Accounting Manager-Process Transformation-14109
Job Summary
Reporting to the VP of Financial Reporting, the Accounting Manager – Process Transformation will lead efforts to transform policies and processes, with a focus on enhancing the control environment. This role will be a visible leader within the accounting department, serving as a subject matter expert in the areas of financial statement risk assessment and internal controls. Specifically, this role will support cross-functional stakeholders in documenting business processes and requirements, evaluating risks, and designing future state solutions. This role will partner closely with external parties, including management’s consultants and external auditors.
Responsibilities
· Assess financial statement risks and design solutions focused upon improving efficiency, providing insights, and enhancing internal controls.
· Perform materiality assessments for usage in financial statement risk evaluation.
· Collaborate with key process owners to build or modify business and accounting policies.
· Collaborate with key process owners to build or modify business processes, including updating process flow diagrams and process narratives.
· Review business processes and identify failure points (i.e. what could go wrong), including evaluating segregation of duties for key process owners.
· Support the key process owners in designing or modifying internal controls intended to mitigate the relevant financial statement risks, including establishing templates for documentation of relevant control design factors and expectations for retention of audit evidence.
· Coordinate and support the external auditors’ review of business processes and internal controls.
· Develop and implement a strategy for maintaining documentation and ensuring control performance in accordance with expectations.
· Establish cadence for review of process and controls documentation by key process owners, including establishing process for revisions.
· Design strategy for monitoring of controls to ensure that they are implemented and operating consistently with the documented design.
· Coordinate and support efforts to maintain documentation and ensure control performance in accordance with expectations.
· Report on improvements within key performance indicators associated with business process improvements and control implementations.
Benefits
· Excellent health benefits plan, which includes medical, vision and dental options
· 401(k) with company match
· Company profit sharing plan
· Generous paid time-off and paid holidays
· Paid parental leave
· Company-paid mental health benefit through Headspace
· 2 free on-site fitness rooms
· Employee Assistance Program
· Employee Resource Groups
· Personal and professional development program
Requirements
· Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, information systems, or related field
· Master’s degree in accounting or business administration is preferred
· Active CPA license
· 5+ years of experience in external audit with a “Big 4” public accounting firm, with extensive experience in the following areas:
o Assessment of materiality
o Evaluation of business processes
o Testing of design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of internal controls
o Management of large-scale projects and cross-functional teams
· Strong collaboration and communication skills
· Highly organized, with ability to manage multiple workstreams to meet established deadlines
· Critical thinker with a focus on process improvement and efficiency
· Highly proficient with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio
· Experience with Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains), SAP, Oracle, NetSuite and/or other ERP platforms (preferred)