Job Description

Core Responsibilities Financial Close and Controls (60%):

- Assist Corporate Accounting management with coordination and support of month end close process

- Ensure adequate and complete review and approval of journal entries and reconciliations prepared by Corporate Accounting team, including but not limited to fixed assets, international, royalties, wholesale revenue, and intercompany

- Manage intercompany process; review of monthly journal entries, intercompany balancing, and reconciliations for both domestic and international entities

- Review and posting of monthly revaluation entries for international entities

- Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting for wholesale business and participate in quarterly meetings with Leadership Team

- Manage and review monthly and quarterly reporting deliverables as assigned, including capital expenditures, FX, and royalty

- Ensure GAAP and SOX compliance within Corporate Accounting

- Review analysis of P&L and balance sheet variances; review cost center reporting for assigned areas

- Help to develop and establish best accounting practices across international locations

- Support the expansion to new international legal entities or contracts (legal entity support to tax team and local finance team support, as needed)

- Manage, develop, and mentor direct reports; provide guidance and training to staff as needed

Fixed Assets Processing and Reporting - 30%

- Manage Major Expenditure Approval ("MEA") process

- Apply fixed asset accounting policy and U.S. GAAP, including capital or expense treatment, evaluation of useful lives; and review of disposals/sales/transfers

Other - 10%

- Assist with requests and inquiries from internal and external audit

- Manage requests from External Reporting to support SEC filings

- Support Tax Department with regulatory reporting and tax audits

SUPERVISORY / BUDGETARY / EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION RESPONSIBILITY

- Direct management of Accountant(s)

- Participate in cross functional project teams as needed

Experience and Skills

Strong interpersonal and communications skills - ability to interface well with all levels of management across various functions

Excellent analytical skills with proven ability to apply critical thinking skills; detail oriented

Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and financial reporting packages (SAP)

Knowledgeable in U.S. GAAP

Ability to manage change (people, process, & technology); ability to multi-task

Bachelors degree in accounting or finance required; Masters degree or CPA license preferred

Minimum of 6 years corporate reporting experience in a multinational company

Minimum of 2 years supervisory experience

Experience working with SAP or similar equivalent software

Experience with Hyperion or similar tool is a plus