Director, Accounting

Description
The Director of Accounting plays a vital role in the Accounting and Finance team. This position manages all activities associated with the Company's core receivables business including related monthly journal entries, account reconciliations, and updating reserves and key estimates. The role requires an individual capable of driving efficiency through continuous business process improvement, ensuring timely and accurate processing of financial transactions, while enhancing accounting processes and procedures, internal controls, and leveraging best practices.
What is a day in the life at Flagship as an Accounting Director?
• Direct and manage all facets of accounting operations relating to receivable accounting, and other general accounting areas
• Drive update of key accounting estimates including allowance and fair value estimates. Analyze the impact of assumption updates and lead conversation about performance and economic trends that impact the estimates
• Drive continuous business process improvements and strategies, and leverage best practices to improve controllership and financial transaction efficiency over closing processes relating to accuracy, timeliness, productivity, and scalability
• Responsible for ensuring accounting policies are followed and internal control foundation is maintained
• Management of accounting staff to ensure all operational and financial reporting deadlines are met
• Review monthly reconciliations of general ledger accounts and analysis to ensure accurate and complete reporting
• Leads adhoc projects to improve and automate processes related to receivables, with a focus on strengthening internal control structure, process documentation, and tightening close timeline
• Partner with and liaison with other departments on analyzing financial results, problem resolution, and strategic business initiatives
About you:
• Required: Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
• Preferred(strongly): CPA
• Required: Minimum of 10 years of related work experience, preferably with a background in public accounting in a Big/Regional Accounting firm
• Required: Minimum of 3-5 years of supervisory experience
• Preferred (strongly): Financial Services Industry experience
• Advanced in MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
• Preferred: Basic MS SQL/Access and other database programs
• Experience in General Ledger and Reporting software
• Maintain strict confidentiality with customer auto loan account information
• Focus on compliance with company policies, and understanding of consumer compliance topics
• Independently driven and motivated to thrive in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, Excellent active listening skills
• Ability to display a high level of personal accountability and ownership for work performed
• Must be able to work under pressure with the ability to meet deadlines and goals
• Organizational skills
Flagship is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion among our associates is critical to successfully achieving our vision and mission, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool based on merit, qualifications, and business need.
Compensation
Our compensation packages are based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job specific conditions.
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