Director, Record to Report

About the role

The Director, Central Accounting - Record to Report (R2R) role is responsible for leading Versant's centralized enterprise-wide R2R accounting operations. This includes delivering efficient, timely, accurate, and compliant close, reporting, reconciliation, and central accounting services across Versant. The role supports the continued evolution of Versant's future-state R2R operating model and partners closely with Controllership, Treasury, Payroll, Benefits, Finance, Corporate Accounting, Segment Accounting, Consolidations, and outsourced service providers.

Responsibilities

• Lead centralized R2R operations for Versant, ensuring central accounting activities are executed with accuracy, consistency, timeliness, and strong controls.
• Support the continued development of the R2R operating model, including standardized roles, responsibilities, handoffs, governance routines, and service delivery expectations.
• Partner with the Senior Director, Global Record to Report to expand and mature centralized accounting operations in alignment with Versant's evolving business needs.
• Drive adoption of scalable processes, tools, documentation, and governance practices across central accounting and outsourced delivery teams.
• Oversee key central accounting areas including journal entries, intercompany, fixed assets, benefits and payroll accounting, cash account reconciliations, close coordination, reporting support, R2R master data governance, and related control execution.
• Manage relationships with offshore BPO resources to ensure service commitments, quality expectations, and control requirements are consistently achieved.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in controllership, corporate accounting, accounting operations, shared services, or Record to Report functions, including experience supporting global operations.
• 5+ years of leadership experience, including experience leading managers, process owners, or accounting operations teams.
• 3+ years of audit experience and strong working knowledge of audit readiness, internal controls, and SOX-compliant process execution.
• 4+ years of experience working with offshore R2R teams in an outsourced, BPO, global shared services, or regionally distributed environment.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing month-end close, journal entries, account reconciliations, intercompany activity, fixed assets, compensation and benefits accounting, cash reconciliations, consolidation support, and reporting packages.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, SOX controls, internal control frameworks, close governance, audit support, and documentation requirements.
• Experience managing close calendars, journal entry workflows, reconciliation quality, operational metrics, SLAs, dashboards, and issue resolution.
• Experience leading process improvement, standardization, automation, centralization, or operating model transformation initiatives.
• Deep working knowledge of ERP, close, reconciliation, and workflow tools, including SAP ECC, BlackLine, Promenta, or similar platforms.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, communication, and decision-making capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively with remote teams, international teams, outsourced providers, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Qualifications

• CPA, MBA, or equivalent advanced accounting or business credential.
• Experience in media, entertainment, digital, advertising, news networks, streaming, technology, or similarly complex industries.
• Experience in a spin-off, carve-out, IPO-readiness, post-merger integration, acquisition, transformation, or newly public company environment.
• Experience standing up, scaling, or optimizing centralized accounting operations capabilities.
• SAP S/4HANA or finance ERP transformation experience.
• Experience with BlackLine transaction matching, reconciliation automation, journal entry workflow, AI-enabled finance operations tools, or real-case AI applications in accounting operations.
• International accounting operations experience, including managing global teams and regionally distributed service providers.
• Strong customer service mindset and ability to interface effectively with all levels of management and internal customers.