H-1B Visa Accounting Operations Manager Jobs
Accounting Operations Manager jobs attract H-1B visa sponsorship from employers in finance, healthcare, and enterprise services where degree-level accounting expertise is a genuine requirement. The role typically qualifies as a specialty occupation under H-1B rules, with status granted for up to three years and extendable to a six-year maximum.
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Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are important to our business and functional teams to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable and trusted industry leader. From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives.
How you will make an impact:
The Manager, Customer Accounting Operations is a key member of the LPG Group Accounting Operations team, responsible for leading customer-related accounting activities, process governance and financial risk management across LPG. The role combines hands-on accounting review and issue resolution with process ownership across customer rebates and accruals, accounts receivable, credit risk, bad debt and other customer-related accounting matters.
The Manager partners closely with Division Controllers, Commercial and Finance teams, Global Business Services (GBS), Technical Accounting and other stakeholders to drive accurate, timely and compliant accounting, consistent execution and timely escalation of material or complex accounting matters.
What you will do:
- Lead and coordinate customer-related accounting activities across LPG, including rebate accounting, accrual methodologies and calculations, reconciliations, accounts receivable, bad debt, customer-related reserves and related controls.
- Review and challenge material or complex customer-related accounting entries, accruals, reconciliations and estimates; provide accounting guidance and hands-on support for unusual or higher-risk matters.
- Support monthly and quarterly close activities for customer-related accounts, identifying material exposures, unusual movements and accounting issues and partnering with Division Controllers and other stakeholders to drive timely resolution.
- Own and maintain standardized accounting processes, operating procedures and controls for assigned customer-accounting activities, consistent with Company accounting policies and U.S. GAAP.
- Monitor compliance with established policies, procedures and controls; identify gaps or control risks and drive remediation with divisional and GBS stakeholders.
- Identify significant, unusual or judgmental accounting matters, including revenue-recognition matters, and escalate to the Sr. Manager GAO, relevant Division Controller and/or Technical Accounting in accordance with established governance.
- Review and approve assigned revenue-related account reconciliations in BlackLine in accordance with established reconciliation ownership and approval requirements.
- Use analytics and dashboards to assess accounts receivable aging, collection risk and bad-debt exposure; partner with Commercial, Finance and GBS to address significant exposures and support credit decisions within established decision rights.
- Partner early with Commercial, Legal and Finance on non-standard or complex customer arrangements to identify accounting implications and provide accounting input on proposed terms and conditions.
- Partner with Division Controllers to ensure customer-related balance sheet accounts, exposures and accounting risks are appropriately understood, reviewed and reflected in divisional financial results.
- Provide accounting oversight and support to GBS for assigned processes, including issue resolution, controls and service-performance matters, and escalate gaps in responsibilities or decision rights to the Sr. Manager GAO.
- Drive standardization, simplification and automation of customer-accounting processes, including transition of appropriate transactional activities to GBS while maintaining appropriate controls and business continuity.
- Develop metrics and reporting, perform root-cause analysis of recurring issues and lead cross-functional actions to improve process performance and financial risk management.
- Support internal and external audit requirements and timely remediation of identified customer-accounting issues.
- Lead, develop and provide direction to team members, building capability in accounting judgment, controls, analytics and effective stakeholder partnership.
- Perform other related accounting, operational and project responsibilities as assigned, based on evolving business needs and organizational priorities.
How you will get here:
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field; CPA or equivalent preferred
- 7+ years of progressive accounting, finance or customer accounting experience, including accounts receivable, credit, revenue-related accounting, rebates or similar customer-facing financial processes. Leadership or process ownership experience preferred
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP applicable to receivables, reserves, rebates and customer-related transactions.
- Strong understanding of internal controls, financial risk management and customer credit/accounting processes.
- Ability to apply sound accounting judgment, analyze complex data and resolve unusual accounting or operational issues.
- Demonstrated ability to balance hands-on execution with process ownership, governance and continuous improvement.
- Ability to influence across functions and geographies in a large, matrixed global organization.
- Proven process improvement, standardization and change-leadership capabilities.
Travel requirements
- Less than 25% domestic/international travel required
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are important to our business and functional teams to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable and trusted industry leader. From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives.
How you will make an impact:
The Manager, Customer Accounting Operations is a key member of the LPG Group Accounting Operations team, responsible for leading customer-related accounting activities, process governance and financial risk management across LPG. The role combines hands-on accounting review and issue resolution with process ownership across customer rebates and accruals, accounts receivable, credit risk, bad debt and other customer-related accounting matters.
The Manager partners closely with Division Controllers, Commercial and Finance teams, Global Business Services (GBS), Technical Accounting and other stakeholders to drive accurate, timely and compliant accounting, consistent execution and timely escalation of material or complex accounting matters.
What you will do:
- Lead and coordinate customer-related accounting activities across LPG, including rebate accounting, accrual methodologies and calculations, reconciliations, accounts receivable, bad debt, customer-related reserves and related controls.
- Review and challenge material or complex customer-related accounting entries, accruals, reconciliations and estimates; provide accounting guidance and hands-on support for unusual or higher-risk matters.
- Support monthly and quarterly close activities for customer-related accounts, identifying material exposures, unusual movements and accounting issues and partnering with Division Controllers and other stakeholders to drive timely resolution.
- Own and maintain standardized accounting processes, operating procedures and controls for assigned customer-accounting activities, consistent with Company accounting policies and U.S. GAAP.
- Monitor compliance with established policies, procedures and controls; identify gaps or control risks and drive remediation with divisional and GBS stakeholders.
