Director – Operational Accounting

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes description of responsibilities, etc. We need to use

for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We need to preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, navigation, cookie, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. We need to parse the posting: - Title: Support Center - Irving The Director - Operational Accounting (maybe title is "Director - Operational Accounting"). - Description: "The Director - Operational Accounting is responsible for ensuring compliance related to revenue, merchandise inventories, cost of sales, and entitlement accounting associated with the Company’s retail locations, distribution centers and manufacturing operations. Also responsible for ensuring data integrity in Company revenue and inventory accounting systems and decision support systems used for business reporting, planning and analysis, and for developing and preparing managerial reports and analyses for cross-functional users in support of business objectives. Responsible for overseeing the company’s entitlement program to ensure proper management and accounting for vendor funds. The Director – Operational Accounting will be located in our Support Center (Global Headquarters) located in Irving, TX." - Then "Major Activities" list: bullet points (but they are sentences separated by periods). We need to convert to

• . - Then "Minimum Knowledge/Skills/Abilities" includes "Other duties as assigned". Then "Minimum Education BS in Accounting or Finance". Then "Minimum Type Of Experience The Job Requires 10 years with at least 5 years in a supervisory capacity Must have previous experience with inventory accounting in a retail environment Experience with US GAAP and SEC requirements". Then "Preferred Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Preferred Special Certifications or technical skills CPA preferred Preferred Type Of Experience The Job Requires Prefer some exposure to cost accounting". Then "Applicants in the U.S. must satisfy federal, state, and local legal requirements of the job." Then company description paragraph about Michaels. Then benefits paragraph: "Michaels offers a range of benefits to support team members and their families. Depending on position and eligibility, team members may have access to a 401(k) with employer match, an Employee Assistance Program, medical, dental, and vision coverage, telemedicine services, flexible spending accounts, commuter benefits, tuition assistance, adoption assistance, and various voluntary insurance options. All team members enjoy everyday perks such as employee discounts and access to partner discount programs. For a summary of benefits, visit the Michaels Benefits at a Glance page. For additional information regarding benefits, visit MIKBenefits.com". Then EEO etc. We need to remove boilerplate: EEOC, legal, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe intro paragraph). Responsibilities (the Major Activities). Requirements (minimum education, experience). Qualifications (maybe preferred). Skills (maybe knowledge/skills/abilities). Benefits (the benefits paragraph). Pay (not mentioned, so omit). Schedule (not mentioned, omit). Also maybe location? Could be part of About the role. We must not repeat job title as heading. So we start with maybe

  About the role

  then paragraph. We need to preserve all substantive info: location (Irving, TX), responsibilities list, minimum education, minimum experience, preferred certifications, preferred experience, benefits. We need to avoid filler like "Other duties as assigned" maybe we can keep as part of responsibilities? It's under Minimum Knowledge/Skills/Abilities but it's generic; maybe we can keep it as a bullet? It's not substantive; but we can keep if we want but it's not specific. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." "Other duties as assigned" is generic but it's in the posting; it's not substantive? Might be considered boilerplate. I'd consider it not substantive; we could drop it. But we need to be careful: It's under Minimum Knowledge/Skills/Abilities; maybe we can keep as a bullet under Requirements? It's not adding much. I'd drop it to avoid filler. We need to avoid creating sections with placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not relevant. Thus sections: - About the role: paragraph summarizing role and location. - Responsibilities: list of major activities (the bullet points). We'll extract each sentence. Let's extract major activities sentences: 1. Lead and manage the revenue, merchandise inventory, physical inventory, and entitlement accounting functions for Michaels Stores, Inc., including the development and maintenance of policies, procedures and controls to ensure accurate and timely monthly financial reporting for Michaels' retail and distribution center locations, and Artistree manufacturing operations. 2. Continuously monitor departmental processes against industry best practices, perform appropriate benchmarking, conduct continuous process improvements and identify/implement productivity and control enhancements. 3. Work closely with the Michaels organization to ensure that proposed business and process changes are analyzed; identify and clearly articulate the impact and risks to the Company's sales, inventory, and entitlements values related to those initiatives and work closely with teams to mitigate those risks. 4. Ensure development of Revenue, Merchandise, Physical Inventory, Artistree, and Entitlement Accounting teams; build skill sets and ensure adequate cross training and succession planning for manager positions. 5. Identify and champion business and process changes to drive improvements in the quality of reported data and drive organizational efficiencies. We'll put each as
• . - Requirements: Minimum Education BS in Accounting or Finance; Minimum Type Of Experience: 10 years with at least 5 years in a supervisory capacity; Must have previous experience with inventory accounting in a retail environment; Experience with US GAAP and SEC requirements. We could combine into a list. - Qualifications: Preferred Special Certifications or technical skills: CPA preferred; Preferred Type Of Experience: Prefer some exposure to cost accounting. Maybe also "Preferred Knowledge/Skills/Abilities" but we have that. - Skills: Could be knowledge/skills/abilities? But we already have Minimum Knowledge/Skills/Abilities (other duties as assigned) which we dropped. Could combine preferred into Skills? But we have separate sections for Skills and Qualifications. The instruction: Use headings like Skills, Qualifications, Benefits, etc. We can decide to put preferred certifications under Qualifications, and preferred experience under Qualifications as well. Or we could put under Skills. Let's think: Usually Qualifications include education, experience, certifications. Skills include technical skills. We'll put Minimum Education and Experience under Requirements (or Qualifications). But we already have Requirements heading. Let's follow: Requirements: minimum education and experience. Qualifications: preferred certifications and preferred experience. Skills: maybe we can list knowledge/skills/abilities like "Other duties as assigned" but we dropped. Could leave Skills section omitted if no specific content. Better to omit Skills if no substantive content. - Benefits: paragraph about benefits. We must not include Pay or Schedule. Now produce HTML fragment:

