Finance Manager

blueStone Executive Search has a distinct focus on recruiting IT professionals with an emphasis on the areas of leadership, business transformation and enterprise.

 The Finance Manager will have a strong understanding of financial processes within a large multinational corporate environment, strong written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated analytical skills, and be able to work independently.  The Finance Manager will report to the Director, Corporate Accounting and work closely with members of Company’s executive and corporate management team. Core Responsibilities of Corporate Accounting Team: The Corporate Accounting team is responsible for the reporting, planning and forecasting of a $400M combined P&L and other Corporate investments.  It serves as the main accounting contact for all Corporate departments and has significant interaction/collaboration with External Reporting, Treasury, Tax, Legal, Risk Management and HR/Payroll. 

Expected Core Responsibilities: 

The responsibilities of the Finance Manager will initially include:

• Manages all activities related to equity compensation including implementation of automated reporting tool (Fidelity), recording of general ledger activity and review of annual shared-based compensation reporting for Form 10-K and proxy.

• Oversees monthly share calculation including diluted shares.

• Assists in preparation and review of quarterly reporting package for Corporate ledger including detailed analysis of assigned caption lines.

• Leads assigned projects to implement best practices and direct change management initiatives to increase efficiency of department procedures and processes.

• Participates in annual budget process including consolidation and analysis of Corporate departments.

• Ad-hoc analysis of department expenditures and results as requested. 
  

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance

• CPA or advanced degree preferred

• Minimum 8 years of relevant corporate and/or industry experience

• Good working knowledge of US GAAP specifically ASC 718 and ASC 470

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work in a diverse and multicultural environment are essential

• Strong analytical skills and business/financial acumen

• Attention to detail, with high standards of accuracy and review

• Ability to work in a fast paced, multi-task project environment

• Ability to execute projects efficiently and effectively with limited supervision

• High-level of computer proficiency; Oracle HFM, Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains and SQL a plus