
Senior Principal Corporate Accountant
Phoenix, AZJob$120–140K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Senior Principal Corporate Accountant provides technical accounting expertise and internal advisory support across the organization. The role serves as a subject matter expert on complex accounting matters, including U.S. GAAP and IFRS, lease accounting, fixed assets, tax accounting, and financial reporting compliance. It partners with Finance, Tax, Treasury, and external auditors to support consistent accounting treatment, policy development, and financial reporting integrity.
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Full job description
Job Summary: The Senior Principal Corporate Accountant is a senior-level individual contributor responsible for providing technical accounting expertise and internal advisory support across the organization. This role serves as a subject matter expert on complex accounting matters, including U.S. GAAP and IFRS, lease accounting, fixed assets, tax accounting, and financial reporting compliance. The position partners closely with Finance, Tax, Treasury, and external auditors to ensure consistent accounting treatment, support policy development, and maintain the integrity of financial reporting.
Responsibilities:
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Serve as the technical accounting subject matter expert on complex transactions and accounting matters under U.S. GAAP and IFRS.
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Research, analyze, and document accounting positions, including preparation of technical accounting memoranda and policy guidance.
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Provide accounting consultation and advisory support to finance and business stakeholders on non-routine transactions and emerging accounting issues.
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Lead technical accounting activities related to lease accounting (ASC 842/IFRS 16), fixed assets, consolidations, and financial statement reporting.
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Support tax accounting activities, including deferred tax accounting, tax provision support, and related disclosures.
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Act as the primary accounting liaison with Bosch Treasury, supporting treasury-related accounting analyses and reporting requirements.
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Participate in internal and external audits by providing technical accounting support, documentation, and responding to auditor inquiries.
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Assist in the development, implementation, and maintenance of corporate accounting policies and procedures.
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Monitor new accounting pronouncements and evaluate their impact on the organization.
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Support strategic initiatives, ERP implementations, acquisitions, and integration projects requiring technical accounting expertise.
Required Qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
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Active CPA certification required.
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7+ years of progressive accounting experience with a strong focus on technical accounting and financial reporting.
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Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience applying IFRS in financial reporting and compliance.
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Demonstrated experience researching, interpreting, and implementing U.S. GAAP and IFRS standards in complex business environments.
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Strong knowledge of lease accounting (ASC 842 and IFRS 16), fixed assets, financial reporting, and accounting policy development.
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Experience supporting external audits and preparing technical accounting documentation and memoranda.
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Knowledge of tax accounting principles, including deferred taxes and tax-related financial reporting.
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Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to explain complex accounting concepts to non-finance stakeholders.
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Advanced Excel proficiency and experience working within multi-entity organizations.
Preferred Qualifications:
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10+ years of progressive accounting experience with a strong focus on technical accounting and financial reporting.
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Minimum 3 year of hands-on experience applying IFRS in financial reporting and compliance.
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Public accounting experience with a national or global accounting firm.
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Experience supporting multinational organizations with both GAAP and IFRS reporting requirements.
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Experience with acquisition accounting, ERP implementations, or accounting transformation initiatives.
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Background in construction, engineering, industrial, manufacturing, or project-based environments.
Physical Demands:
In general, the following physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
- Must be able to effectively communicate, (ie see, hear, speak and write clearly) in order to communicate with colleagues and/or customers; manual dexterity required for occasional reaching, lifting of light office objects, and operating office equipment
Working Conditions:
In general, the following conditions of the work environment are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
- The office is clean, orderly, properly lighted and ventilated. Noise levels are considered low to moderate
Additional Information:
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Working Hours: This position generally works Monday- Friday
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Travel Requirements: As necessary, about 10%.
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Benefits:
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Medical
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Dental
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Vision
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Flexible Spending Accounts
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401K w/ company match
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Life/AD&D/LTD
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Paid Vacation/Sick/Holidays
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Employee Assistance Program
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Pet Insurance
Pay Range
$120,000.00 - $140,000.00
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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability / veterans.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,422 open Accountant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$120–140K/yr
- Arizona median$66–88K/yr23 salary ranges
- US median$75–100K/yr996 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $130K, is 68% above the Arizona median midpoint ($78K) — in the top quarter of Accountant salary ranges in Arizona.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 48 open Accountant jobs in Arizona and 3,422 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Arizona
- Freeport-McMoRan5 open
- CBRE3 open
- Cushman & Wakefield2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience — more than three in four Accountant postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 2,258 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,827 of the 3,422 open Accountant jobs (53%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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