Summary:

Manages, coordinates, and oversees monthly and quarterly accounting and reporting processes with primary responsibility over internal reporting packages, forecasts, and corporate costs and results analysis. The senior manager of accounting and reporting will use their knowledge of US GAAP to analyze financial data, identify key trends and areas of risk and opportunities in the business to be a significant contributor to the continuing improvement of the financial reporting team. This role will assist the corporate controller with monthly and quarterly deliverables for executive leadership as well as ad-hoc analysis as required. The senior manager will liaise extensively with U.S. and international finance, tax, treasury, and segment operations management.

Responsibilities:

• Manages internal reporting for monthly and quarterly closes including initial revenue and earnings reporting through final review and issuance of management reporting package.
• Oversees all internal reporting deliverables to senior management including P&L variance analysis to budget, forecast, and prior year. Provides analysis of cash flow statement variances and significant balance sheet fluctuations. Works across finance organization to understand and provide key trends.
• Owns forecasting and budgeting for corporate and shared service functions. Collaborates across corporate functions and accurately reflects updates in EPM.
• Collaborates with corporate accounting, financial systems, treasury, tax, and FP&A on various projects.
• Assists controller with reporting deliverables including segment business performance, management discussion & analysis, and non-GAAP metrics.
• Assists with budgeting and analysis of corporate allocations.
• Uses Oracle EPM to perform analysis and provide detailed reporting.
• Frequently interacts with domestic and international personnel to understand data anomalies and to create context for senior management.
• Analyzes foreign exchange fluctuations
• Manages and supervises two employes in Global Business Service Center.
• Contribute to the month-end accounting close process and partner with the corporate and business finance teams to ensure all transactions are recorded in accordance with US GAAP.
• Advise the Controllership leadership team on the accounting implications of strategic transactions and business changes.
• Assists with projects and accounting research as needed.
• Develop a culture of continuous improvement focused on automation and data analytics to shorter the close cycle time, reduce risk and improve decision making.
• Play a key role in the development and implementation of the Controllership operating model, business process transformation initiatives, and system implementations.
• Maintains effective internal controls over relevant financial reporting processes and enhances existing design, documentation, and operation of controls as needed.
• Play a key role in the external audit, statutory audits, quarterly reviews, and ongoing controls testing by preparing audit requests and working with the auditors to explain and document various transactions, business process and internal controls.

Decision Making/Interaction: Position will interact with senior management, personnel across various departments, internal and external auditors. Position will require some overtime to meet deadlines

Requirements (5-7):

• Bachelors in Accounting or Finance
• CPA
• Must be system savy and good with data!
• 6+ years of progressive experience
• Public accounting experience
• Strong leadership presence
• Management experience - will have 2 direct reports
• Likes creating data reports and getting into the weeds