Senior Director, Accounting

SUMMARY

The Senior Director, Accounting is a key leadership role responsible for oversight of the accounting operations of the company. This position will drive operational efficiency, improve profitability, support future growth of the organization, and efficiently produce materially accurate financial statements in compliance with International Accounting Standards (IFRS).   The Senior Director, Accounting is also expected to maintain the integrity and completeness of accounting records, establish financial policies, ensure procedural documentation is current and complete, and oversee a comprehensive set of internal financial and operational controls that are designed to mitigate risk to the accuracy of the company's financial results. The Senior Director, Accounting is expected to have a great deal of visibility and interaction with Executive and Senior leadership of the organization and will work in partnership with the Tax, Finance, and Internal Audit functions.   

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implement and maintain modern, effective, and efficient accounting business processes and financial systems. Establish effective framework and tone at the top for the accounting functions to automate efficiency for day-to-day activities.
• Oversee certain day-to-day activities of accounting teams involving various legal entities and intercompany transactions among Hibbett subsidiaries, with JD North America subsidiaries and with JD Group. Promote cross training among team members to ensure business continuity of critical tasks.
• Coordinate the period-end financial close process, evaluate and approve monthly journal entries, ensure proper financial cut-offs and production of timely and accurate financial statements, and ensure timely submission of financial results to JD Group.
• Collaborate with FP&A teams to support budgeting and forecasting. 
• Prepare monthly analyses to assist senior management in understanding trends and variances in comparison to budget, forecast, and prior year to identify patterns or deviations, understand financial performance of the organization, and support strategic financial decision making of senior management.
• Manage and perform internal control activities over completeness and accuracy of journal entries and account reconciliations to substantiate the integrity of financial information in accordance with IFRS and JD Group governance policies.
• Maintain appropriate segregation of duties and robust internal control surrounding fraud risk to the organization.
• Teach, train, manage, and mentor the accounting team.  Promote continuous communication within the Finance function.
• Assist in coordinating activities and responding to requests from external auditors to validate internal control over financial reporting (ICOFR) and substantiate the accuracy of financial statements.
• Champion business process improvements and system upgrades.  Identify areas for process improvement and automation.
• Develop and monitor business performance metrics to ensure organization's strategic financial objectives are on the correct path, identify potential financial setbacks and/or obstacles.
• Maintain oversight, integrity, and structure of the general ledger to ensure the accuracy of financial transactions.
• Maintain oversight of the balance sheet account reconciliation process to ensure all account balances are properly substantiated and independently reviewed for accuracy within the established time frames.
• Protect the company's assets and financial information by ensuring the accuracy and effectiveness of internal control procedures and informing management and/or appropriate officials of potential fraud risk.
• On call duties: During month end financial close and at other times as needed such as upon a major system upgrade or implementation.
• Measurable outcomes: Delivering materially accurate financial statements within established time periods.
• Other ad-hoc projects and duties assigned as needed.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Senior Director, Accounting has direct or indirect supervisory responsibilities for certain accounting team members, including the Senior Accountant and others.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of related experience. Three to four years of management experience.
• A self-motivated cross-functional leader who can motivate and lead a team and build collaborative relationships across the organization.
• An unwavering commitment to ethics and personal responsibility.
• Confident and comfortable dealing with all levels of the organization, outside consultants, auditors, and service providers.
• Ability to critically evaluate current policies and practices to suggest and develop action plans or identify improvement opportunities.
• Technical proficiency in accounting best practices, IFRS, and COSO based internal control environment.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced user of Microsoft Office products.
• Bachelors in accounting required.  Masters in accounting preferred.
• CPA highly preferred.
• Retail experience and Workday financial system proficiency is a plus.
• Analytical thinking, driving execution, action oriented.

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