Responsibilities
- Set Strategy and Prioritize High-Impact Work
- Identify the highest-leverage opportunities to improve how Accounting operates and scales
- Focus the team on what matters most, not everything that could be fixed, but everything that should be
- Build and maintain a rolling transformation roadmap tied to business priorities
- Own Initiatives End-to-End
- Lead projects from problem identification through implementation and long-term stabilization
- Ensure changes are fully adopted and do not revert over time, sustained improvement, not one-time fixes
- Drive structured change management: communication, training, and accountability across the organization
- Own the framework for how completed initiatives transition to business as usual, ensuring ownership is clear, changes hold, and improvements do not regress
- Establish and enforce documentation standards across the Accounting organization, ensuring processes are captured, repeatable, and not dependent on individuals
- Be the Accounting Voice in Cross-Functional Work
- Represent Accounting early in business initiatives, including pricing changes, new products, contract structures, and operational redesigns
- Get ahead of business changes by translating them into clear accounting and operational requirements before they become structural problems
- Partner across Product, Sales, and Operations to prevent downstream issues such as revenue recognition errors and manual workarounds
- Ensure accounting requirements are defined upfront, not treated as an afterthought
- Improve the Financial Close
- Make the close more predictable by reducing recurring issues, eliminating manual workarounds, and addressing root causes
- Improve reconciliation infrastructure, close reporting, and financial data quality to support decision-making and audit readiness
- Build a close process that runs on structure, not on people, so execution is predictable and repeatable regardless of who is in the room
- Drive Process and Systems Improvements
- Improve core accounting processes across AP, AR, GL, Treasury, Inventory, Fixed Assets, and Revenue
- Partner with IT to ensure technology decisions support Accounting's operational needs and do not create downstream inefficiencies
- Reduce structural complexity and fix the issues that limit the organization's ability to scale
- Lead Oracle ERP Upgrade Readiness and Execution
- Own Accounting's preparation for the Oracle upgrade, including process design, testing, and cross-functional coordination
- Serve as the primary Accounting liaison to IT and the broader project team
- Own accounting sign-off on UAT outcomes, ensuring issues are fully resolved and the organization is prepared before go-live
- Ensure the transition does not disrupt the close or day-to-day operations, no surprises
- Drive Accountability Across Teams
- Clarify ownership and push work forward, especially on issues that span multiple functions
- Build consistent processes and expectations that the organization can rely on
Requirements
- 12+ years in accounting operations, finance transformation, or a blend of public accounting and industry
- Proven record leading complex, cross-functional process and systems improvement initiatives
- Hands-on experience with ERP platforms, preferably Oracle, including upgrade or implementation work
- Background managing or improving accounting processes across close, reconciliations, and subledgers (AP, AR, GL, Treasury, Inventory, Fixed Assets, Revenue)
- Experience operating effectively in a remote or distributed environment at a senior level
- Deep understanding of US GAAP and its application in an operational context
- Strong grasp of internal controls within accounting processes and systems
- Familiarity with close reporting, reconciliation infrastructure, and financial data quality management
- Demonstrated ability to influence and align stakeholders at the VP and C-suite level without direct authority
- Strong judgment about what to prioritize and when to escalate
- Communicates clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Comfortable driving work forward in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Nice to Have
- CPA preferred
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Additional Information
- Business Travel: <10%
- Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This information is provided per CA SB 1162 (“CA Pay Transparency Law”). Base pay information is based on market location.
