Vice President of Accounting

We are seeking a Vice President of Accounting with responsibility for the company’s monthly financial reporting (both internally and externally), technical accounting research including IFRS, among other tasks / responsibilities. This role will report directly to the CFO.

Summary of Key Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial statements, including all necessary consolidated P&L, cash flows, and intercompany reconciliations
• Manage and implement technical accounting and tax pronouncements and stay current and adopt all new technical accounting pronouncements
• Ability to optimize and automate accounting processes to drive a faster monthly/quarterly close cycle
• Manage cash flow, including monitoring and forecasting cash needs, optimizing investment strategies, and overseeing accounts payable and accounts receivable processes
• Contribute to the increased overall quality and speed of delivery of accounting work product
• Perform acquisition & consolidation accounting, including support for purchase price allocation and opening balance sheets analysis
• Responsible for the annual audit preparation and execution
• Ensure timely reporting of and remain compliant with all federal, state, and local tax authorities
• Develop and implement accounting policies and procedures as required with a focus on driving efficiencies through effective and efficient use of our accounting systems
• Partner with the analytics and FP&A team to ensure timeliness and accuracy of financial and management reporting
• Provide financial statements to internal customers on a monthly basis, compliance documents to banks on a monthly basis, quarterly financial statements to the board of directors on a quarterly basis, and external auditors on an annual basis
• Provide support on technical accounting expertise - Perform accounting research and draft accounting position and policy papers as needed to ensure adherence to IFRS
• Assume primary responsibility for share-based payments and Lease accounting (IFRS 2 & IFRS 16)
• Take an active role in developing global business processes and metrics
• Documentation and maintenance of all internal accounting policies & procedures

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting
• CPA license required (active)
• 4+ years of Big 4 experience
• Strong technical and analytical skills including knowledge of IFRS
• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, complex formulas, lookups)
• Excellent technical accounting skills
• Advanced working knowledge of NetSuite (or similar ERP)
• Experience with Planful or similar tools is highly desirable
• Must be able to work quickly, and accurately, and be detail-oriented and organized
• Solid interpersonal communication skills in English (both written and oral)
• Experience in developing processes and metrics for business support
• Self-motivated, high energy, problem solver, and the ability to learn and introduce new concepts
• Experience leading an accounting team, preferably in a global environment
• Be a team player and comfortable working in a collaborative team environment - must be able to work with operations, development, and sales groups.