Technical Accounting and Regulatory Policy, Accounting Manager

Technical Accounting and Regulatory Policy, Accounting Manager

The Accounting Manager - Technical Accounting serves as a key advisor on complex accounting and regulatory policy matters within Key, supporting high‑impact business decisions and ensuring consistent application of U.S. GAAP and applicable banking regulatory guidance. Reporting within the accounting policy function, this role leads technical accounting and regulatory analyses, authors authoritative accounting and policy memoranda, and partners closely with business leaders, finance teams, risk, legal, regulatory reporting, and external auditors.

This role is designed for candidates with a public accounting background who want to remain hands‑on with complex technical accounting and regulatory topics, exercise professional judgment, and influence enterprise‑wide accounting and policy outcomes in a highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead technical accounting research, interpretation, and application of U.S. GAAP across a broad range of transactions, including revenue arrangements, business combinations, equity‑based compensation, leases, fair value measurements, financial instruments, impairments, and restructuring activities.
• Research, interpret, and support implementation of banking regulatory accounting and reporting guidance, partnering with Risk, Regulatory Reporting, and Legal to ensure alignment with supervisory expectations.
• Evaluate and document accounting and regulatory conclusions for new transactions, products, business initiatives, and strategic programs, including preparation of technical accounting and regulatory position papers suitable for executive leadership, auditors, and regulators.
• Serve as a trusted technical accounting and regulatory policy advisor to Finance, FP&A, Treasury, Risk, Legal, and business partners, providing clear, practical guidance on complex and judgmental matters.
• Monitor, interpret, and support implementation of new and emerging accounting and regulatory standards issued by the FASB, SEC, and banking regulators, including impact assessments, policy updates, and communication of requirements to stakeholders.
• Draft, maintain, and enhance enterprise accounting and regulatory policies to ensure consistency, auditability, and alignment with U.S. GAAP, regulatory guidance, and supervisory expectations.
• Partner closely with external auditors, internal audit, and regulatory examination teams to support audits and exams, respond to inquiries, and ensure timely, well‑supported accounting and policy conclusions.
• Support the preparation and review of technical accounting and regulatory disclosures in SEC filings (Forms 10K and 10Q), including critical accounting policies, significant estimates, and regulatory‑driven disclosures.
• Provide technical review and guidance to team members as needed, promoting strong documentation practices and consistent application of accounting and regulatory policy.
• Participate in cross‑functional initiatives such as system implementations, regulatory change programs, process enhancements, and finance transformation projects, ensuring accounting and regulatory requirements are appropriately designed, documented, and tested.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field required.
• CPA or CPA candidate strongly preferred.
• 4-6 years of progressive experience in public accounting (Big 4 or national firm strongly preferred) and/or technical accounting or accounting policy roles within a large, complex organization.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP with demonstrated experience researching, interpreting, and applying complex accounting guidance, including areas common to banking and financial services.
• Experience working in or serving clients within a regulated financial services environment, with exposure to regulatory guidance, examinations, or supervisory expectations preferred.
• Proven ability to prepare clear, well‑reasoned, technical accounting and policy documentation and communicate complex issues to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Experience partnering with external auditors and, ideally, regulatory examiners or regulatory stakeholders.
• Ability to…