Senior Manager Accounting

IGT
, where innovation meets entertainment on a global scale! From the casino floor to your mobile screen,
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Whether it’s spinning reels, placing bets, or enabling secure payments, we turn innovation into impact through disciplined execution and long‑term value creation. With a team of over 6,000 employees across 30+ countries and products delivered in more than 100 jurisdictions worldwide
, we operate at scale while staying closely connected to customers we serve. If you’re ready to bring your talent to a team shaping the future of entertainment, your next big move starts here - .

We are seeking a detail‑oriented and analytical Senior Compensation Accounting Analyst to support the accounting and financial reporting for the company's global compensation and employee‑related programs. This role is responsible for accounting related to payroll, incentive compensation, equity awards, employee benefits, legal contingencies, severance, and other employee‑related liabilities while ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP and company policies.

The Senior Compensation Accounting Analyst partners closely with Human Resources, Payroll, Benefits, Legal, FP&A, Tax, and Corporate Accounting to ensure the accurate recording, analysis, and reporting of compensation‑and‑employee‑related transactions, accruals, and liabilities.

• Prepare and record journal entries related to payroll, incentive compensation, equity awards, employee benefits, severance, legal contingencies, and other employee‑related accounting activities.
• Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual account reconciliations for compensation‑related balance sheet and income statement accounts, ensuring timely resolution of reconciling items.
• Support the accounting for annual and quarterly incentive compensation plans, including accruals, payments, true‑ups, and variance analyses.
• Prepare and analyze accounting for employee benefit programs, including incurred but not reported (IBNR) medical and workers’ compensation liabilities, benefit accruals, and related reserve analyses.
• Support the accounting for legal contingencies by preparing accruals, maintaining supporting documentation, and partnering with the Legal department to ensure liabilities are recorded in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Assist with accounting for stock‑based compensation and other long‑term incentive programs in accordance with ASC 718.
• Analyze compensation‑and‑benefits‑related financial data and prepare supporting schedules for internal and external financial reporting.
• Collaborate with Payroll, Human Resources, Benefits, Legal, Tax, FP&A, and other business partners to ensure accurate accounting and reporting of employee compensation and benefit programs.
• Support the month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end close processes by preparing reconciliations, analyses, journal entries, and supporting documentation.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting activities related to employee compensation, benefits, and related liabilities.
• Prepare audit schedules and respond to requests from internal and external auditors.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, strengthen internal controls, and increase operational efficiency.
• Maintain documentation of accounting procedures and ensure compliance with company policies and U.S. GAAP.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• CPA or CPA candidate preferred.
• 4–7 years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in compensation accounting, payroll accounting, benefits accounting,…