Director, Accounting Shared Services

Position Overview:

The Director, Accounting Shared Services, is a key leader within Kinder's Accounting organization, responsible for overseeing centralized accounting operations and driving the transformation of shared services to support the company's continued growth. This role is accountable for delivering efficient, scalable, and high-quality transaction processing and accounting support across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Intercompany, General Accounting, and close support activities.

Reporting to the SVP, Controller, the Director will lead efforts to optimize and standardize processes, strengthen controls, and advance automation across a shared services function. This leader will balance operational excellence with transformation initiatives, leveraging technology, process improvements, and organizational design to enhance efficiency, scalability, and service delivery. The ideal candidate is a hands-on accounting operations leader with deep expertise in AR, AP, and GL processes, strong ERP and systems knowledge, and a proven track record of leading teams through change.

The Director will partner closely with Accounting, Finance, IT, and business leaders to implement best practices, drive continuous improvement, and build a best-in-class shared services organization that supports financial integrity, operational excellence, and sustainable growth.

Key Responsibilities Include:

Shared Services Leadership

• Lead and develop the global Accounting Shared Services organization.
• Create and execute the strategic roadmap for shared services, including process standardization, automation, and service delivery improvements.
• Establish and monitor service level agreements (SLAs), key performance indicators (KPIs), and operational metrics.
• Drive a customer-focused culture that emphasizes service excellence and continuous improvement.
• Build organizational capabilities through talent development, succession planning, and employee engagement.
• Lead end‑to‑end AR and AP operations, including invoicing, collections, cash application, credit management, vendor management, invoice processing, and disbursements.
• Ensure accurate, timely, and controlled execution in support of month‑end close, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Establish and manage service‑level agreements (SLAs), KPIs, and performance dashboards across AR and AP.
• Strong working capital and cash‑flow management expertise. Drive working capital initiatives, including DSO and DPO improvement, cash application effectiveness, and disciplined payables management.

Operational Excellence

• Oversee end-to-end shared service accounting activities, including:
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Cash Application
  • Fixed Assets
  • General Ledger support
  • Intercompany accounting
  • Travel and expense administration
  • Master data governance
  • Close support activities
• Ensure timely, accurate, and efficient transaction processing.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain standardized global processes and controls.

Financial Close and Compliance

• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
• Ensure compliance with US GAAP, internal accounting policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain a strong internal control environment in accordance with SOX and company governance requirements.
• Partner with Internal Audit and external auditors to facilitate audits and address findings.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies, financial controls, and risk management standards.

Transformation and Technology

• Lead finance transformation initiatives focused on digitization, automation, and process simplification.
• Sponsor and implement ERP, workflow, robotics process automation (RPA), AI, and other enabling technologies.
• Drive adoption of best-in-class tools for invoice processing, reconciliations, close management, and reporting.
• Partner with IT and Finance leadership on systems strategy and optimization.
• Build scalable operating models that support continued growth

Stakeholder Partnership and Performance Management

• Serve as a trusted business partner to Corporate Accounting, Controllership, Finance, and operational leaders.
• Development and monitor operational and financial performance dashboards to ensure service delivery effectiveness.
• Communicate performance results, risks, and opportunities to executive leadership.
• Collaborate across functions to identify efficiencies and support enterprise initiatives.

Skills + Experience:

• 15+ years of progressive accounting and finance leadership experience.
• 8+ years leading accounting shared services, global business services, or large-scale accounting operations.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial controls, and SOX compliance.
• Experience leading finance transformation and process improvement initiatives.
• Experience managing large, geographically dispersed teams.
• Demonstrated success implementing ERP and automation solutions.

Pay Transparency:

The expected starting salary range for this role is $215,000- $240,000 per year. The salary range posted for this role reflects the good-faith base pay range Kinder’s reasonably expects to offer at the time of posting and may vary based on the location of the role. Individual compensation within the posted range will be determined based on factors such as relevant education, experience, qualifications, skills, and business needs.