Regional Accounting Director, Managed Venues Division

ASM Global•Norwalk, CT

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Regional Accounting Director, Managed Venues Division will be responsible for supporting and overseeing all aspects of accounting and financial reporting activities at the venues they support. The role serves as the strategic Accounting and Finance business partner to the Vice Presidents of Operations and provides leadership, functional guidance, and valuable insights to leadership teams across venues. This role is an interdependent part of the core business unit leadership team within the business unit or region and serves as functional leader for venue-based DOFs. As a business partner to VPs of Operations, this role provides business/financial perspective to help make optimal business decisions, uses financial skills and diverse sources of information to identify profitable opportunities, anticipate challenges, and create competitive advantages and drive performance. The role has responsibility for accounting oversight of supporting venues and balance sheet review/reconciliation.

Requirements

B.S. in Accounting from a four-year college or university
7-10+ years experience in public accounting and/or financial management
Supervisory level or team management experience required
Ability to prioritize multiple projects and meet strict deadlines
Ability to quickly analyze large sets of data and provide feedback to leadership on key drivers of variances
Ability to work under minimal supervision
Ability to work flexible hours in addition to normal business hours
Must have professional attitude and appearance
Strong business acumen and ability to influence change and drive to results
Extensive knowledge of general and cost/project accounting
Excellent math skills; high aptitude for figures
Ability to work with and maintain highly confidential information required
Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate well both inside and outside the organization
Strong organization skills with attention to detail
Excellent verbal, written and people skills essential
Effective supervisory and delegation skills
Effective conflict resolution management skills
Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office products
High energy, strong will and ambition to learn and work on new things.
Problem solving skills and critical thinking skills within a global enterprise set up.
High degree of comfort in managing multiple assignments and priorities simultaneously.

Nice To Haves

Accounting experience in venue management industry is preferred
Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience is preferred
CPA preferred.

Responsibilities

Has a fiduciary responsibility of the overall accounting within the region.
Establish a timely review schedule of P&L and balance sheet reviews to ensure proper accounting guidelines are being followed in conjunction with US GAAP, Legends Global policies and procedures and Client requirements.
Complete Balance Sheet review of his/her venues at least twice a year and manage any remediation/action plan thereafter post review and report out to VP Finance.
Ensure venue compliance with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements, tax filings and Legends Global Policies and Procedures.
Creation and embracing the culture of business partnering by working with the division Vice Presidents of Operations, the Regional DOF and Venue DOFs within the business unit/region, together with the RVPs are jointly responsible for achieving optimal operating performance without losing sight of all measured KPI’s.
Review financial performance of each venue within the region, analysis of variances, trends, forecasts, and budgets.
Challenge existing strategies and/or recommend alternate strategies to continually improve effectiveness of the business or financial management.
Highlight potential operating opportunities and weaknesses with VP Finance and VP of Operations.
Business development and contract renewal analyses.
Own the process of sourcing, hiring, and training talent across the venues by partnering with venue GMs and relevant HR business partners.
Constantly identify high potential talent for future movements.
Engage in succession planning discussions with VP Finance and VPs of Operations.
Plan and coordinate coverage at venues (vacancies or new venue openings).
Assist with the finance operations of venues that the role supports as necessary as circumstances arise.
Assist the venues in implementation of finance transformation initiatives, including system implementations as necessary.
Serve as change agent and champion the usage of such systems, and partner with various corporate personnel to maximize system efficiencies.
Oversight of approximately 20 venues, managing the Directors of Finance at the individual venues.
Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units.
Coordinate additional support from 3-4 Sr. Directors of Finance to help manage the business performance and accounting oversight of the venues.