Sr Director, General Accounting

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SUMMARY

This position will lead and manage all Controllership teams for the Record-to-Report organization at Papa Johns and drive the next stage of transformation in our Finance function in our Louisville Hub. This new position will oversee the General Accounting (including segment accounting) and Long-lived Asset Accounting teams for all North American operating and corporate segments. This role will also require overseeing all international accounting processes for our global operations, with most of the team located in the UK.

This position requires a desire to work in a fast-paced organization while initiating and actioning process improvements and driving a fun and inclusive culture that embraces hard work and critical thinking. The successful candidate will instill best-practices for utilizing technology to improve accuracy and efficiency in processes (KPI creation, Close acceleration, reconciliation automation, RPA), SOX controls, internal and external audits, and stand-alone financials. This role requires driving scale to our accounting operations (documentation, processes, and systems) and will manage implementing, documenting, and testing related controls in partnership with our SOX team and policies in partnership with our Corporate Accounting team. This role will have visibility to and opportunity to collaborate with the CFO, Controller, and wider Accounting and Finance teams on the direction of the accounting functions of the organization.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned

• Create and execute strategies and specific objectives to oversee the operations and policies of the General Ledger organization for all operating and corporate segments
• Manage the month end closing and financial reporting processes including journal entry review, account reconciliation and variance analysis
• Work with other teams and departments to ensure integrity of accounting controls, processes, and procedures
• Oversee all monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting close processes and reporting
• Serve as lead contact for all record-to-report activities for all US GAAP and stand-alone financial reporting (including both domestic and international reporting)
• Drive continuous process improvements to ensure all information is timely and accurate, with a focus on improving timeliness and accuracy of financial information, as well as appropriateness of processes and systems
• Partner with FP&A to ensure that all financial information is delivered in accordance with timelines for analytical needs
• Special projects as assigned

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. An equivalent combination of experience and training may substitute for any of the listed position qualification. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

COMPETENCIES are classified as the work habits, attitudes, personal characteristics, and behaviors that reflect how a person accomplishes the duties and responsibilities of his/her job.

Process Management Efficient at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient workflow; knows what to measure and how to measure it; can see opportunities for synergy and integration where others cannot; can simplify complex processes; gets more out of fewer resources.

Leading Change:  Ensures that energy and resources are sustained over the long-term of the change. Leverages technology, processes, or systems to enhance organizational learning and change. Clearly defines the expectations and how they will change for internal and external stakeholders. Manages any resistance to change within teams. Monitors the team’s successes and failures and shows a willingness to course correct whenever necessary.

Drive for Results Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

Presentation Skills Is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers, direct reports, and bosses; is effective both inside and outside the organization, on both cool data and hot and controversial topics;

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