Director of Accounting Operations

Job Description

This role requires a highly motivated and experienced accounting professional with a track record of success overseeing global accounting operations. In this leadership role, you will develop and mentor your team, oversee ERP systems and controls, partner with other business functions on projects, lead corporate initiatives towards process improvement and transformational projects to achieve best in class results, and develop and maintain accounting policies and procedures.

This position is best suited for an accounting professional who possesses strong communication, organization, technology and leadership skills as well as enjoys working in a challenging, fast-paced environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee the financial close and consolidation process to ensure timely and accurate preparation and recording of financial transactions, account reconciliations, financial fluctuation analyses and schedules for management reporting.
• Manage the monthly close processes, including but not limited to consolidation, foreign exchange revaluation and translation, publish consolidated results, monitoring the close status, and issue resolution.
• Responsible for managing the corporate ERP system, including but not limited to the general ledger master data, maintenance of chart of accounts, general ledger system roles, financial statement report structures, external systems interface to the general ledger, and upload processes.
• Manage the foreign exchange process, including but not limited to multi-currency system configuration and processing the monthly foreign exchange revaluation and translation.
• Partner closely with the Tax team to provide various accounting support on tax related activities, including transfer pricing, legal entity reorganization, and other tax initiatives.
• Identify automation opportunities while proactively engaging and collaborating with the accounting transformation team to build, from concept to execution, various scalable and transformational processes, as well as to support new business initiatives.
• Lead business validation processes to produce an accurate and timely consolidation of worldwide financial results in accordance with US GAAP, while ensuring compliance to the Company’s SOX financial controls.
• Global accounting lead on accounting system and process architecture, including new developments and on-going maintenance for harmonization across global entities.
• Provide strategic guidance and mentor global teams, including the accounting global shared service center.
• Guide and motivate a team of accounting professionals to grow their career, including development of technical and presentation skillsets.
• Work with external auditors during quarterly, interim, and annual audits.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Undergraduate degree in Finance/Accounting (or equivalent experience) with knowledge of US GAAP, with 10+ years of overall experience.
• Active CPA license.
• 6+ years of managing a team, preferably with some years in a hybrid environment.
• Experience in a corporate accounting leadership position at a large multinational technology company.
• Demonstrated experience with process and system automation.
• Experience in leading cross-functional projects and related management presentations.
• Solid knowledge of ERP systems, preferably Oracle and SAP.
• Working at companies with $10 billion plus in revenue and/or 50 plus operational subsidiaries.
• Consistent record of accomplishment of establishing relationships with cross-functional business partners.
• Real passion for continuous improvement of systems and processes.
• A leader who takes additional responsibilities as they progress, and stays committed to providing an environment that fosters career growth and development for the team.