Director, Accounting

Director, Accounting

 

The Director, Accounting will lead the daily operations of the accounting, consolidations and accounts payable teams. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on leader with a strong background in accounting processes, controls, and financial systems. As a leader on the Omnicell controllership team, the candidate should possess strong interpersonal and communication skills (both written and oral), have a history of developing highly functioning teams, and be able to work effectively with cross-functional teams. Other critical skills include strong knowledge of US GAAP, the ability to identify and implement process improvements, sound financial analysis and business judgment, project management skills, strong organization, prioritization, and attention to detail, and be goal and team oriented. This is a high visibility role with great opportunities to make a meaningful and immediate impact.

 

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the daily operations of the accounting team to ensure accuracy and efficiency of the team’s performance, as well as effective communication and collaboration with other areas of the organization.
• Direct the global consolidation of results across 20+ legal entities and oversight on chart of accounts.
• Oversight of the OSPS accounting team.
• Leadership of the Omnicell accounts payable team.
• Responsible for the FX rate processes and current FX policies.
• Oversight of the Monthly and Quarterly close process; Drive the overall accounting close process in an efficient and effective manner.
• Analysis of actual results and trends of the business and provide insights to help influence and drive better overall company performance.
• Partner with other finance functions such as revenue, tax, FP&A, commercial finance and treasury functions for monthly/quarterly close activities, process improvements, coordination of key cross-functional projects, tasks, and general ledger activities.  
• Lease and fixed asset accounting.
• Owner of the ERP system, partnering with IT on issue resolution and system projects, such as upgrades, patches, optimization, integrations and migrations.
• General ledger team’s primary contact for the internal and external auditors.
• Assist in preparation and review of quarterly audit committee packages, such as preparation and management of the consolidated flux analysis.
• Manage, mentor, and develop direct reports and the extended team, who are geographically dispersed.
• Review of disclosure support for submission to the External reporting team.
• Ensure internal controls are working effectively and propose improvements to drive best practices in the accounting organization.
• Oversite of SOX controls and compliance.
• Develop, update and implement corporate accounting policies to ensure compliance with US GAAP.

 

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Comprehensive knowledge and experience with general accounting, foreign currency issues, month end close procedures, eliminations and consolidations, controls, internal reporting & analytics, and working with external auditors.
• Deep knowledge of US GAAP; conceptual and practical experience in researching, understanding and communicating technical accounting issues.
• Strong leadership, analytical and project management skills.
• International experience and prior experience in managing global financial monthly close process is preferred.
• Ability to work on cross-functional activities and form solid business relationships.
• Proven close process improvement experience.

 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 10+ years of combined accounting experience in a public accounting firm, publicly traded company, or other large international organization.
• Experience leading a team of accounting professionals.
• Experience working with an ERP system.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA or Master’s Degree
• SAP experience
• Prior experience leading or being heavily involved with ERP implementations

 

 

Work Conditions:

Remote, with a preferen