Director, Record to Report

Company Description

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.

Job Description

We are seeking a Director, Central Accounting - Record to Report (R2R) to lead Versant's centralized enterprise-wide R2R accounting operations. Reporting to the Senior Director, Global Record to Report, this role is responsible for delivering efficient, timely, accurate, and compliant close, reporting, reconciliation, and central accounting services across Versant.

The Director will manage central accounting operations, support the continued evolution of Versant's future-state R2R operating model, and partner closely with Controllership, Treasury, Payroll, Benefits, Finance, Corporate Accounting, Segment Accounting, Consolidations, and outsourced service providers. This role will help drive standardization, strengthen controls, improve service levels, and operationalize process and technology improvements across R2R activities.

This leader will oversee key central accounting areas including journal entries, intercompany, fixed assets, benefits and payroll accounting, cash account reconciliations, close coordination, reporting support, R2R master data governance, and related control execution. The role will also manage relationships with offshore BPO resources to ensure service commitments, quality expectations, and control requirements are consistently achieved.

This role is based in Orlando and will lead two manager-level direct reports, while also providing oversight, coaching, and direction to offshore BPO-led resources supporting centralized R2R operations.

What You'll Do

• Central Accounting Leadership & Operating Model
• Lead centralized R2R operations for Versant, ensuring central accounting activities are executed with accuracy, consistency, timeliness, and strong controls.
• Support the continued development of the R2R operating model, including standardized roles, responsibilities, handoffs, governance routines, and service delivery expectations.
• Partner with the Senior Director, Global Record to Report to expand and mature centralized accounting operations in alignment with Versant's evolving business needs.
• Drive adoption of scalable processes, tools, documentation, and governance practices across central accounting and outsourced delivery teams.
• Serve as a key escalation point for central accounting matters involving Corporate Accounting, Segment Accounting, Consolidations, Treasury, Payroll, Benefits, Finance, and BPO resources.

Service Delivery

• Lead end-to-end central accounting R2R activities, including journal entries, intercompany, fixed assets, benefits and payroll accounting, cash account reconciliations, close coordination, and reporting support.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and complete period-end close and reporting processes in partnership with Corporate Accounting, Segment Accounting, Consolidations, Treasury, Payroll, Benefits, and Finance teams.
• Manage close calendars, journal entry workflows, reconciliation quality, reporting deliverables, issue tracking, and follow-up for assigned central accounting activities.
• Drive adoption and effective use of enabling technologies, including BlackLine for reconciliations and automation, Promenta for journal entry workflow and controls, SAP ECC, and future ERP or close-management platforms.
• Own R2R master data quality governance for central accounting activities in alignment with enterprise data strategy and control expectations.
• Ensure central accounting operations support current business needs while remaining scalable for continued growth, additional centralization, acquisitions, or changes in Versant's operating model.

Standards, Controls & Compliance

• Maintain a robust SOX-compliant, audit-ready, and transparent control environment across assigned central accounting R2R operations.
• Ensure accounting policies, internal controls, reconciliation standards, journal entry requirements, supporting documentation, and review procedures are consistently executed.
• Collaborate with Technical Accounting, Risk & Compliance, Internal Audit, External Audit, Corporate Controllership, Treasury, Tax, Legal, and business teams to align process execution with policies