Vice President, Accounting

QTS Data Centers•Overland Park, KS

About The Position

The Vice President, Accounting reports to the Controller, and assumes a senior leadership role while providing direction to a team of accounting professionals and managers. Who You Are: The Vice President, Accounting reports to the Controller, and assumes a senior leadership role while providing direction to a team of accounting professionals and managers. The VP of Accounting will manage key financial processes and provide critical leadership in areas of growth, including accounting for development capital expenditures. This role will require a high degree of collaboration, financial acumen, and the ability to adapt to a fast-evolving business landscape. The position also requires 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. The ideal candidate will demonstrate executive presence as they will work directly with the Controller, CFO, the Board, and other senior leaders both internal and external to the organization.

Requirements

BA/BS in Accounting or Finance or Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting
MBA, or graduate finance related degree
CPA license
Seven or more years of experience in the accounting/financial reporting areas
Oracle, Workday or other large ERP systems experience.
Five or more years of Supervisory experience
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 demonstrate executive presence in communication with senior levels of management and board members
Demonstrate willingness to partner across internal departments with competing priorities

Nice To Haves

Seven or more years of supervisory experience
4+ years of experience in public accounting at a Big 4 firm
Intermediate understanding of REIT industry
Working knowledge of Corporate Tax and accounting for various legal entities

Responsibilities

Execute on complex accounting initiatives – complex legal entity structuring, international subsidiaries, intercompany transactions, etc.
Develop and maintain financial reporting for various levels of internal management reporting needs
Responsible for leading accounting digitization initiatives including process standardization and simplification
Provide the accounting department with strategic direction and leadership of ERP system implementations and enhancements.
Partner with the Tax and Public Reporting departments on strategic initiatives and proper REIT industry reporting
Lead responsibility for month-end close processes and variance reporting
Assist in financial budgeting and forecasting
Serve as the primary contact for external and internal audit requests
Design and execute on SOX internal controls governing public companies
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
Collaborate with other department in accomplishing strategic objectives