Director, Global Process Owner – Record-to-Report and Controls
for section headings (e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to decide which headings to include. The posting includes: Job Summary (maybe "About the role"), Responsibilities, Qualifications, Preferred Qualifications, Leadership (maybe part of Qualifications?), Physical Demands / Working Environment. Also maybe "Skills" could be derived from qualifications but we can include a Skills section if there is explicit list of skills. The qualifications list includes many skills: analytical, project-management, problem-solving, written-communication, presentation skills. Could be a Skills section. But we need to only include sections when posting has real, specific content. The qualifications section includes both qualifications and skills. Could split into Qualifications (education, certifications, experience) and Skills (analytical, etc). However the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine Qualifications and Skills into one Qualifications section. But we have headings list includes Qualifications and Skills separate. We could include Qualifications heading and put both education/experience and skills inside as prose or lists. That seems fine.
We also have "Leadership" as a subsection under Qualifications? Actually there is a "Leadership" bullet list under Preferred Qualifications? Actually after Preferred Qualifications there is a block titled "Leadership Enterprise ownership: ..." That seems like leadership competencies. Could be part of Preferred Qualifications or separate section. Might be better to include a "Leadership" section if there is specific content. The content: "Leadership Enterprise ownership: Makes decisions for the global organization rather than optimizing one business unit or region.Controls mindset: Balances process efficiency with financial-reporting integrity, compliance, and risk management.Influence: Builds support and drives action across teams outside the Director’s direct reporting structure.Strategic execution: Converts broad objectives into clear priorities, accountable owners, and measurable outcomes.Change leadership: Explains the purpose of change, involves affected teams, and sustains adoption.Clear communication: Explains technical accounting, controls, and process issues in concise business language."
That's specific. Could be a section "Leadership Competencies" but heading list includes maybe "Skills". Could treat as Skills. But we already have Skills maybe. However we have "Leadership" as a possible heading? Not in the list but we could still use
for any section heading? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It gives examples but not exclusive. Likely we should stick to those headings. So we can map content to those headings.
Thus sections:
- About the role (Job Summary)
- Responsibilities
- Qualifications (includes education, certifications, experience, preferred qualifications, leadership competencies, skills)
- Physical Demands / Working Environment (maybe as a section but not in list; but we could include as a
under Qualifications? Better to include as its own heading maybe "Working Environment". Not in list but we could still use
. The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. ...). It doesn't forbid other headings, but examples given. Safer to include only those headings that match content. Physical Demands / Working Environment could be placed under a "Working Environment" heading but not in list. Could we omit it? It's substantive info about location, office environment, physical demands. Might be worth including. Could use a heading like "Work Location & Environment". Not in list but maybe acceptable. However instruction: "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It suggests those are typical but not exclusive. I'd include a heading for Physical Demands / Working Environment as "Work Location & Environment". Might be okay.
But we must not repeat the job title as a heading. The job title is "Director, Global Process Owner – Record-to-Report and Controls". We'll not repeat.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; none present.
We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. So remove the EEO paragraph, the "Not the right fit? ..." paragraph, the GPC policy paragraph.
Also remove duplicated lines? Not seeing duplicates.
Now we need to preserve all substantive information: job summary, responsibilities bullet points, qualifications bullet points, preferred qualifications bullet points, leadership competencies bullet points, physical demands/working environment.
We need to format using headings, - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
Thus for each section we can have
About the role
then Job Summary text.
For Responsibilities: Responsibilities
then - each bullet.
But the responsibilities section has multiple sub-sections: Global Internal Controls and SOX Leadership, Global Record-to-Report Process Ownership, Process Improvement And Transformation, Technology And Data Enablement, Performance Management And Governance, Leadership And Stakeholder Partnership. Each has multiple sentences. We could treat each sentence as a list item, or we could keep prose within each subheading? But we are not to create extra headings beyond those listed unless needed. Could we keep the subheadings as part of list items? Probably better to keep each responsibility as a list item, preserving the content. Could also keep subheadings as bold text inside
- but we cannot use markdown; we can use HTML . That's allowed. The instruction didn't forbid using . We'll just put the sentences as list items.
