Director, Accounting (USA Remote)
Company: Turnitin
Location: Austin
Posted on: June 25, 2022
Job Description:
Company Description When you join Turnitin, you'll be welcomed
into a company that is a recognized innovator in the global
education space. For more than 20 years, Turnitin has partnered
with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and
fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Over 16,000
academic institutions, publishers, and corporations use our
services: Gradescope by Turnitin, iThenticate, Turnitin Feedback
Studio, Turnitin Originality, Turnitin Similarity, ExamSoft, and
ProctorExam.Turnitin has offices in Australia, India, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Ukraine,
the United Kingdom, and the United States. Our diverse community of
colleagues are all unified by a shared desire to make a difference
in education. Come join us, and let's make change together. - Job
Description This role will lead and direct the activities of the
newly defined Finance organisation, comprising of an international
accounting GL team and other related activities. This will bring
together multi-located teams of subject matter experts to provide a
consistent, efficient and compliant service to both internal and
external stakeholders of the Turnitin Consolidated Group.This is a
Global leadership position within a fast-growing, dynamic business
and as such there will be an expectation that the individual
appointed will have a genuine focus on continuous improvement and
the gravitas to drive improvements across the Company's key
business processes. -Responsibilities: -
- Support and lead the global accounting team to ensure month end
is reported accurately to facilitate timely, relevant management
decisions and meet reporting standards and requirements
- Ability to research accounting issues using appropriate
guidance, recommend appropriate accounting, and write memos to
support conclusions in accordance with US GAAP, IFRS, and/or
foreign GAAP
- Be the key senior contact for the internal and external
auditors to ensure real time collective support on approach to
given matters.
- Ensuring all accounting policies are effectively implemented,
and new accounting standards are appropriately adopted by the
business.
- Optimising processes and controls across finance, enhancing
current procedures and implementing new ones to drive
improvements.
- Improve processes to drive efficiency within Accounting and
Control team - leveraging data to streamline manual processes
- Work with colleagues across group finance teams to align local
management reporting to figures held centrally
- Develop and maintain the performance of the team directly and
indirectly through Team Leaders, including recruiting, coaching,
performance management and developing the team as is needed.
- Make sure new accounting standards are adopted by the business
on a timely manner
- Ad hoc projects Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, CPA)
- 5+ years experience with US GAAP .
- Formal technical qualifications for USGAAP is a plus
- Strong technical accounting skills including purchase price
accounting, business combinations, ASC 606 and ASC 842
- Over 5 years finance leadership experience within a large,
complex organisation
- Experience of leading and managing a multi-national global
team
- Proven track record of streamlining accounting operations and
month end close for a multinational global company
- Strong effective communication skills at all levels of the
business, including c-suite
- Tech savvy with proven experience of working in NetSuite
- Experience of working for a SAAS Company preferred -
- Experience of working within a complex US corporate structure
highly advantageous - Additional Information Our Mission is to
ensure the integrity of global education and meaningfully improve
learning outcomes. -Our Values underpin everything we do.
- Customer Centric - We realize our mission to ensure integrity
and improve learning outcomes by -putting educators and learners at
the center of everything we do.
- Passion for Learning - We seek out teammates that are
constantly learning and growing and build a workplace which enables
them to do so.
- Integrity - We believe integrity is the heartbeat of Turnitin.
It shapes our products, the way we treat each other, and how we
work with our customers and vendors.
- Action & Ownership - We have a bias toward action and empower
teammates to make decisions.
- One Team - We strive to break down silos, collaborate
effectively, and celebrate each other's successes.
- Global Mindset - We respect local cultures and embrace
diversity. We think globally and act locally to maximize our impact
on education. -Seeing Beyond the Job AdAt Turnitin, we recognize
it's unrealistic for candidates to fulfill 100% of the criteria in
a job ad. -We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of
the requirements because we know that skills evolve over time. If
you're willing to learn and evolve alongside us, join our team!
-Turnitin, LLC is committed to the policy that all persons have
equal access to its programs, facilities and employment. -All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a
protected veteran.
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