Senior Vice President, Accounting

Description

Propio Language Services is a provider of the highest quality interpretation, translation, and localization services. Our people take pride in every resource we offer, and our users always have access to the best technology, support, and experience. We are driven by our passion for innovation, growth, and connecting people. If you believe in the transformative power of technology-driven solutions and meaningful communication, Propio could be the ideal place for you. This role is located in our Overland Park, KS office.

Position Overview

The Senior Vice President, Accounting is responsible for oversight of all Accounting functions including Financial Operations, Financial Reporting, Tax, and Corporate Payroll. This role will be primarily responsible for delivering timely and accurate financial statements, compliance with lender covenants and regulatory requirements, establishing an environment of strong internal control, and ensuring efficiency and accuracy in all financial operations. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, this person will act as a key contributor toward Propio’s company-wide dedication to risk mitigation and enterprise compliance.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversee Financial Operations (Billing, Collections, Global Contractor Pay, Overhead Accounts Payable), Financial Reporting (including month end close and financial statements, lender reporting, financial audit, any statutorily required subsidiary or foreign audits, and other financial statement reporting as required), Tax, and Corporate Payroll functions
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, IFRS, and other applicable regulatory standards as required
• Ensure compliance with lender reporting requirements, and work in conjunction with CFO and FP&A team to ensure ongoing compliance with lender covenants
• Deliver all financial and statutory audits on time and on budget with unqualified opinion while maintaining flow of day-to-day work; report results to Audit Committee and create ongoing reporting cadence as necessary.
• Facilitate timing of month end close deadlines between financial reporting and financial operations teams
• Oversee cash flow management and banking relationships; work in conjunction with CFO, FP&A team, and operations teams to develop long term cash flow plans.
• Work in conjunction with CFO and Vice President, Financial Operations to stand up Treasury function and implement cash maximization strategies and best practices
• Drive optimization of accounting systems, processes, and procedures
• Lead, develop, and maintain a high-performance team that serves the needs of internal and external users of financial statements and processes
• Develop, evolve, and enforce a strong internal control and compliance environment
• Support Director of Global Payroll in development, implementation, and enforcement of compliance and tax policies and best practices
• Support M&A through timely delivery of accurate Quality of Earnings reporting
• Foster a “client first” culture – deliver exceptional support to both internal and external clients
• Implement best-in-class Knowledge Management; ensure documentation of key processes
• Assess, identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities within the Record-to-Report process
• Assess, identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities within the Procure-to-Pay process
• Assess, identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities within the Order-to-Cash process
• Support Client Success team in all matters related to servicing clients (i.e. invoicing, collections); drive internal Finance efficiencies enabling CS team to incrementally service more clients
• Implement best-in-class vendor management program, including vendors review, annual cost review, terms management, etc
• Development and implement methodologies to bridge the financial statements to formats necessary for the Tax function to effectively manage the Corporate and State tax compliance process.
• Continuously assess staff performance and assist management team in professionally developing team members
  
  

Requirements

Experience

• Minimum 10 – 12 years working in Corporate Accounting or Corporate Finance positions of increasing responsibility. Mixture of public firm and private experience preferred.
• Experience leading large financial operations and financial reporting teams
  
  

Qualifications

• CPA license very strongly preferred
• Strong ability to communicate with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to deliver consistent results despite competing priorities in a rapidly changing environment
• Willingness to perform hands on work as necessary to deliver results
• Ability to work onsite in Overland Park, KS headquarters office. Work travel less than 5%.
  
  

Preferred

• Experience integrating acquired entities and consolidating operations
• Experience working with external tax providers for international operations