Director Technical Accounting

The Director, Technical Accounting provides strategic leadership across technical accounting, financial compliance, audit, tax compliance, external reporting, and internal controls.

RESPONSIBILITY LEVEL:

The Director, Technical Accounting provides strategic leadership across technical accounting, financial compliance, audit, tax compliance, external reporting, and internal controls. This role integrates and oversees a majority of the accounting function, ensuring consistent application of GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles), OMB (Office of Management and Budget) guidance, regulatory requirements, financial contract compliance and internal control practices. This role ensures that Goodwill maintains strong accounting governance, produces accurate and timely financial reporting, and adheres to GAAP, OMB, and regulatory requirements. This leader integrates the work of two critical functions technical accounting & compliance and external reporting & controls to ensure consistency, accuracy, and integrity across all accounting policies, financial statements, accounting for mission programs and audits.

Develops long- and short-term business strategies (3-5 years) and oversees implementation for their function. Is heavily involved in developing department standard operating procedures. Forecasts and plans annual operating and capital budget, implements cost-savings measures. Maintains and adjusts operating budget, manages expenses and implements cost savings measure based on changes in internal or external factors, and communicates budgetary performance. Typically works on projects and initiatives that span 2-5 years. Responsible for integration of accounting related systems, system metrics and analysis.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

Strategic Leadership

1. Serve as the senior subject matter expert for GAAP, OMB, and financial reporting regulations, ensuring consistent application across the organization.

2. Oversee development and monitoring of accounting policies, technical accounting positions, and long term contract compliance strategies.

Financial Reporting & Controls

3. Provide leadership for the monthly/Year end close and external financial reporting processes.

4. Ensure timely, accurate production of income statements, balance sheets, cash flows, and ad hoc external reporting.

5. Lead the design, implementation, and enhancement of internal controls and reporting frameworks. Ensure internal controls are robust, efficient, compliant, and aligned with regulatory expectations.

6. Responsible for preparation of financial data and reports to ensure timely and accurate reporting in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and corporate policies. Commands a thorough knowledge of the general ledger for all business units and the flow of information recorded in the general ledger.

Compliance, Audit & Regulatory Governance

7. Coordinate annual and other financial audits, reports and tax return preparations. Oversee internal and external audit processes, ensuring readiness and smooth facilitation.

8. Serve as the owner of technical accounting analysis, including revenue recognition, fair value assessments, impairments, business combinations, and other complex transactions.

9. Ensure strong financial compliance programs and internal control environments.

10. Leading and Developing Talent: Manages organizational design for area of responsibility and directs talent planning, hiring, development and training of staff. May participate in succession planning discussions. Networks and sources for positions throughout the organization.

11. Project and Change Management: Serves as project owner for high complexity department, cross-functional or multi-location projects and improvement initiatives. Set project direction including project scope, timeline and resources. Accountable for making decisions and project success. Manages change through effective planning, communication and coaching. Builds and participates in leadership coalition supporting and implementing organizational change.

12. Community Engagement: Actively engages with community partners and links activities to business performance.

13. Responsible for completing other duties/responsibilities as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Bachelor s degree in accounting, finance or related field and a minimum of 8 years progressive accounting, financial compliance or audit experience. Minimum 5 years leadership experience.

2. CPA or equivalent certification required.

3. Large public accounting firm experience preferred.

4. Extensive knowledge of U.S. GAAP, OMB regulations, audit standards, and corporate accounting functions.

5. Preferred experience in nonprofit or social enterprise environments.

6. Familiarity with Dynamics365 strongly preferred but not required.

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:

1. Business Insight: Demonstrates thorough business/industry knowledge and can synthesize business information and respond to changing market dynamics effectively. Proactively monitors external factors and policies that may affect the organization. Uses knowledge to plan work and guide decision making.

2. Courage: Fosters a culture that supports people taking well-reasoned risks, regardless of outcome and appropriately advocates for decisions that are for the good of the organization. Confronts actions that are inconsistent with the Guiding Principles and demonstrates the ability to provide leadership through high-stakes situations, crises, or conditions of uncertainty.

CORE CULTURAL COMPETENCIES:

1. Customer Focus: Fosters a customer service-focused environment with a sense of urgency and importance of meeting the customer s needs. Establishes organizational partnerships with key customers and ensures resources and support are focused on meeting customer needs.

2. Values Differences: Cultivates an environment that makes all people feel valued and that encourages and supports diversity and inclusion. Sponsors and mentors people from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. Applies understanding of cultural differences to create value and help meet business goals.

3. Communicates Effectively: Promotes a free flow of information throughout the organization and demonstrates candor and openness when discussing major organizational initiatives. Creates venues for constructive dialogue and ensures organizational information is cascaded to a wide variety of audiences at all levels.

4. Situational Adaptability: Demonstrates flexibility in a changing, competitive environment and initiates change in response to the cues in the external environment. Adapts leadership style in response to a broad range of situations and challenges that ingrain flexibility within the organizations structures, systems and culture.

5. Drives Results: Drives organization to achieve results that have a direct impact on business performance. Pushes the organization to move forward in difficult circumstances and eliminates obstacles that affect organizational performance.

6. Ensures Accountability: ensures the organization meets commitments and holds leaders accountable for team performance. Sets and monitors goals that align with organizational strategy creating an environment of accountability for meeting agreed upon expectations and performance expectations.

PHYSICAL/SENSORY DEMANDS:

Job requires the following: remain stationary for sustained periods of time; ability to move about to accomplish tasks; must be able to operate a computer or similar technology, which typically involves substantial motions of wrist, hands and/or fingers; visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing data, operating equipment or review thoroughness of work; ability to communicate with others and exchange information. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

When determining placement within the salary range for this position Goodwill Greater Milwaukee & Chicago considers education, experience, internal equity, market demands and other qualifying criteria. It is not typical for individuals to be hired at or near the top of the rage for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on facts and circumstances of each case.

Certain roles are eligible to participate in an incentive plan. Participation in this plan does not guarantee an incentive payment and is subject to the terms and conditions of the plan, which are subject to change.

In addition to compensation, we offer a competitive benefit program that may include medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, retirement plan, paid time off (PTO) and more. The specifics of each benefit package will vary depending on factors such as full or part time jobs, contracted, temporary, or other job categories.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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