SUMMARYThe Director, Accounting is responsible for the leadership and direction to a team of finance professionals and managers with primary responsibilities for managing the month-end close process for one or more areas of financial reporting, journal entries, reconciliations, and maintaining a robust control environment within the organization. Position requires a candidate with a significant amount of professional agility, a self-starter that quickly and effectively translates organization initiatives to departmental goals in order to achieve desired results.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, other duties may be assigned.
- Develop and maintain financial reporting for various levels of internal management reporting needs
• Lead responsibility for month-end close processes and variance reporting
• Assist in financial budgeting and forecasting
• Provide support for the annual internal and external audits
• Execute on designed SOX internal controls governing public companies
• Identify and design effective, efficient controls
• Responsible for maintaining a high-performing team including mentoring and training staff members and identifying cross-training opportunities
• Lead other finance managers through example and work ethic to accomplish department development goals
• Work with team members establish annual goals and strategic objectives
• Demonstrate agility with competing projects and priorities
• Lead and nurture a work culture with a positive attitude that promotes open, frequent and dynamic communication among staff, stimulating teamwork to accomplish desired goals and objectives
• Responsible for supporting management initiatives including process standardization and simplification, financial analysis and research, and reporting
• Collaborate with other department in accomplishing strategic objectives
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - BA/BS in Accounting or Finance or Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting
• Seven or more years of experience in the accounting/financial reporting areas
• Five or more years of supervisory experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Four or more years of experience in public accounting at a Big 4 firm
• Seven or more years of supervisory experience
• CPA
• MBA, or graduate finance related degree
• Workday Financials experience or other large ERP systems
• Intermediate understanding of REIT industry
• Working knowledge of Corporate Tax and accounting for various legal entities
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES - Excellent communicator with executive level managers
• Experience with delivering high level presentations to company executives
• A strategic thinker with an understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and financial processes
• Professional agility
• Intermediate/advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience with automated accounting systems
• Must have the ability to effectively interface with all levels of the organization
• Demonstrate willingness to partner across internal departments with competing priorities
TOTAL REWARDS- This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending and HSA accounts; paid holidays; paid time off; paid volunteer days; employee assistance program; tuition assistance; parental leave; military leave assistance; QTS scholarship for dependents; wellness program, and other company benefits.
- This position is Bonus eligible.
- This job may be eligible for equity.
