Job Details
A newly created VP of Finance Transformation & Shared Services position has arisen with a highly reputable real estate firm currently experiencing tremendous growth. Working closely with the EVP Finance & CFO, this strategic individual will form part of the Executive Leadership Team to drive the finance transformation and change management agenda across the organization s shared services function.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Strategic oversight and leadership of client finance operations services department, including Payroll, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Treasury.
- Oversight of offshore partners in India
- Participate in the implementation, testing, and troubleshooting of accounting systems.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). Develops metrics, service level agreements (SLAs), and key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure service delivery.
- Ensures timely issue identification, resolution, and escalation when appropriate within leadership teams throughout the organization, including management teams.
- Establish strategic and proactive partnerships with other departments, including property management and client finance teams.
- Establishes standard operating procedures to drive uniformity, consistency, and accountability that are consistent with our company s values.
- Defining and enforcing key controls over financial operations, particularly appropriate segregation of duties
- Overseeing the department's development of financial processes and company policies to ensure transactions are processed accurately and timely.
- Maintaining appropriate supervisory reviews and reconciliations as part of day-to-day transactions such as systems postings of invoices and payments, ongoing billing, payroll processing, and treasury operations.
- Implementing new company procedures and policy changes as business conditions warrant to ensure appropriate internal control and accuracy of client financial transactions.
- Lead and develop a team of finance operations supervisors & managers to ensure client finance operations deliverables are completed promptly and accurately within service levels.
- Coaching and supervising department managers to ensure daily and monthly tasks are completed accurately and timely within service levels.
- Maintain staffing coverage and related contingencies to ensure on-time service delivery during periods of unexpected staff absences or transitions.
Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree in finance or accounting is required.
- Minimum ten years of progressive accounting & finance experience within the Real Estate or Hospitality industry
- Experienced in leading onshore and offshore teams and leading projects.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to perform with minimal supervision and make decisions independently.
- Critical thinking, problem-solving, ability to perform with minimal supervision, and independent decision-making skills.