Senior Director, Accounting

Overview

Senior Director of Accounting who acts as a trusted partner to Finance, FP&A, Revenue Operations and the leadership team, leading the monthly close, corporate and statutory reporting, and financial systems for a global software company.

What you'll do

• Serve as a trusted, collaborative partner with key Redwood functions including Finance, FP&A, Revenue Operations and the Redwood leadership team
• Manage the monthly close process working with GL, AR, AP, Cash, Payroll, Banking, Inter-Company and Allocations teams, ensuring all G/L reconciliations are complete and variances actively managed
• Manage corporate reporting requirements to meet lender and PE firm requirements
• Participate in year end consolidated and statutory audits and required statutory filings in a variety of jurisdictions, with a specific focus on local GAAP for the Netherlands
• Partner on maintaining best-of-breed systems (ERP) and underlying policies to provide critical financial information to the Senior Leadership Team and Executive Leadership team
• Drive transformational changes to gain efficiencies through automation and AI
• Participate in M&A activities including purchase price accounting, change management and financial system integrations
• Responsible for ASC 606 compliant Deferred Revenue monthly reporting, collaborating with FP&A with a walk from GAAP to First Year Values (FYV) and monthly tie out of all Payroll costs
• Oversee inter-company balances and manage the transfer pricing calculation and remittance process
• Understand Redwood strategy to drive profitable growth through strong financial management practices and KPI metrics
• Build, mentor and lead by example a talented, customer-obsessed team focused on driving business goals

What you'll need

• 15+ years of financial leadership experience, ideally in a complex, international, fast paced, high growth software or technology company
• University degree (and/or an MBA) in finance or business with an accounting designation (CPA, CMA, CGA)
• 3-5 years of both Workday Financial G/L System experience and Salesforce experience
• Experience with companies over $200M revenue and growing
• Strong US GAAP, SaaS metrics, inter-company charges, transfer pricing
• Strong understanding of recurring revenue and ASC 606 Revenue Recognition for Contracts
• M&A integration experience
• Self-starter who can drive results and prepare for taking on a prominent role in an entrepreneurial, growth-oriented company
• Intellectually curious and able to think deeply and qualitatively about business problems, breaking down issues and presenting solutions
• Strong communication skills, setting the tone for an ethical, open, transparent and respectful environment
• High degree of resiliency and energized by a fast paced, dynamic growth environment with an innovative mindset
• Ability to translate functional business needs into technical requirements and business process design; facilitate meetings and decision making by business owners; proficiently utilize Workday Financial General Ledger, Salesforce, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Slack
• Understands what needs to be done to continuously improve the organization's financial acumen and processes
• Makes sound decisions, is focused and explicit in decision making
• Consultative and collaborative, rolls up sleeves; builds strong internal and external relationships
• Values teamwork and inspires achievement in others
• Respected for technical expertise, valued guidance and track record
• Strategic mindset: drives change effectively

Nice to have

• Overall experience with both direct and indirect tax
• Experience with the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, India and Canada

Details

• Location: United States (Remote)