  About the role

  The Director - Operational Accounting is responsible for ensuring compliance related to revenue, merchandise inventories, cost of sales, and entitlement accounting associated with the Company’s retail locations, distribution centers and manufacturing operations. Also responsible for ensuring data integrity in Company revenue and inventory accounting systems and decision support systems used for business reporting, planning and analysis, and for developing and preparing managerial reports and analyses for cross-functional users in support of business objectives. Responsible for overseeing the company’s entitlement program to ensure proper management and accounting for vendor funds. The Director – Operational Accounting will be located in our Support Center (Global Headquarters) located in Irving, TX.

  Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the revenue, merchandise inventory, physical inventory, and entitlement accounting functions for Michaels Stores, Inc., including the development and maintenance of policies, procedures and controls to ensure accurate and timely monthly financial reporting for Michaels' retail and distribution center locations, and Artistree manufacturing operations.
  • Continuously monitor departmental processes against industry best practices, perform appropriate benchmarking, conduct continuous process improvements and identify/implement productivity and control enhancements.
  • Work closely with the Michaels organization to ensure that proposed business and process changes are analyzed; identify and clearly articulate the impact and risks to the Company's sales, inventory, and entitlements values related to those initiatives and work closely with teams to mitigate those risks.
  • Ensure development of Revenue, Merchandise, Physical Inventory, Artistree, and Entitlement Accounting teams; build skill sets and ensure adequate cross training and succession planning for manager positions.
  • Identify and champion business and process changes to drive improvements in the quality of reported data and drive organizational efficiencies.

  Requirements

  • BS in Accounting or Finance
  • 10 years of experience with at least 5 years in a supervisory capacity
  • Previous experience with inventory accounting in a retail environment
  • Experience with US GAAP and SEC requirements

  Qualifications

  • CPA preferred
  • Some exposure to cost accounting preferred

  Benefits

  Michaels offers a range of benefits to support team members and their families. Depending on position and eligibility, team members may have access to a 401(k) with employer match, an Employee Assistance Program, medical, dental, and vision coverage, telemedicine services, flexible spending accounts, commuter benefits, tuition assistance, adoption assistance, and various voluntary insurance options. All team members enjoy everyday perks such as employee discounts and access to partner discount programs. For a summary of benefits, visit the Michaels Benefits at a Glance page. For additional information regarding benefits, visit MIKBenefits.com

  We need to ensure we didn't include any boilerplate like EEOC, legal, etc. We removed company description paragraph about Michaels history etc. That is substantive? It's about company overview; maybe we could include under About the role? But we already have a paragraph; we could add a sentence about company overview. The posting includes: "At The Michaels Companies Inc., our purpose is to fuel the joy of creativity and celebration. As the leading destination for creating and celebrating in North America, we operate over 1,300 stores in 49 states and Canada and online at Michaels.com and Michaels.ca. The Michaels Companies, Inc. also owns Artistree, a manufacturer of custom and specialty framing merchandise. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, Michaels is the best place for all things creative. For more information, please visit www.michaels.com." This is substantive company info. Should we preserve? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should include that. Where to put? Could be part of About the role or a separate section like "About the company". But we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We could incorporate company overview into About the role paragraph. That would be okay. Thus modify About the role paragraph to include company overview after role description. Let's craft:

  The Director - Operational Accounting is responsible for ensuring compliance related to revenue, merchandise inventories, cost of sales, and entitlement accounting associated with the Company’s retail locations, distribution centers and manufacturing operations. Also responsible for ensuring data integrity in Company revenue and inventory accounting systems and decision support systems used for business reporting, planning and analysis, and for developing and preparing managerial reports and analyses for cross-functional users in support of business objectives. Responsible for overseeing the company’s entitlement program to ensure proper management and accounting for vendor funds. The Director – Operational Accounting will be located in our Support Center (Global Headquarters) located in Irving, TX. At The Michaels Companies Inc., our purpose is to fuel the joy of creativity and celebration. As the leading destination for creating and celebrating in North America, we operate over 1,300 stores in 49 states and Canada and online at Michaels.com and Michaels.ca. The Michaels Companies, Inc. also