Senior Accountant

Who we are...

Verra Mobility is a global leader in smart mobility. We develop technology-enabled solutions that help the world move safely and easily. We are fostering the development of safe cities, working with police departments and municipalities to install over 4,000 red-light, speed, and school bus stop arm safety cameras across North America. We are also creating smart roadways, serving the world's largest commercial fleets and rental car companies to manage tolling transactions and violations for over 8.5 million vehicles. And we are a leading provider of connected systems, processing nearly 165 million transactions each year across 50+ individual tolling authorities.

Culture

Verra Mobility Corporation is a rapidly-growing, entrepreneurial company that operates with a people-first philosophy and approach. The company lives by its core values—Do What’s Right, Lead with Grace, Win Together, and Own It—in everything it does for its customers and team members. The company seeks to grow aggressively, both organically and through acquisition, to continue to be the undisputed market leader with these five core competencies: bias for action, customer focus, teamwork, drive for results, and commitment to excellence.

Job Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Senior Technical Accountant. This role will be responsible for researching technical accounting guidance, and ensuring compliance with US GAAP and internal policies, particularly related to capitalization of internally developed software costs. Sitting within the corporate accounting function, the Senior Technical Accountant will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including finance, engineering, and IT.

The ideal candidate will have a strong ability to collaborate effectively across departments. An inquisitive mindset coupled with a commitment to continuous learning along with strong written and verbal communication skills will be key to success in this role.

Responsibilities

· Technical Accounting & Compliance:

· Research and interpret complex accounting issues, including new pronouncements and their impact on financial statements.

· Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and internal accounting policies across relevant areas.

· Assist in formalizing and maintaining accounting policies and procedures documentation updating accounting policies and procedures in alignment with evolving standards and business practices.

· Support implementation and communication of policy changes across relevant teams to ensure proper adoption.

· Support the monthly close process, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.

· Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering and IT to ensure accurate time and cost allocations.

· Contribute to cross-functional initiatives aimed at improving data quality, system integration, and reporting consistency.

· Capitalization & Compliance:

· Apply GAAP and company policies to determine capitalization eligibility of software development projects.

· Monitor and track costs associated with software development projects and assist with variance analysis.

· Maintain budgets and forecasts related to capitalized software initiatives, identifying variances and providing timely insights to key stakeholders.

· Ensure proper documentation and audit trails for capitalized costs.

· Assist in monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes related to capitalized software.

· Prepare detailed reports on capitalized software balances, amortization schedules, and project spend.

· Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements related to capitalized software accounting and support internal and external audits requests.

Qualifications

· Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.

· 5+ years of public company accounting or finance experience.

· Strong proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Excel.

· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including strong ability to support cross-functional business partners.

· Detail-oriented with strong analytical abilities.

· Understanding of and ability to adhere to US GAAP.

· CPA or progress toward CPA.

· Experience working with Agile or other software development methodologies.

· Understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements and software capitalization rules.

· Proactive, with a continuous improvement mindset.

Preferred Skills and Attributes

· Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.

· Big 4 public accounting experience.

· Proficiency in ERP systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, NetSuite) and project management tools.

· Proficiency with project management tools and Oracle Fusion.

Verra Mobility Values

An ideal candidate for this role naturally works in alignment with the Verra Mobility Core Values:

• Own It. We focus on high performance and drive toward breakthrough outcomes. Our employees ensure accountability, optimize and align work, focus on the customer, and cultivate innovation.


• Do What’s Right. We champion integrity and good character. Our team members model ethical behavior, demonstrate good judgment and are courageous.


• Lead with Grace. We express humility and compassion, and we are authentic and candid. Our employees demonstrate self-awareness, care for others, instill trust, and communicate effectively.


• Win Together. We believe in growing and inspiring people together. We seek people who collaborate, value differences, think and act globally, foster an engaging work environment, and recognize and develop others.

With your explicit consent which you provided as part of the application process, we will retain candidate personal data solely for the business purpose for which it was collected. In no event will we retain such data more than two (2) years following the closure of the recruitment process relating to the role for which you applied or in the event other related job opportunities arise within the company. Verra Mobility Applicant Privacy Notice

Verra Mobility is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

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