Similarly for Qualifications: we have bullet list of qualifications (Bachelor's degree, CPA license, 10 years experience, etc). Then Preferred Qualifications bullet list. Then Leadership competencies bullet list. Then skills (analytical, project-management, etc). We could combine all into one list under Qualifications. Or we could separate into Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications sections. But we have only Qualifications heading in the list; we could also have a "Preferred Qualifications" heading? Not in list but maybe okay. However instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So better to combine into one Qualifications section.
Thus
Qualifications
then - each item: education, CPA, experience, Big Four, SOX knowledge, global leadership experience, R2R understanding, control evaluation, multinational environment, analytical/project-management/problem-solving/written-communication/presentation skills, preferred qualifications items (global SOX function experience, GBS, ERP, etc), leadership competencies (enterprise ownership, controls mindset, influence, strategic execution, change leadership, clear communication). That's a lot but okay.
We need to ensure we don't lose any detail.
Physical Demands / Working Environment: we can have
Work Location & Environment
then with details: Position location: Atlanta, Georgia; Principal duties performed primarily in an office environment; Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer; Must be able to stand and walk short distances between work sites; Must be able to work in a corporate office setting.
Now we need to ensure we removed boilerplate: EEO paragraph, "Not the right fit?" paragraph, GPC policy paragraph.
Also remove any duplicated lines: none.
Now output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft.
First, About the role: The Job Summary paragraph: "The Director, Global Process Owner – Record-to-Report and Controls leads the company’s global internal controls and Record-to-Report strategy. This role is responsible for sustaining SOX compliance, strengthening financial controls, standardizing global accounting processes, and improving the speed, quality, and predictability of the financial close. The Director serves as the global authority for R2R process governance, leads the global controls team, and partners with Controllers, GBS, Finance, Internal Audit, External Audit, Technology, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Human Resources, and other stakeholders to establish consistent processes, controls, documentation, performance measures, and accountability across the organization."
We'll put that in
.
Responsibilities: list items:
- Own the company’s global SOX compliance program, including annual scoping, materiality, risk assessment, control design, documentation, testing coordination, deficiency evaluation, remediation, and management certification.
- Establish a globally aligned internal-control framework across corporate functions, business units, regions, and shared-service operations.
- Lead the global financial-controls team and provide functional direction to business-unit SOX resources through an appropriate direct-report and dotted-line structure.
- Simplify and rationalize the global control environment while maintaining effective coverage of financial-reporting risks.
- Partner with Internal Audit, External Audit, and Technology leaders on testing strategies, documentation expectations, automated controls, system dependencies, findings, and remediation.
- Own the end-to-end global R2R framework, including general ledger accounting, journal entries, account reconciliations, intercompany accounting, fixed assets, period-end close, consolidation, and reporting support.
- Define, document, and maintain global R2R policies, standard operating procedures, controls, roles, and decision rights.
- Standardize journal-entry approvals, account reconciliations, close activities, workflows, supporting documentation, and management review requirements.
- Improve close discipline and reduce the accounting and reporting close from 10 days to five days or less.
- Serve as the primary escalation point and subject-matter leader for global R2R process matters.
- Assess global R2R performance and prioritize improvements based on business value, risk reduction, control impact, complexity, readiness, and available resources.
- Partner with the Global Business Services process-improvement team to implement prioritized R2R changes and sustain new ways of working.
- Eliminate unnecessary manual work, duplicate activities, inconsistent practices, and avoidable close delays.
- Support major business, shared-service, and technology transformations by ensuring processes and controls are designed before implementation.
- Lead change-management activities, including stakeholder communication, training, process documentation, adoption monitoring, and post-implementation review.
- Partner with Finance and Technology leaders to define requirements for systems supporting R2R and internal controls.
- Evaluate opportunities to automate reconciliations, journal entries, close management, controls, certifications, reporting, and supporting workflows.
- Ensure technology changes include appropriate financial controls, data governance, system dependencies, access considerations, and audit-ready documentation.
- Promote consistent use of approved systems and data across business units and regions so new systems support standardized processes.
- Establish a global governance model for R2R and internal controls, including regular governance meetings with key Finance, GBS, Audit, Technology, Tax, Treasury, and other stakeholders.
- Define performance measures and targets for close timeliness, reconciliation completion, journal-entry compliance, issue resolution, control execution, and audit readiness.
- Develop transparent reporting that identifies trends, bottlenecks, control issues, root causes, and corrective actions.
