What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Manager - Accounting Policy position at Invesco?
About Invesco
As one of the world’s leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.
What’s in it for you?
Our people are at the very core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including:
About the Role:
The Senior Manager, Accounting Policy provides authoritative technical accounting guidance on complex and strategic transactions, mergers and acquisitions, evaluating financial reporting implications, and developing formal accounting positions. The role will collaborate with colleagues and senior leadership across Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Tax, Legal, HR, Fund Accounting and business teams.
Responsibilities of the Role:
Full time
Worker Type
Employee
Job Exempt (Yes / No)
Yes
Workplace Model
Pursuant to Invesco’s Workplace Policy, employees are expected to comply with the firm’s most current workplace model, which as of October 1, 2025, includes spending at least four full days each week working in an Invesco office. This reflects our belief that spending time together in the office helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more easily, and support each other’s growth and development.
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.
Invesco's culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.
As one of the world’s leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.
What’s in it for you?
Our people are at the very core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including:
- Flexible paid time off
- Hybrid work schedule
- 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution
- Health & wellbeing benefits
- Parental Leave benefits
- Employee stock purchase plan
About the Role:
The Senior Manager, Accounting Policy provides authoritative technical accounting guidance on complex and strategic transactions, mergers and acquisitions, evaluating financial reporting implications, and developing formal accounting positions. The role will collaborate with colleagues and senior leadership across Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Tax, Legal, HR, Fund Accounting and business teams.
Responsibilities of the Role:
- Provide leadership and vision to matrixed accounting policy team, ensuring proper allocation of team tasks and execution of related analyses and reporting
- Lead periodic reviews over technical accounting areas such as consolidation, segment reporting, goodwill, intangible assets and loss contingencies
- Lead ad hoc accounting analysis/research projects as they arise which may include new standard implementations, business combinations, or other complex transactions
- Review quarterly financial statements and other publicly reported financial information (including 10-Qs and 10-Ks) and provide quality assurance
- Assess emerging disclosure risks and identify/implement the appropriate response
- Provide Finance leadership with peer analysis of current industry trends and topics.
- Provide support for the corporate audit, stepping in to assist accounting team members when required
- Represent Invesco in industry accounting standard-setting and working groups, contributing to the development of emerging guidance and peer benchmarking.
- The ideal candidate will be able to implement industry best practices to Invesco’s financial reporting processes.
- Undergraduate or graduate degree in accounting
- CPA
- 8 years public accounting, US GAAP accounting policy and/or SEC reporting work experience required
- Knowledge of Financial Services Industry, Consolidation and Fair Value guidance is preferred
- A track record of consistently achieving or exceeding goals
- Ability to simplify complex issues for a non-technical audience
- A growth mindset and a strong appetite to learn and develop
- Ability to deal with and manage change in a fluid environment and prioritize multiple competing projects and initiatives and focus resources in line with such priorities
- Solid understanding of technical accounting concepts
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to empathize with a wide range of stakeholder perspectives
- Strong grasp of technology and systems. Ability to lead organization in adopting new technology and ensure it is properly utilized
Full time
Worker Type
Employee
Job Exempt (Yes / No)
Yes
Workplace Model
Pursuant to Invesco’s Workplace Policy, employees are expected to comply with the firm’s most current workplace model, which as of October 1, 2025, includes spending at least four full days each week working in an Invesco office. This reflects our belief that spending time together in the office helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more easily, and support each other’s growth and development.
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.
Invesco's culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.