Sr. Director/Director of Accounting, Controller

Alaska Communications•Anchorage, AK

3d•$130,725 - $178,707

About The Position

The Senior Director/Director of Accounting, Controller is a key leadership position within Alaska Communications’ Accounting Organization. The role assists senior Finance leadership in coordinating and producing timely, accurate financial information and reports for the Company’s subsidiaries for submission to its parent corporation. It oversees accounting functions and the month-end close, reviews journal entries and account reconciliations, maintains the general ledger, and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and internal controls. The Controller works with other departments to ensure projects and transactions are recorded appropriately and serves as an authority on Company policy, regulatory requirements, and accounting rules. The role coordinates tax functions using internal and external resources, serves as the contact for external auditors, and hires, trains, and coaches accounting staff. The position leads and develops Finance teams, manages external reporting and financial controls, and provides analysis and decision support to business managers and Finance leadership. It supports efficient and insightful financial reporting, profitability analysis, accounting system implementations, and adoption of new accounting pronouncements. The job posting lists a compensation range of $130,725 to $178,707.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field; equivalent experience may substitute for education.
For the Senior Director level, at least 12 years of professional accounting experience with increasing responsibility and demonstrable mastery of accounting principles, concepts, and applications.
For the Director level, at least 10 years of professional accounting experience with increasing responsibility and demonstrable mastery of accounting principles, concepts, and applications.
Supervisory and/or staff management experience.
Experience in both operational and corporate financial settings in a public company.
Expertise in accounting, including GAAP and SEC reporting.
Analytical skills and ability to turn raw data into meaningful information.
Strong business and process leadership, including ability to coordinate with Sales, Service, Engineering, Field Operations, Finance, and other departments; drive process metrics and improvements; and understand or map business processes and their links to supporting systems.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including preparing and delivering detailed plans and proposals; decision-making, conflict management, team-building, teamwork, work planning, project-status reporting, and issue resolution.
Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures.
Honesty, integrity, and credibility in the workplace.
Financial management skills, including working with complex ERP, billing, provisioning systems, and switching records, and managing capital and operating expense budgets.
Ability to organize work and effectively train and supervise others.
Adaptability in a fast-paced environment and ability to respond to changing business needs.
Attention to detail while balancing multiple concurrent projects.

Nice To Haves

CPA license.
Graduate degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field.
Strong expertise in telecommunications service provider/carrier processes and procedures, preferably including retail, sales, service, ordering, service delivery, network management, and customer support.

Responsibilities

Ensure capabilities, methods, and procedures are in place to meet external reporting requirements.
Oversee accounting functions and financial-reporting compliance programs, including the Sarbanes-Oxley program.
Lead and develop Finance teams through work direction, mentoring, coaching, skills development, recruiting, and performance management.
Build relationships with business managers and provide decision support; collaborate across functional areas to solve business problems.
Review monthly journal entries, account reconciliations, and accounting department variance analyses for accuracy.
Coordinate and lead the month-end close, designing efficient processes and distributing workload as needed.
Oversee preparation of financial statements and timely submission to the parent corporation.
Ensure the Accounting team performs key and non-key internal controls over financial reporting; update SOX documentation annually and identify control improvements, efficiencies, and controls for removal.
Respond to ad hoc accounting information and analysis requests, including those from Finance leadership and the parent company, and coordinate completion of internal and external partner requests.
Use financial systems effectively and structure reporting to help budget managers and Finance management understand variances and make resource-allocation decisions.
Coordinate with external auditors and lead quarterly reviews, annual financial statement audits, and ad hoc engagements.
Maintain an effective tax function using internal and external resources.
Lead financial, variance, and trending analysis for key profitability drivers and metrics; interpret results and recommend actions to maximize profitability and achieve financial targets.
Lead implementation of new accounting pronouncements and serve as the ACS and Accounting subject matter expert for financial information system implementations.
Coordinate cross-training of Accounting Managers and Supervisors and ensure coverage during absences.
Maintain current knowledge of GAAP, SOX 404, and regulatory requirements, and perform technical research.
Perform other duties as assigned.