Director, Consolidation and Reporting - Needham, United States - Planet Professional

Description

Title: Director, Consolidation & Reporting

Industry: PE backed Digital Media Company with $600-800M million in revenue and growing

Location: Needham, MA

Hybrid schedule: 2 days a week in the office/ 3 days remote

Required:

CPA

Technical accounting/research skills

Global company experience

Publicly held company experience and exposure to SEC reporting

Nice to have (not required):

Supervisory/management experience

Microsoft Dynamics 365 and OneStream system experience

Info on job: Role will be responsible for global consolidations, reporting and technical accounting research. Want someone with publicly held, global company experience as company is PE backed and eventually looking to go through an event so want someone with public company reporting knowledge who can eventually have oversight of SEC reporting.

Job Description:

We are searing for a Director, Consolidation and Reporting. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Corporate Team. Reporting to the Senior Director of Technical Accounting and Reporting, and working closely with the team, this position will be a key member for the global transformation of internal and external reporting capabilities. The Director will be instrumental in leading the organization to be best in class for all reporting and compliance matters.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for review and preparation of monthly financial statements and internal reporting packages for the Corporate Controller and CFO
• Ensures that all reporting and documentation complies with professional standards under US GAAP and the Company's regulators.
• Confirms that all global entries, transactions and accounts are accurately and properly consolidated in the Company's financial statements, including the balance sheets, income statements, cash flows and shareholder's equity.
• Advises management of trends and changes in reporting requirements and recommends best approach for implementing necessary changes.
• Collaborates with the Controllership team on various initiatives to transform our monthly close process and to further enhance our global policies and procedures.
• Key contributor and facilitator in the company's goal to be public company ready (i.e., SEC compliant for reporting and filing of financial information)
• Instrumental in facilitation of the Company's annual external audit as well as ensuring timely and compliant completion of local statutory audits.
• Manages a small reporting team.
• Works with regional finance teams to align accounting policies, processes and procedures for key areas globally.
• Coordinates with tax and international controllers on various global and statutory reporting requirements
• Supports business with questions and ad hoc reporting requests.
• Participates in special projects as required (e.g., global ERP implementation, OneStream rollout, M&A integration)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's and/or master's degree in accounting.
• At least 10 years of public accounting and/or global consolidation/reporting experience in an international publicly traded company
• Active CPA license is required.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and OneStream is a plus.
• Must be organized and detail oriented.
• Self-motivated and ability to multi-task
• Effective at pacing teams to meet deadlines, while also supporting accuracy and attention to details
• Ability to collaborate with multiple departments and work collaboratively as one team.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills for communicating issues to leadership.
• Previous management experience
• Critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency with Excel and other Microsoft Office applications