**PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Manage the GL accounting team to plan, organize and coordinate activities for general accounting functions; perform monthly closing functions as defined with internal stakeholders, including GFS standards and reporting deadlines in SLAs.
- Ensure all General Ledger account reconciliation's are completed accurately, timely and submitted to General Accounting.
- Maintain General Ledger Chart of Accounts.
- Review all financial statements with Corporate personnel on a monthly basis, providing clear and thoughtful explanations for all variances and assumptions.
- Work with other Corporate groups such as mergers and acquisitions, treasury and taxes as needed to provide assistance to resolve inquires.
- Handle confidential material related to company financial results and disseminate such information with appropriate discretion.
- Act as the key liaison with Company financial staff and internal auditors.
- Coordinate completion of tax reporting requirements that is delivered to Corporate tax department.
- Enhance customer service through promotion of service-oriented approach within all functional responsibilities.
- Responsible for developing and maintaining required skills and key functional competencies among the group.
- Record/post approved accounting transactions in the General Ledger, in accordance with GAAP and the Company's accounting policies.
- Ensure processes and supporting technologies are effective, efficient, and continuously improved.
- Establish and maintain accounting policies and procedures with proper internal controls.
- Monitor the financial systems for identification and recommendation of procedural and processing improvements required for operational support and customer service.
- Coordinate and monitor GFS process metrics.
- Communicate the status, results and performance of processes and supporting technologies.
**EDUCATION/LANGUAGE**
- BSBA degree in Accounting, Finance and/or Business Administration required and MA or MBA optional
- CPA certification or equivalent
**EXPERIENCE/SKILLS**
- Five to seven years experience, including management of an accounting team
- Three to five years public accounting (audit & controls background)
- Experiene working in shared service accounting environment
- Knowledge of accounting systems with experience in systems development (i.e., Oracle)
- Strong financial reporting background (HFM Preferred)