Position Title:  Manager Corp. Accounting Policy&Research

Be a part of a revolutionary change! 

At Philip Morris International (PMI), we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future. 

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, if you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions. Our success depends on people who are committed to our purpose and have an appetite for progress.  

The role of the Manager Corporate Accounting Policy is to actively assist in supporting the organization to help ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, as well as adherence to PMI’s global accounting policies. Assist with the company’s external financial reporting and communications to ensure accuracy, completeness and compliance with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). Contribute in the implementation of complex accounting proposals and pronouncements issued by the FASB and the SEC. Conduct research in formulating resolutions on complex financial accounting and reporting issues and transactions.

Your ‘day to day’:

• Provide guidance on a variety of complex accounting matters, including revenue recognition, business combinations, financial instruments, leases, shared-based compensation, and income taxes, to Senior Management and across all functional lines of the Company.
• Conduct accounting research, provide recommendations on the application of new and existing accounting standards, assist in the adoption of new standards, and document the company’s positions with formal accounting position papers.
• Prepare new or update the Company’s global accounting policies, ensuring policies are in compliance with the latest US GAAP accounting guidance.
• Review material contracts by analyzing the effects of contractual provisions on the Company and ensure compliance with US GAAP.
• Monitor new FASB accounting standards both issued and emerging standards and the impact. When applicable new accounting pronouncements are issued, assess the impact on current global accounting policy and/or issuance of a global accounting policy.
• Assist in developing and supporting continual training program on the Company’s accounting policies and new and existing accounting pronouncements.
• Work with external auditors in addressing accounting issues and assist in the support of annual audits and quarterly reviews.
• Flexibility – The person will need to be able to adjust to last minute changes in priorities that could result in a periodically high-pressured environment requiring the flexibility and ability to deliver.
• Communication – The person will need to be able communicate to all levels of management and external independent accountants’ complex accounting issues and resolutions in an effective and efficient manner to insure timely results.

Who we’re looking for:

• Degree in accounting; Professional certification (e.g., CPA), master’s degree is a plus.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in finance and accounting.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a technical accounting role within a large multinational, and / or audit experience with one of the Big 4 Public Accounting firms.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments under extreme pressure, while meeting tight deadlines.
• Ability to effectively communicate direction, drive results, and convey complex information in easily understood formats to all levels of management.

Annual Base Salary Range: $156,750-$209,000

What we offer  

• We offer a competitive base salary, annual bonus (applicable based on level of position), great medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k with a generous company match, incredible wellness benefits, commuter benefits, pet insurance, generous PTO, and much more!  
• We have implemented Smart Work, a hybrid model of working that promotes flexibility in the workplace. 
• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture where everyone’s contribution is respected; Collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong.
• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress.
• Take pride in delivering our promise to society: To improve the lives of millions of smokers.

PMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

PMI is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., and its U.S. affiliates have more than 2,300 employees.  

PMI has been an entirely separate company from Altria and Philip Morris USA since 2008. PMI’s affiliates first entered the U.S. market following the company’s acquisition of Swedish Match in late 2022. Philip Morris International and its U.S. affiliates are working to deliver a smoke-free future. Since 2008, PMI has invested $12.5 billion globally to develop, scientifically substantiate and commercialize innovative smoke-free products for adults who would otherwise continue to smoke with the goal of transitioning legal-age consumers who smoke to better alternatives. In 2022, PMI acquired Swedish Match – a leader in oral nicotine delivery – creating a global smoke-free champion led by the IQOS and ZYN brands. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized versions of PMI’s IQOS electronically heated tobacco devices and Swedish Match’s General snus as Modified Risk Tobacco Products and renewal applications for these products are presently pending before the FDA. For more information, please visit www.pmi.com/us and www.pmiscience.com.