- Maintain a prioritized global roadmap for control enhancement and R2R transformation and report progress, risks, decisions, and resource needs to senior Finance leadership.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing global controls team and provide functional guidance to business-unit and regional controls professionals.
- Influence senior leaders and process owners who may not report directly to the position.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to Controllers and Finance leaders on financial controls, process risks, SOX requirements, and R2R improvement.
- Promote accountability, continuous improvement
for prose. We need to decide which headings to include. The posting includes: Job Summary (maybe "About the role"), Responsibilities, Qualifications, Preferred Qualifications, Leadership (maybe part of Qualifications?), Physical Demands / Working Environment. Also maybe "Skills" could be derived from qualifications but we can include a Skills section if there is explicit list of skills. The qualifications list includes many skills: analytical, project-management, problem-solving, written-communication, presentation skills. Could be a Skills section. But we need to only include sections when posting has real, specific content. The qualifications section includes both qualifications and skills. Could split into Qualifications (education, certifications, experience) and Skills (analytical, etc). However the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine Qualifications and Skills into one Qualifications section. But we have headings list includes Qualifications and Skills separate. We could include Qualifications heading and put both education/experience and skills inside as prose or lists. That seems fine. We also have "Leadership" as a subsection under Qualifications? Actually there is a "Leadership" bullet list under Preferred Qualifications? Actually after Preferred Qualifications there is a block titled "Leadership Enterprise ownership: ..." That seems like leadership competencies. Could be part of Preferred Qualifications or separate section. Might be better to include a "Leadership" section if there is specific content. The content: "Leadership Enterprise ownership: Makes decisions for the global organization rather than optimizing one business unit or region.Controls mindset: Balances process efficiency with financial-reporting integrity, compliance, and risk management.Influence: Builds support and drives action across teams outside the Director’s direct reporting structure.Strategic execution: Converts broad objectives into clear priorities, accountable owners, and measurable outcomes.Change leadership: Explains the purpose of change, involves affected teams, and sustains adoption.Clear communication: Explains technical accounting, controls, and process issues in concise business language." That's specific. Could be a section "Leadership Competencies" but heading list includes maybe "Skills". Could treat as Skills. But we already have Skills maybe. However we have "Leadership" as a possible heading? Not in the list but we could still use
for any section heading? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It gives examples but not exclusive. Likely we should stick to those headings. So we can map content to those headings.
Thus sections:
- About the role (Job Summary)
- Responsibilities
- Qualifications (includes education, certifications, experience, preferred qualifications, leadership competencies, skills)
- Physical Demands / Working Environment (maybe as a section but not in list; but we could include as a
under Qualifications? Better to include as its own heading maybe "Working Environment". Not in list but we could still use
. The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. ...). It doesn't forbid other headings, but examples given. Safer to include only those headings that match content. Physical Demands / Working Environment could be placed under a "Working Environment" heading but not in list. Could we omit it? It's substantive info about location, office environment, physical demands. Might be worth including. Could use a heading like "Work Location & Environment". Not in list but maybe acceptable. However instruction: "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It suggests those are typical but not exclusive. I'd include a heading for Physical Demands / Working Environment as "Work Location & Environment". Might be okay.
But we must not repeat the job title as a heading. The job title is "Director, Global Process Owner – Record-to-Report and Controls". We'll not repeat.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; none present.
We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. So remove the EEO paragraph, the "Not the right fit? ..." paragraph, the GPC policy paragraph.
Also remove duplicated lines? Not seeing duplicates.
Now we need to preserve all substantive information: job summary, responsibilities bullet points, qualifications bullet points, preferred qualifications bullet points, leadership competencies bullet points, physical demands/working environment.
We need to format using headings, - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
Thus for each section we can have
About the role
then Job Summary text.
For Responsibilities: Responsibilities
then - each bullet.
But the responsibilities section has multiple sub-sections: Global Internal Controls and SOX Leadership, Global Record-to-Report Process Ownership, Process Improvement And Transformation, Technology And Data Enablement, Performance Management And Governance, Leadership And Stakeholder Partnership. Each has multiple sentences. We could treat each sentence as a list item, or we could keep prose within each subheading? But we are not to create extra headings beyond those listed unless needed. Could we keep the subheadings as part of list items? Probably better to keep each responsibility as a list item, preserving the content. Could also keep subheadings as bold text inside
- but we cannot use markdown; we can use HTML . That's allowed. The instruction didn't forbid using . We'll just put the sentences as list items.
