Senior Manager – Record To Report (General & Payroll Accounting)

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Accounting, Effective communication skills, Finance, Leadership Skill, Machine learning techniques, Operations, Planning and organization, Teamwork

Job Description

Position Purpose:

The Sr. Manager, Record to Report is accountable for directing teams, ensuring excellent customer service, and seeking to continuously improve processes and delivery. This role directs overall activities for the Record to Report (R2R) tower. Persons in the role has broad knowledge of all finance towers and disciplines and will strategize with project teams, external business partners, and leaders to solve complex business challenges. In this role, you will work closely with global process owners to align on the strategic roadmap and delivery of transformational and innovative projects. This Sr. Manager will be a strategic decision maker, provide coaching to team members, along with supporting their development of business and technical skills. The individual in this role will have proven experience leading people and for guaranteeing daily service delivery to multiple stakeholders across the company.

You will work closely with process owners, and leaders across the organization to align and implement strategies and to ensure information is shared and transactions are completed effectively. These responsibilities require effective communication skills, building relationships and partnerships, and leveraging business proficiency to suggest solutions and provide recommendations. This role is expected to lead collaboration efforts, align strategies, and effectively manage talent.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

Operational Duties & Oversight (30%)

• Monitors team(s) progress against departmental goals.
• Monitors team(s) daily activities.
• Leads regular team meetings to address operations topics, improvements and projects that require monitoring and resolution.
• Serves as the second level escalation for risks and issues.
• Provides updates and recommendation to leaders at all levels of the organization on short- and long-term objectives and policies, program effectiveness, team accomplishments, summary of findings, and explain internal and external impacts.
• Oversees the administration of financial policies.

People Management & Team Leadership (30%)

• Provides leadership, mentorship and coaching to supervisors and managers; ensures teams are supported.
• Provides guidance on a regular basis, keeps connected with the team.
• Provides performance reviews and timely feedback to direct reports regarding performance, execution, and contribution.
• Recruits and hires staff.
• Manages the different team members with respect for all people, coaching them for bringing up the strengths and skills that will set a successful group of highly motivated and strong performers.
• Fosters collaboration with team members; develops a supportive and engaged team.

Continuous Improvements & Controls (10%)

• Participates in the continuous improvement of FBS processes.
• Oversees Internal Controls and drives compliance.
• Works closely with controls and compliance teams.

Collaboration (20%)

• Prioritizes and assigns projects using factors such as funding, return on investment, innovation or challenging work.
• Manages programs for the team to ensure consistency of execution, balance of resources and quality solutions.
• Collaborates with program managers and business partners to align on objectives and expectations and ensure project teams deliver against them.

Strategy Mindset (10%)

• Leads transformational projects defined in conjunction with other areas or teams. Support the planning, execution and allocation of resources needed to run the project.
• Continuously aims to create shareholder value by proposing and supporting transformational ideas and projects.
• Drives adoption of leading-edge techniques and methods, both predictive and prescriptive.

Nature and Scope

• Position reports to a Director or Senior Director
• This position has up to 6 direct reports and manages programs.
• Typically requires overnight travel 0-10% of the time.

Physical Job Requirements

• Most of the time spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about.
• On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Requirements

• 7 years of relevant work experience
• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree
• Previous people or project team management experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be 18 years or older
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience in accounting, finance, or financial reporting.
• Certified Public Accountant designation and/ or a Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Relevant experience in the retail industry is a plus
• Working with BPO external teams is highly preferred
• Experience with different innovative technologies like RPA, AI, Machine Learning, and business query & analytics tools is highly desired
• Ability to identify and drive transformation efforts
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability
• Experience establishing and maintaining process excellence across all financial activities
• Ability to deploy the RTR strategy
• The person in this role will be a dynamic leader
• Ability to adapt quickly and lead through momentous change

Competencies

• Ensures Accountability: Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful
• Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder
• Customer Focus: Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions
• Instills Trust: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity
• Persuades: Using compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals
• Manages Conflict: Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.
• Business Insight: Applying knowledge of the business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals