Senior Director Accounting

Senior Director Accounting

Requirements

• BS or BA in Accounting/Finance, or equivalent
• 10+ years of experience, in public accounting and/or accounting in private industry
• Attention to detail, strong self-review & strict adherence to deadlines is critical
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and SEC rules and regulations
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a changing environment
• Ability to analyze financial statements, including income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization, tailoring the message based on the purpose, audience, and channel
• Prior supervisory experience a must
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office required

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of accounting professionals, managing public company monthly closing for corporate accounting, including the preparation of all journal entries, company-wide mass allocations, recurring entries and account reconciliations in accordance with the monthly closing calendar.
• Manage quarterly external reporting deliverables, tax compliance and internal and external audit requests.
• Review Oracle financial reports for variances and provide guidance and assistance to Corporate Accounting staff. Ensuring timely and accurate closing of Oracle General Ledger and fixed asset subledgers.
• Manage debt, pension plan accounting, stock compensation, and other employee benefit accounting matters.
• Oversee the fixed asset process, including the operating effectiveness of key controls such as Capital Authorization Request approval process and related reconciliation process between subledger and general ledger.
• Effectively manage, motivate, and train assigned staff and provide regular (daily where appropriate) status of work-in-progress responsibilities to the Vice President of Accounting.
• Evaluate and identify areas of potential exposure and internal control weakness and evaluate and improve processes and workflows to improve completion times.
• Assist in updates and system conversions for general ledger and subledgers, suggest enhancements, and confirm functionality of delivered products meet requested expectations.
• Provide insight on current processes and supporting the Finance groups in delivery of Budget and Forecasts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Financial Systems and corporate applications with Oracle Cloud (Fusion) proficiency strongly preferred
• CPA strongly preferred