Similarly for Qualifications: we have bullet list of qualifications (Bachelor's degree, CPA license, 10 years experience, etc). Then Preferred Qualifications bullet list. Then Leadership competencies bullet list. Then skills (analytical, project-management, etc). We could combine all into one list under Qualifications. Or we could separate into Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications sections. But we have only Qualifications heading in the list; we could also have a "Preferred Qualifications" heading? Not in list but maybe okay. However instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So better to combine into one Qualifications section.
Thus
Qualifications
then - each item: education, CPA, experience, Big Four, SOX knowledge, global leadership experience, R2R understanding, control evaluation, multinational environment, analytical/project-management/problem-solving/written-communication/presentation skills, preferred qualifications items (global SOX function experience, GBS, ERP, etc), leadership competencies (enterprise ownership, controls mindset, influence, strategic execution, change leadership, clear communication). That's a lot but okay.
We need to ensure we don't lose any detail.
Physical Demands / Working Environment: we can have
Work Location & Environment
then with details: Position location: Atlanta, Georgia; Principal duties performed primarily in an office environment; Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer; Must be able to stand and walk short distances between work sites; Must be able to work in a corporate office setting.
Now we need to ensure we removed boilerplate: EEO paragraph, "Not the right fit?" paragraph, GPC policy paragraph.
Also remove any duplicated lines: none.
Now output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft.
First, About the role: The Job Summary paragraph: "The Director, Global Process Owner – Record-to-Report and Controls leads the company’s global internal controls and Record-to-Report strategy. This role is responsible for sustaining SOX compliance, strengthening financial controls, standardizing global accounting processes, and improving the speed, quality, and predictability of the financial close. The Director serves as the global authority for R2R process governance, leads the global controls team, and partners with Controllers, GBS, Finance, Internal Audit, External Audit, Technology, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Human Resources, and other stakeholders to establish consistent processes, controls, documentation, performance measures, and accountability across the organization."
We'll put that in
.
Responsibilities: list items:
- Own the company’s global SOX compliance program, including annual scoping, materiality, risk assessment, control design, documentation, testing coordination, deficiency evaluation, remediation, and management certification.
- Establish a globally aligned internal-control framework across corporate functions, business units, regions, and shared-service operations.
- Lead the global financial-controls team and provide functional direction to business-unit SOX resources through an appropriate direct-report and dotted-line structure.
- Simplify and rationalize the global control environment while maintaining effective coverage of financial-reporting risks.
- Partner with Internal Audit, External Audit, and Technology leaders on testing strategies, documentation expectations, automated controls, system dependencies, findings, and remediation.
- Own the end-to-end global R2R framework, including general ledger accounting, journal entries, account reconciliations, intercompany accounting, fixed assets, period-end close, consolidation, and reporting support.
- Define, document, and maintain global R2R policies, standard operating procedures, controls, roles, and decision rights.
- Standardize journal-entry approvals, account reconciliations, close activities, workflows, supporting documentation, and management review requirements.
- Improve close discipline and reduce the accounting and reporting close from 10 days to five days or less.
- Serve as the primary escalation point and subject-matter leader for global R2R process matters.
- Assess global R2R performance and prioritize improvements based on business value, risk reduction, control impact, complexity, readiness, and available resources.
- Partner with the Global Business Services process-improvement team to implement prioritized R2R changes and sustain new ways of working.
- Eliminate unnecessary manual work, duplicate activities, inconsistent practices, and avoidable close delays.
- Support major business, shared-service, and technology transformations by ensuring processes and controls are designed before implementation.
- Lead change-management activities, including stakeholder communication, training, process documentation, adoption monitoring, and post-implementation review.
- Partner with Finance and Technology leaders to define requirements for systems supporting R2R and internal controls.
- Evaluate opportunities to automate reconciliations, journal entries, close management, controls, certifications, reporting, and supporting workflows.
- Ensure technology changes include appropriate financial controls, data governance, system dependencies, access considerations, and audit-ready documentation.
- Promote consistent use of approved systems and data across business units and regions so new systems support standardized processes.
- Establish a global governance model for R2R and internal controls, including regular governance meetings with key Finance, GBS, Audit, Technology, Tax, Treasury, and other stakeholders.
