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Interim Shared Services Accounting Lead
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Job Description
Interim Shared Services Accounting Lead
Schellman
Role Description This is a Remote based role, but candidate is required to be located in the US Central Time Zone or Eastern Time Zone. This role serves as the functional lead for shared services accounting operations, with responsibility spanning: - Accounts receivable (including billing, collections, and cash applications) - Accounts payable - Travel & expenses - Cash management - Tax and regulatory compliance The role also provides functional coordination for the team of professionals performing this work, supports internal and external audit requests related to these areas, drives process improvement initiatives across all functions, and leads any other projects as assigned. The ideal candidate possesses strong leadership and coordination capabilities, a solid operational and technical accounting background, and a demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements. This person is a self-starter, flexible, has a high level of integrity, and is action and goal-oriented in a dynamic, collaborative environment. This position provides functional oversight and support to all departments within the Company. The Lead is expected to be hands-on across all functional areas while also coordinating the work of the team, driving continuous improvement, and supporting audit and project needs as they arise. The Interim Shared Services Accounting Lead must be prepared to perform hands-on, detailed work across all functional areas to ensure deadlines are met. This role serves as the day-to-day point of contact and functional coordinator for a team of 4 shared services accounting professionals, providing technical accounting and process guidance, answering escalated questions, and ensuring work is appropriately prioritized and completed. This position reports to the Vice President, Corporate Controller. Qualifications - Intermediate knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles - 5+ years of progressive accounting leadership experience required, including demonstrated experience coordinating or overseeing a shared services accounting team - Experience with process improvement and automation initiatives in a shared services or accounting environment strongly preferred; formal methodology (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma) strongly preferred - Experience supporting audit requests across AR, AP, T&E, cash, and/or tax and regulatory areas preferred - Advanced MS Excel skills required - Workday Financials experience strongly preferred - Experience with billing portals, such as Ariba, Coupa, etc., preferred - Experience with a professional services organization a plus - Experience with private equity backed organization a plus - Experience with a middle market organization preferred Requirements - Oversee daily billing activity; review and approve invoices prior to posting and delivery to customers. - Work cross-functionally to review customer contracts and ensure proper billing set-up adhering to underlying system requirements and policy standards. - Direct and monitor all aspects of customer collections, ensuring timely follow-up and resolution. - Review and oversee customer payment processing and accurate application to customer accounts. - Review and approve customer refund processing, with proper support and agreements attached. - Review and approve bad debt write offs, in accordance with policy. - Perform quality assurance activities to review the accuracy of customer invoices. - Resolve issues arising from actions or events involving administrative functions. - Oversee accounts payable activity; review and approve supplier invoices, ensure proper coding, approvals routing, and maintenance of supplier records. - Oversee T&E activity; review and approve submissions for proper coding and policy compliance. - Oversee cash activity; review and approve transactions to ensure proper coding and accuracy. - Oversee tax and regulatory notice activity; ensure all items are tracked, filed, and resolved in a timely manner, including escalations to outsourced tax advisory team. - Lead and coordinate month-end close procedures; review and approve journal entries and account reconciliations submitted by team members, ensuring all deadlines are met and books are closed on time. - Respond to all forms of inquiries from internal and external stakeholders pertaining to the job function. - Facilitate day-to-day workflow coordination for a team of 4 shared services accounting professionals, serving as the primary point of escalation for operational questions and issues. - Conduct weekly standing team meetings and individual check-ins (1:1s) to review workload, track progress, address questions, and ensure tasks are on track and priorities are aligned. - Monitor team availability to proactively plan workload distribution and coordinate coverage, ensuring uninterrupted operations during planned absences. - Identify and escalate any performance or conduct concerns to the VP, Corporate Controller in a timely manner; this role does not conduct formal performance evaluations. - As needed, conduct process improvement measures on ad-hoc or case-by-case basis if obstacles or issues are encountered. - Coordinate and respond to internal and external audit requests related to accounts receivable, billing, collections, cash applications, accounts payable, T&E, cash, and tax and regulatory areas; gather and organize supporting documentation and liaise with auditors as needed. - Support ad hoc projects and initiatives as assigned by the VP, Corporate Controller. Benefits - Flexible and balanced work environment with remote work opportunities. - Annual travel for in-person training, team meet-ups, and strategy meetings may be required.
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