- Identify significant, unusual or judgmental accounting matters, including revenue-recognition matters, and escalate to the Sr. Manager GAO, relevant Division Controller and/or Technical Accounting in accordance with established governance.
- Review and approve assigned revenue-related account reconciliations in BlackLine in accordance with established reconciliation ownership and approval requirements.
- Use analytics and dashboards to assess accounts receivable aging, collection risk and bad-debt exposure; partner with Commercial, Finance and GBS to address significant exposures and support credit decisions within established decision rights.
- Partner early with Commercial, Legal and Finance on non-standard or complex customer arrangements to identify accounting implications and provide accounting input on proposed terms and conditions.
- Partner with Division Controllers to ensure customer-related balance sheet accounts, exposures and accounting risks are appropriately understood, reviewed and reflected in divisional financial results.
- Provide accounting oversight and support to GBS for assigned processes, including issue resolution, controls and service-performance matters, and escalate gaps in responsibilities or decision rights to the Sr. Manager GAO.
- Drive standardization, simplification and automation of customer-accounting processes, including transition of appropriate transactional activities to GBS while maintaining appropriate controls and business continuity.
- Develop metrics and reporting, perform root-cause analysis of recurring issues and lead cross-functional actions to improve process performance and financial risk management.
- Support internal and external audit requirements and timely remediation of identified customer-accounting issues.
- Lead, develop and provide direction to team members, building capability in accounting judgment, controls, analytics and effective stakeholder partnership.
- Perform other related accounting, operational and project responsibilities as assigned, based on evolving business needs and organizational priorities.
How you will get here:
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field; CPA or equivalent preferred
- 7+ years of progressive accounting, finance or customer accounting experience, including accounts receivable, credit, revenue-related accounting, rebates or similar customer-facing financial processes. Leadership or process ownership experience preferred
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP applicable to receivables, reserves, rebates and customer-related transactions.
- Strong understanding of internal controls, financial risk management and customer credit/accounting processes.
- Ability to apply sound accounting judgment, analyze complex data and resolve unusual accounting or operational issues.
- Demonstrated ability to balance hands-on execution with process ownership, governance and continuous improvement.
- Ability to influence across functions and geographies in a large, matrixed global organization.
- Proven process improvement, standardization and change-leadership capabilities.
Travel requirements
- Less than 25% domestic/international travel required
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as an Accounting Operations Manager
Align your credentials with specialty occupation standards
Your H-1B petition succeeds when your accounting degree maps directly to the managerial and analytical duties in the job description. A CPA license or graduate-level coursework strengthens the specialty occupation argument USCIS scrutinizes most closely for operations-hybrid roles.
Look up prevailing wages before accepting offers
Use the OFLC Wage Search to find the certified wage level for your specific SOC code and work location. Your offer must meet or exceed that figure on the LCA, so knowing the number before negotiations protects you from last-minute filing complications.
Target employers with multi-site accounting operations
Large employers running centralized finance functions across multiple offices sponsor H-1B more consistently because they maintain dedicated immigration counsel and filing infrastructure. Each worksite requires its own certified LCA, so employers already managing multi-location compliance are better equipped to handle your petition correctly.
Search Migrate Mate for verified sponsoring employers
Filter Accounting Operations Manager roles on Migrate Mate to find employers with documented H-1B LCA filing history in your target city. This saves weeks of manual research and surfaces active sponsors you won't find through general job searches.
Clarify the I-129 timeline before your start date
Ask your HR contact when they plan to file the I-129 petition with USCIS. Standard processing can run several months, and premium processing accelerates adjudication significantly. Confirming the filing date early prevents the gap between your offer letter and your authorized start date from becoming a problem.
Review your O*NET profile to frame your duties accurately
The O*NET occupation profile for Financial Managers and related titles lists the analytical, supervisory, and system-level duties that support a specialty occupation argument. Use that language when working with your employer to draft the job description for the LCA and petition.
H-1B Visa Accounting Operations Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Accounting Operations Manager role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, the role typically qualifies when the employer requires at least a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a closely related field as a genuine prerequisite for the position. The job description must reflect degree-level duties such as financial controls oversight, process architecture, and cross-functional reporting rather than purely supervisory or administrative tasks. USCIS evaluates the actual duties, not just the title.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas most often for this role?
Healthcare systems, financial services firms, enterprise technology companies, and large manufacturing operations regularly sponsor Accounting Operations Managers because their finance functions are complex enough to justify the credential requirement. Employers running shared services centers or centralized accounting departments are especially active sponsors. You can browse employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history for this role on Migrate Mate.
What happens to my H-1B status if my employer restructures or is acquired?
A merger, acquisition, or internal restructuring can affect your H-1B petition depending on whether the new entity is a successor in interest. If the successor assumes the LCA obligations and your job duties remain materially the same, your status can continue. If the role changes significantly or the entity does not qualify as a successor, your employer may need to file a new or amended I-129 petition with USCIS.
Can my employer file a single LCA if I work across multiple office locations?
No. Each distinct worksite requires its own certified LCA filed with DOL before work begins at that location. If your role involves regular work at offices in different metropolitan areas, your employer must certify a separate LCA for each site. Short-term placements under 60 workdays per year in a given location may qualify for a short-term placement exception, but regular multi-site work requires individual certifications.
How long does H-1B status last for an Accounting Operations Manager?
H-1B status is initially granted for up to three years and can be extended for an additional three years, reaching a six-year maximum under standard rules. If your employer has filed a PERM labor certification or an I-140 immigrant petition on your behalf before the six years expire, you may qualify for extensions beyond that cap while your green card application is pending.