- Define performance measures and targets for close timeliness, reconciliation completion, journal-entry compliance, issue resolution, control execution, and audit readiness.
- Develop transparent reporting that identifies trends, bottlenecks, control issues, root causes, and corrective actions.
- Maintain a prioritized global roadmap for control enhancement and R2R transformation and report progress, risks, decisions, and resource needs to senior Finance leadership.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing global controls team and provide functional guidance to business-unit and regional controls professionals.
- Influence senior leaders and process owners who may not report directly to the position.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to Controllers and Finance leaders on financial controls, process risks, SOX requirements, and R2R improvement.
- Promote accountability, continuous improvement
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It suggests those are typical but not exclusive. I'd include a heading for Physical Demands / Working Environment as "Work Location & Environment". Might be okay.
But we must not repeat the job title as a heading. The job title is "Director, Global Process Owner – Record-to-Report and Controls". We'll not repeat.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; none present.
We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. So remove the EEO paragraph, the "Not the right fit? ..." paragraph, the GPC policy paragraph.
Also remove duplicated lines? Not seeing duplicates.
Now we need to preserve all substantive information: job summary, responsibilities bullet points, qualifications bullet points, preferred qualifications bullet points, leadership competencies bullet points, physical demands/working environment.
We need to format using headings, - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
Thus for each section we can have
About the role
then Job Summary text.
For Responsibilities: Responsibilities
then - each bullet.
But the responsibilities section has multiple sub-sections: Global Internal Controls and SOX Leadership, Global Record-to-Report Process Ownership, Process Improvement And Transformation, Technology And Data Enablement, Performance Management And Governance, Leadership And Stakeholder Partnership. Each has multiple sentences. We could treat each sentence as a list item, or we could keep prose within each subheading? But we are not to create extra headings beyond those listed unless needed. Could we keep the subheadings as part of list items? Probably better to keep each responsibility as a list item, preserving the content. Could also keep subheadings as bold text inside
- but we cannot use markdown; we can use HTML . That's allowed. The instruction didn't forbid using . We'll just put the sentences as list items.
Similarly for Qualifications: we have bullet list of qualifications (Bachelor's degree, CPA license, 10 years experience, etc). Then Preferred Qualifications bullet list. Then Leadership competencies bullet list. Then skills (analytical, project-management, etc). We could combine all into one list under Qualifications. Or we could separate into Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications sections. But we have only Qualifications heading in the list; we could also have a "Preferred Qualifications" heading? Not in list but maybe okay. However instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So better to combine into one Qualifications section.
Thus
Qualifications
then - each item: education, CPA, experience, Big Four, SOX knowledge, global leadership experience, R2R understanding, control evaluation, multinational environment, analytical/project-management/problem-solving/written-communication/presentation skills, preferred qualifications items (global SOX function experience, GBS, ERP, etc), leadership competencies (enterprise ownership, controls mindset, influence, strategic execution, change leadership, clear communication). That's a lot but okay.
We need to ensure we don't lose any detail.
Physical Demands / Working Environment: we can have
Work Location & Environment
then with details: Position location: Atlanta, Georgia; Principal duties performed primarily in an office environment; Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer; Must be able to stand and walk short distances between work sites; Must be able to work in a corporate office setting.
Now we need to ensure we removed boilerplate: EEO paragraph, "Not the right fit?" paragraph, GPC policy paragraph.
Also remove any duplicated lines: none.
Now output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft.
First, About the role: The Job Summary paragraph: "The Director, Global Process Owner – Record-to-Report and Controls leads the company’s global internal controls and Record-to-Report strategy. This role is responsible for sustaining SOX compliance, strengthening financial controls, standardizing global accounting processes, and improving the speed, quality, and predictability of the financial close. The Director serves as the global authority for R2R process governance, leads the global controls team, and partners with Controllers, GBS, Finance, Internal Audit, External Audit, Technology, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Human Resources, and other stakeholders to establish consistent processes, controls, documentation, performance measures, and accountability across the organization."
We'll put that in
.
Responsibilities: list items:
- Own the company’s global SOX compliance program, including annual scoping, materiality, risk assessment, control design, documentation, testing coordination, deficiency evaluation, remediation, and management certification.
- Establish a globally aligned internal-control framework across corporate functions, business units, regions, and shared-service operations.
