Manager, Financial Reporting

About the Role

This position is responsible for managing all aspects of financial reporting for Hard Rock’s International and Seminole Gaming businesses. The role provides financial leadership to deliver the stated financial and business goals of Seminole Hard Rock Support Services by supporting both Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming. It involves building and maintaining key stakeholder relationships with leadership throughout both organizations and working directly with accounting, treasury, tax, and legal functions to ensure accurate and timely reporting of required audited financial statements.

Responsibilities

• Play an integral role in maintaining a highly responsive and technically sound financial reporting department that interfaces across the organization to support key business initiatives.
• Prepare and/or review quarterly and annual consolidations using consolidation software.
• Prepare and/or review quarterly and annual SEC-style financial statements.
• Develop reports using consolidation software to support external reporting requirements.
• Coordinate, plan, and execute external audits with independent auditors.
• Partner with other members of finance, tax, treasury, legal, merchandise, and other departments to obtain necessary information and analysis to support reporting and auditing processes.
• Prepare and/or review multiple sets of annual financial statements for various legal entities within the Hard Rock Group, adhering to US GAAP, IFRS, GASB, and other GAAPs.
• Oversee, with the help of the Director, all financial reporting matters including IFRS and US GAAP compliance, international accounting, and financial reporting.
• Consistently deliver timely and accurate financial reporting and analysis.
• Prepare financial covenant calculations.
• Prepare analysis of statutory GAAP to US GAAP differences for foreign locations.
• Analyze emerging accounting and disclosure standards in various GAAPs and present the impact of such changes to the Controller. Prepare memoranda supporting the Company’s position and impact on the Company.
• Assist with preparation of information for quarterly investor calls.
• Assist the Director with driving process improvements related to financial reporting to affect efficiencies in overall accounting and finance processes.
• Design, write, and ensure effective and practical implementation of corporate accounting policies and procedures.
• Recruit, develop, mentor, and performance-manage individuals in the financial reporting department as necessary.
• Develop and drive necessary financial policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Maintain and update systems and controls to ensure the integrity of financial data and processes in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and GAAP/IFRS requirements.
• Understand key operating levers and their impact on overall financial performance.
• Be adaptable and resilient with a willingness to embrace change and an ability to drive change.
• Think and act in a forward-looking manner, including anticipating challenges and opportunities and addressing them proactively.
• Implement best practices to capture, analyze, and report financial data and trends in a timely and effective manner.
• Foster a partnering mentality with the ability to collaborate with the business to develop consensus and drive process efficiencies and business solutions.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; advanced Master’s degree preferred.
• CPA or equivalent certification required.
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant international accounting experience.
• Thorough understanding of IFRS and US GAAP.
• Experience in a large multi-national corporation handling international accounting and reporting requirements of multiple legal entities.
• Highly analytic approach to identifying causes and drivers of issues and developing value-driving solutions.
• Strong communication skills, including being a good listener and articulating complex issues clearly and compellingly.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Workiva, and Workday.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk, or hear, and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that allows our team members to stay healthy, plan for their future, and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Benefits may vary with employment status. For our full list of Team Member Benefits, please visit our career site: www.gotoworkhappy.com/benefits.

As part of the Seminole Hard Rock Support Services employment process, final candidates will be required to complete a background check, which may include a criminal background check.