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At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together. This role is based in Sunnyvale. The Record to Report (“R 2 R”) team is looking for a dynamic and experienced Senior Manager to lead the Americas GL Operations Team. The Sr. Manager will be responsible for th... more details

Job Description

This role is based in Sunnyvale.

The Record to Report (“R2R”) team is looking for a dynamic and experienced Senior Manager to lead the Americas GL Operations Team. The Sr. Manager will be responsible for the Americas accounting operations who owns and manages the month end closing of financial process activities. This includes overseeing the financial reporting, analysis and accounting activities to ensure compliance with GAAP, corporate policies and audits.

We are seeking a candidate with a strong understanding of finance business processes, strong communication critical thinking skills with exceptional leadership skills. This role will drive finance initiatives, work with global key stakeholders in accounting and finance teams to enable process and system improvements, develop and maintain effective controls and influence change that will globally scale the finance organization.

Primary internal customers and business partners will include Controllership, Tax, Treasury, FP&A, Productivity Engineering, among other business process owners outside of R2R. Business partners are located across the globe, primarily in Ireland, Singapore.

Responsibilities:

Lead the general ledger activities with Sr. Accountants and oversight of offshore shared services team, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration
Provide guidance on accounting issues and ensure timely completion of financial tasks
Manage the month/quarter end financial close process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness that all costs are properly recorded, reviewing journal entries, account balance reconciliations, report preparation and oversight of deliverables and reporting with the parent company
Lead the preparation of accurate, quality and timely financial statements for senior management and parent company
Key player in reviewing and ensuring the accounting and monthly global reporting are in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Support Global Process Owner in Accounting Operations and Reporting, and partner cross functionally with other stakeholders to identify and implement global and regional process improvement initiatives across all accounting process and reporting
Own the relationship with the shared services team to manage expectations, improve effectiveness and ensure SLAs are achieved
Drive change to ensure scaling of operation, increases in efficiency and quality through automation, work assessment and process improvement
Manage system change requests process and work with Business Application resources to facilitate resolutions on close and reporting related issues
Lead quarterly reviews and annual audits conducted by external auditors
Take ownership of accounting policies, both in documentation and implementation
Ensure SOX compliance by adhering to internal control requirements, maintain updated documentation and providing recommendations as appropriate
Build strong relationships with internal global stakeholders

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance or related degree or equivalent work experience
10+ years of practical work experience leveraging global processes and tools in areas of accounting operations and financial reporting
5+ years of leadership and management experience in monthly/quarterly close process and coordination of audits
2+ Experience with large ERP systems (eg Oracle / SAP) is required

Preferred Qualifications:

MBA, CPA preferred with public accounting / audit experience
Leadership experience working within a shared services model
Strong technical skills including knowledge of GAAP and sound understanding of financial statements
Ability to think strategically and act operationally on overall business processes within Finance, general ledger systems and foreign currency translation
Experience working in a global organization where leading and driving change across multiple companies is key
Highly organized and detail oriented with a commitment to accuracy
Excellent written, verbal communication, and presentation skills
Strong working knowledge of MS Office tools
Demonstrated competency with Blackline and other BI reporting tools

Suggested Skills:

Strategic thinking and leadership skills
Executive communication, and interpersonal skills
Building relationships and empowering teams

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $123,000 to $200,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

Additional Information

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