- Lead the global financial-controls team and provide functional direction to business-unit SOX resources through an appropriate direct-report and dotted-line structure.
- Simplify and rationalize the global control environment while maintaining effective coverage of financial-reporting risks.
- Partner with Internal Audit, External Audit, and Technology leaders on testing strategies, documentation expectations, automated controls, system dependencies, findings, and remediation.
- Own the end-to-end global R2R framework, including general ledger accounting, journal entries, account reconciliations, intercompany accounting, fixed assets, period-end close, consolidation, and reporting support.
- Define, document, and maintain global R2R policies, standard operating procedures, controls, roles, and decision rights.
- Standardize journal-entry approvals, account reconciliations, close activities, workflows, supporting documentation, and management review requirements.
- Improve close discipline and reduce the accounting and reporting close from 10 days to five days or less.
- Serve as the primary escalation point and subject-matter leader for global R2R process matters.
- Assess global R2R performance and prioritize improvements based on business value, risk reduction, control impact, complexity, readiness, and available resources.
- Partner with the Global Business Services process-improvement team to implement prioritized R2R changes and sustain new ways of working.
- Eliminate unnecessary manual work, duplicate activities, inconsistent practices, and avoidable close delays.
- Support major business, shared-service, and technology transformations by ensuring processes and controls are designed before implementation.
- Lead change-management activities, including stakeholder communication, training, process documentation, adoption monitoring, and post-implementation review.
- Partner with Finance and Technology leaders to define requirements for systems supporting R2R and internal controls.
- Evaluate opportunities to automate reconciliations, journal entries, close management, controls, certifications, reporting, and supporting workflows.
- Ensure technology changes include appropriate financial controls, data governance, system dependencies, access considerations, and audit-ready documentation.
- Promote consistent use of approved systems and data across business units and regions so new systems support standardized processes.
- Establish a global governance model for R2R and internal controls, including regular governance meetings with key Finance, GBS, Audit, Technology, Tax, Treasury, and other stakeholders.
- Define performance measures and targets for close timeliness, reconciliation completion, journal-entry compliance, issue resolution, control execution, and audit readiness.
- Develop transparent reporting that identifies trends, bottlenecks, control issues, root causes, and corrective actions.
- Maintain a prioritized global roadmap for control enhancement and R2R transformation and report progress, risks, decisions, and resource needs to senior Finance leadership.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing global controls team and provide functional guidance to business-unit and regional controls professionals.
- Influence senior leaders and process owners who may not report directly to the position.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to Controllers and Finance leaders on financial controls, process risks, SOX requirements, and R2R improvement.
- Promote accountability, continuous improvement
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Thus for each section we can have
About the role
thenJob Summary text.
For Responsibilities:Responsibilities
then- each bullet. But the responsibilities section has multiple sub-sections: Global Internal Controls and SOX Leadership, Global Record-to-Report Process Ownership, Process Improvement And Transformation, Technology And Data Enablement, Performance Management And Governance, Leadership And Stakeholder Partnership. Each has multiple sentences. We could treat each sentence as a list item, or we could keep prose within each subheading? But we are not to create extra headings beyond those listed unless needed. Could we keep the subheadings as part of list items? Probably better to keep each responsibility as a list item, preserving the content. Could also keep subheadings as bold text inside
- but we cannot use markdown; we can use HTML . That's allowed. The instruction didn't forbid using . We'll just put the sentences as list items.
Similarly for Qualifications: we have bullet list of qualifications (Bachelor's degree, CPA license, 10 years experience, etc). Then Preferred Qualifications bullet list. Then Leadership competencies bullet list. Then skills (analytical, project-management, etc). We could combine all into one list under Qualifications. Or we could separate into Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications sections. But we have only Qualifications heading in the list; we could also have a "Preferred Qualifications" heading? Not in list but maybe okay. However instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So better to combine into one Qualifications section.
Thus
Qualifications
then- each item: education, CPA, experience, Big Four, SOX knowledge, global leadership experience, R2R understanding, control evaluation, multinational environment, analytical/project-management/problem-solving/written-communication/presentation skills, preferred qualifications items (global SOX function experience, GBS, ERP, etc), leadership competencies (enterprise ownership, controls mindset, influence, strategic execution, change leadership, clear communication). That's a lot but okay.
We need to ensure we don't lose any detail.
