Director of Accounting & Reporting

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Accounting Owner: Responsible for all day-to-day financial accounting operations including (but not limited to) Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Invoicing and Collections, Payments to State & Local authorities, Bank Accounts Maintenance and Bank Accounts Reconciliation and Cash Management.
• Establish all Financial Accounting policies and processes including training and job aid development/management.
• Lead month-end, quarter-end, year-end accounting close.
• Ensure all books are closed in time (including subsidiary books) and financial information is made available to senior leaders in CAA on time every time.
• Ensure quality controls across all financial accounting.
• Financial Reporting Owner: Overall leader for the Financial Reporting activities. Ensuring appropriate reports are created, maintained, and made available to senior leaders on a timely basis.
• Own the Financial ERP system and responsible for efficient operations, new functionalities/enhancements.
• Design and Establish capability, policies and processes to track and report project level financial information.
• Lead all regulatory (State and Federal) reporting requirements.
• Ensure all financial information is filed on time and accurately.
• Ensure quality controls across all financial reporting.
• Organization: Responsible for designing, developing, recruitment and managing a large organization of accountants in support of the work. Must role model desired behaviours and ensure the broader accounting, reporting and finance organizations are engaged, motivated, valued and performing at their best.
• Controls & Risk Management: Understand, design and develop appropriate internal controls and risk management policies, processes and organization.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Accounting or Finance.
• CPA required.
• Non-profit experience highly recommended.
• At least 10+ years of accounting and financial reporting experience.
• Through knowledge of accounting principles and procedures.
• Good knowledge of internal controls, risk management and mitigation and ability to pivot to critical priorities.
• Experience creating, analyzing, reporting financial statements.
• Experience with Workday Financials highly preferred.
• In absence of Workday Financials, candidates must have strong experience across other financial systems and must demonstrate ability to quickly understand and master Workday Financials.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial processes.