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Position summary:
The CRFC Record to Report Director leads the delivery of Record to Report functions and teams including general ledger accounting, monthly close, fixed asset accounting, intercompany accounting and account reconciliations. The role is responsible for the process and performance outcomes of accounting functions, ensuring the compliance with SLAs and KPIs, leading and motivating teams, ensuring continuous improvement of processes, providing excellent customer service to business units (act as first point of contact) and driving effectiveness and transformation initiatives.
The Record to Report Director will oversee monthly accounting activities to ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and corporate policies as well as play a key role in implementing process improvements, integrating new systems and businesses into the CRFC. The Record to Report Director will be a key participant in the company-wide Finance transformation initiatives.
This role should drive strong collaboration with all finance and associated functions such as Technical Accounting, Business Finance, Corporate FP&A and Division FP&A, Inventory Accounting, I2P, I2C, RTR in other centers and others.
This role should develop a strong team, by setting clear goals, managing performance, recognizing achievements and supporting training and development. This role is fundamental in maintaining attrition at or better than market level and an engaged team.
**Essential duties & responsibilities**:
The R2R Director performs advanced-level and managerial responsibilities as required to support the needs of the business. These responsibilities include but are not limited to the following. Note that responsibilities may be added or removed as deemed necessary.
- Oversee the day-to-day accounting operations performed by the CRFC teams to the business units located in US, Canada and LATAM;
- Ensure timeliness and accuracy of the overall monthly close activities as performed by CRFC teams.
- Ensure timely and accurate preparation of balance sheet reconciliations.
- Develop and review monthly metrics with business stakeholders, to improve processes and resolve issues. Provide analytics to key business stakeholders for decision making.
- Review quarterly/ annual corporate submissions and reporting
- Provide support to operational, statutory and US/ LATAM financial audits and requests.
- Develop, coach, and manage the CRFC R2R teams into mature financial advisors with a strong customer service orientation
- Provide excellent customer service to business stakeholders including addressing and resolving queries escalated in a timely manner
- Serve as business partner by maintaining in-depth knowledge of the business and accounting policies & principles
- Work alongside R2R Global Process Owner to champion process improvements, to develop new accounting policies and procedures; to align workplans that support the strategic goals of the department and the company, and to drive efficiencies in the organization
- Manage the transition of new processes from business units into CRFC for a successful transition.
- Collaborate within and across organization on key company-wide initiatives and to support the Finance transformation roadmap (people, process, technology)
- Identify areas of control risk. Assist in designing and recommending mitigating control procedures working with the CRFC Internal Controls team. Ensure that adequate and effective system of internal controls is maintained
- Other duties and special projects as needed
**Education & special trainings**:
- An accounting qualification (e.g. CPA or CMA) is preferred
**Qualifications & experience**:
- Managerial skills in Accounting in a matrixed, international company (preferably with US-headquarters or multinational company)
- Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish, basic Portuguese language skills preferred
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree or equivalent in Finance or Business-related areas of study
- Project management and business reengineering initiatives. Ability to manage projects that will significantly impact the business up-to and including working with senior leadership on major company projects.
- ERP technology (SAP and Oracle) experience an advantage, including ERP implementations.
- Strong written and verbal skills enabling effective communication with all levels of management
- Demonstration of effective leadership, interpersonal, and strategic planning skills n
