Director, Accounting

QTS Data Centers•Overland Park, KS

About The Position

The Director, Accounting is responsible for the leadership and direction to a team of finance professionals and managers with primary responsibilities for managing the month-end close process for one or more areas of financial reporting, journal entries, reconciliations, and maintaining a robust control environment within the organization. Position requires a candidate with a significant amount of professional agility, a self-starter that quickly and effectively translates organization initiatives to departmental goals in order to achieve desired results.

Requirements

BA/BS in Accounting or Finance or Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting
Seven or more years of experience in the accounting/financial reporting areas
Five or more years of supervisory experience
Excellent communicator with executive level managers
Experience with delivering high level presentations to company executives
A strategic thinker with an understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and financial processes
Professional agility
Intermediate/advanced Microsoft Excel skills
Experience with automated accounting systems
Must have the ability to effectively interface with all levels of the organization
Demonstrate willingness to partner across internal departments with competing priorities

Nice To Haves

Four or more years of experience in public accounting at a Big 4 firm
Seven or more years of supervisory experience
CPA
MBA, or graduate finance related degree
Workday Financials experience or other large ERP systems
Intermediate understanding of REIT industry
Working knowledge of Corporate Tax and accounting for various legal entities

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain financial reporting for various levels of internal management reporting needs
Lead responsibility for month-end close processes and variance reporting
Assist in financial budgeting and forecasting
Provide support for the annual internal and external audits
Execute on designed SOX internal controls governing public companies
Identify and design effective, efficient controls
Responsible for maintaining a high-performing team including mentoring and training staff members and identifying cross-training opportunities
Lead other finance managers through example and work ethic to accomplish department development goals
Work with team members establish annual goals and strategic objectives
Demonstrate agility with competing projects and priorities
Lead and nurture a work culture with a positive attitude that promotes open, frequent and dynamic communication among staff, stimulating teamwork to accomplish desired goals and objectives
Responsible for supporting management initiatives including process standardization and simplification, financial analysis and research, and reporting
Collaborate with other department in accomplishing strategic objectives