Director Of Accounting - Global Accounting Operations
San Jose, California, Us
Global operations, process, and policy responsibility for multiple organizations: Record-To-Report (R2R), Invoice-To-Pay (I2P), and Americas Payroll. Scope includes financial close processes, general ledger, accounting, consolidations, external audit process, fixed assets, intercompany accounting, ERP management, accounts payable, expense reporting, and global outsource and vendor management.• Led teams in a Finance transformation project to outsource General Accounting, Fixed Assets, and Accounts Payable, and Payroll to various third-party providers. Involved in all phases: analysis, due diligence, vendor selection, implementation, and post go-live operational management. • Successfully improved global financial close process timing 30% to best class resulting in faster delivery and quality of quarter end financial statements to senior executives. • Developed a balance sheet and operational review process with all global teams resulting in increased compliance, greater financial statement accuracy, and identification of improvement opportunities. • Led multiple other projects and education efforts resulting in increased quality, accuracy, and compliance: global standardization, balance sheet reconciliation, journal entry workflow and automation, Hyperion Financial Management implementation, physical inventory, accrual simplification, education and training for FP&A teams.• Developed and managed the accounting restructuring process to support multiple restructuring events.