Physical Demands / Working Environment: we can have
Work Location & Environment
thenwith details: Position location: Atlanta, Georgia; Principal duties performed primarily in an office environment; Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer; Must be able to stand and walk short distances between work sites; Must be able to work in a corporate office setting. Now we need to ensure we removed boilerplate: EEO paragraph, "Not the right fit?" paragraph, GPC policy paragraph. Also remove any duplicated lines: none. Now output only HTML fragment. Let's craft. First, About the role: The Job Summary paragraph: "The Director, Global Process Owner – Record-to-Report and Controls leads the company’s global internal controls and Record-to-Report strategy. This role is responsible for sustaining SOX compliance, strengthening financial controls, standardizing global accounting processes, and improving the speed, quality, and predictability of the financial close. The Director serves as the global authority for R2R process governance, leads the global controls team, and partners with Controllers, GBS, Finance, Internal Audit, External Audit, Technology, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Human Resources, and other stakeholders to establish consistent processes, controls, documentation, performance measures, and accountability across the organization." We'll put that in
. Responsibilities: list items: - Own the company’s global SOX compliance program, including annual scoping, materiality, risk assessment, control design, documentation, testing coordination, deficiency evaluation, remediation, and management certification. - Establish a globally aligned internal-control framework across corporate functions, business units, regions, and shared-service operations. - Lead the global financial-controls team and provide functional direction to business-unit SOX resources through an appropriate direct-report and dotted-line structure. - Simplify and rationalize the global control environment while maintaining effective coverage of financial-reporting risks. - Partner with Internal Audit, External Audit, and Technology leaders on testing strategies, documentation expectations, automated controls, system dependencies, findings, and remediation. - Own the end-to-end global R2R framework, including general ledger accounting, journal entries, account reconciliations, intercompany accounting, fixed assets, period-end close, consolidation, and reporting support. - Define, document, and maintain global R2R policies, standard operating procedures, controls, roles, and decision rights. - Standardize journal-entry approvals, account reconciliations, close activities, workflows, supporting documentation, and management review requirements. - Improve close discipline and reduce the accounting and reporting close from 10 days to five days or less. - Serve as the primary escalation point and subject-matter leader for global R2R process matters. - Assess global R2R performance and prioritize improvements based on business value, risk reduction, control impact, complexity, readiness, and available resources. - Partner with the Global Business Services process-improvement team to implement prioritized R2R changes and sustain new ways of working. - Eliminate unnecessary manual work, duplicate activities, inconsistent practices, and avoidable close delays. - Support major business, shared-service, and technology transformations by ensuring processes and controls are designed before implementation. - Lead change-management activities, including stakeholder communication, training, process documentation, adoption monitoring, and post-implementation review. - Partner with Finance and Technology leaders to define requirements for systems supporting R2R and internal controls. - Evaluate opportunities to automate reconciliations, journal entries, close management, controls, certifications, reporting, and supporting workflows. - Ensure technology changes include appropriate financial controls, data governance, system dependencies, access considerations, and audit-ready documentation. - Promote consistent use of approved systems and data across business units and regions so new systems support standardized processes. - Establish a global governance model for R2R and internal controls, including regular governance meetings with key Finance, GBS, Audit, Technology, Tax, Treasury, and other stakeholders. - Define performance measures and targets for close timeliness, reconciliation completion, journal-entry compliance, issue resolution, control execution, and audit readiness. - Develop transparent reporting that identifies trends, bottlenecks, control issues, root causes, and corrective actions. - Maintain a prioritized global roadmap for control enhancement and R2R transformation and report progress, risks, decisions, and resource needs to senior Finance leadership. - Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing global controls team and provide functional guidance to business-unit and regional controls professionals. - Influence senior leaders and process owners who may not report directly to the position. - Serve as a trusted advisor to Controllers and Finance leaders on financial controls, process risks, SOX requirements, and R2R improvement. - Promote accountability, continuous improvement
- each item: education, CPA, experience, Big Four, SOX knowledge, global leadership experience, R2R understanding, control evaluation, multinational environment, analytical/project-management/problem-solving/written-communication/presentation skills, preferred qualifications items (global SOX function experience, GBS, ERP, etc), leadership competencies (enterprise ownership, controls mindset, influence, strategic execution, change leadership, clear communication). That's a lot but okay.
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