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Accounting Management, M&A and Divestitures

Trimble, Sunnyvale, California, United States, 94087

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Overview Your Title: Accounting Management, M&A and Divestitures

Job Location: This is an onsite role based at a Trimble location in Westminster, Colorado; Sunnyvale, California; or Dayton, Ohio.

Our Department: Corporate Accounting

Senior Manager, Technical Accounting — own the financial strategy for M&A and Divestitures, ensuring every transaction, every analysis, and every complex integration is executed flawlessly.

What You Will Do

Take ownership of all acquisition and divestiture activities and tackle the most challenging issues, from analyzing complex strategic investments to managing critical impairment assessments.

Collaborate with cross-functional partners, translating due diligence findings into clear financial risks and opportunities, and personally manage the integration process.

This is a highly visible role that reports directly to the Associate VP of Technical Accounting and SEC Reporting, with the opportunity to define the financial future of the organization.

Perform comprehensive financial analyses, including historical results, accounting policies, operational metrics, capital structure, and quality-of-earnings insights.

Identify key accounting risks from due diligence findings and assess compliance with U.S. GAAP.

Support valuation models and working capital analysis, collaborating closely with the VP, Head of Revenue.

Assist in negotiating stock and asset purchase agreement terms to prevent unfavorable accounting outcomes.

Address technical accounting issues for acquisitions and divestitures and prepare related memos (purchase price allocation, held-for-sale accounting, carve-out activities).

Verify closing statement calculations, including net debt and net working capital.

Ensure timely, accurate financial reporting for M&A and divestiture activities, including journal entries, intangible valuation, gain/loss analyses, and policy alignment.

Partner with Consolidations, Corporate Accounting, and the VP of Revenue to support integration.

Maintain knowledge of company accounting policies and ensure proper application.

Serve as technical accounting lead for Trimble Ventures and investee companies, including valuation and impairment considerations.

Develop and maintain global accounting policies, procedures, and SOX controls for M&A, divestitures, and investments.

Support the Associate VP, Technical Accounting on additional complex accounting and SEC reporting matters.

What Skills and Experience You Should Bring

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. A CPA is essential.

Experience: At least 7 years of combined experience, including 2 to 3 years in the end-to-end process of M&A and divestiture accounting or similar roles. Technical accounting skills are essential.

M&A and Divestiture Expertise: Experience working on or leading closed acquisitions and divestitures. In-depth knowledge of M&A and divestiture processes and relevant U.S. GAAP topics.

Investment and other Technical Accounting Expertise: Experience accounting for all stages of equity method, cost method, and debt investments including startups to mature companies; experience in impairment analysis and valuations.

Advanced communication and spreadsheet skills. Openness to utilize AI.

Leadership: At least 2 years of experience at a manager level or above.

About Trimble’s Corporate Accounting Department Trimble Inc.'s corporate accounting department is a high-visibility, technology-focused group responsible for ensuring the company's financial integrity, compliance, and strategic support across its global operations. Their structure and work reflect the complexity of a publicly traded technology company that frequently engages in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and divestitures. As a global company with multiple business lines, Trimble's accounting structure must handle complex consolidation and inter-company transactions. The team's work is essential to ensuring that the financial results reflect the company's continuous growth and strategic shifts across its diverse technology sectors.

Compensation Compensation range and description: Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This range is based on a full-time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by law.

Hiring Range $122,600.00–$165,500.00

Pay Rate Type Salary

Bonus Eligible? Yes

Commission Eligible? No

Benefits Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.

How to Apply Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the “Apply Now” button located in this posting.

Application Deadline Applications could be accepted until at least 30 days from the posting date.

At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law.

Privacy and Accommodations If you need assistance or would like to request an accommodation in connection with the application process, please contact AskPX@px.trimble.com.

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