Senior Manager, Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting

** WHO YOU ARE:*
* The  
** Senior Manager, Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting
** is primarily responsible for the preparation and oversight of QTS' consolidated financial statement reporting, debt compliance reporting and technical accounting support.

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* WHAT YOU WILL DO:

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* + Manage the preparation and review of financial statements (both QTS consolidated and stand-alone entities), footnotes, and related disclosures for external reporting purposes, ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP.

+ Manage the Company's debt compliance reporting to ensure all required financial information and covenant calculations are provided accurately and timely to lending institutions.

+ Technical accounting research and transaction support.

+ Provide technical accounting guidance to resolve accounting and reporting issues, ensuring proper application of accounting standards.

+ Stay abreast of emerging accounting pronouncements and assess their potential impact on the business.

+ Assist in management of the Company's lease portfolio as lessee.

+ Assist in management of the Company's share-based compensation expense.

+ Lead and manage a team of financial reporting professionals, providing guidance, mentorship, and support to team members.

+ Assist in the coordination of annual audit and quarterly review activities of external auditors.

+ Use accounting concepts, reporting experience, and analytical skills to resolve questions/issues in efficient and effective ways.

+ Proactively identify issues and areas for improvement while establishing and maintaining effective controls over financial reporting processes to ensure accuracy and integrity of reported financial information.

+ Support ad hoc financial reporting requests as needed.

** WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL**  **:*
* + Bachelor's degree in Accounting

+ Five or more years of relevant accounting and/or financial reporting experience

+ Advanced Excel experience

+ Strong knowledge of US GAAP, as well as experience with technical accounting research

+ One or more years of management experience

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* PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

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* + Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Master's degree in Accounting

+ Three or more years of public accounting experience

+ Eight or more years of relevant accounting and/or financial reporting experience

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Experience with IFRS accounting and reporting

+ Past experience includes increasingly progressive responsibility at a large company

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Experience with financial reporting platforms such as Wdesk

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* KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

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* + Excellent verbal and written communication skills

+ Strong analytical/technical skills and experience analyzing and interpreting financial data

+ Experience partnering with a diverse group of stakeholders and managing to results

+ Detail oriented; reviewing team members' work to ensure accurate and timely work product

+ Ability to research GAAP accounting standards, document conclusions and communicate effectively across accounting and non-accounting stakeholders

+ Proven leadership and management proficiency

+ Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interface with all levels of the organization

+ Professional agility - flexibility to adapt to changing needs of the department and to various changes in priorities

+ Sound organizational skills necessary to multi-task projects of varying duration and ad-hoc data requests

+ Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

+ Ability to work extended hours as needed

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