEC Reporting, and Financial Statements)

• Understanding internal control, audit methods, core business procedures, risks, and related exposure

What You've Accomplished:

• 10+ years of public accounting and hands-on public company experience

• Mix of audit firm experience and hands-on public company experience

• Experience in managing the SEC Reporting process of a large-accelerated publicly traded company

• Very strong technical accounting skills. Independently research accounting literature and interpret guidance to support own conclusions

Pega Offers You:

• Gartner Analyst acclaimed technology leadership across our categories of products

• Continuous learning and development opportunities

• An innovative, inclusive, agile, flexible and fun work environment

• Competitive global benefits program inclusive of pay + bonus incentive, employee equity in the company, and more

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Job ID: 21438

It is Pega's policy to engage, recruit, hire, promote, train, discipline, and compensate in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.

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