SUMMARY
This position will lead and manage all Controllership teams for the Record-to-Report organization at Papa Johns and drive the next stage of transformation in our Finance function in our Louisville Hub. This new position will oversee the General Accounting (including segment accounting) and Long-lived Asset Accounting teams for all North American operating and corporate segments. This role will also require overseeing all international accounting processes for our global operations, with most of the team located in the UK.
This position requires a desire to work in a fast-paced organization while initiating and actioning process improvements and driving a fun and inclusive culture that embraces hard work and critical thinking. The successful candidate will instill best-practices for utilizing technology to improve accuracy and efficiency in processes (KPI creation, Close acceleration, reconciliation automation, RPA), SOX controls, internal and external audits, and stand-alone financials. This role requires driving scale to our accounting operations (documentation, processes, and systems) and will manage implementing, documenting, and testing related controls in partnership with our SOX team and policies in partnership with our Corporate Accounting team. This role will have visibility to and opportunity to collaborate with the CFO, Controller, and wider Accounting and Finance teams on the direction of the accounting functions of the organization.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned
- Create and execute strategies and specific objectives to oversee the operations and policies of the General Ledger organization for all operating and corporate segments
- Manage the month end closing and financial reporting processes including journal entry review, account reconciliation and variance analysis
- Work with other teams and departments to ensure integrity of accounting controls, processes, and procedures
- Oversee all monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting close processes and reporting
- Serve as lead contact for all record-to-report activities for all US GAAP and stand-alone financial reporting (including both domestic and international reporting)
- Drive continuous process improvements to ensure all information is timely and accurate, with a focus on improving timeliness and accuracy of financial information, as well as appropriateness of processes and systems
- Partner with FP&A to ensure that all financial information is delivered in accordance with timelines for analytical needs
- Special projects as assigned
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. An equivalent combination of experience and training may substitute for any of the listed position qualification. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
COMPETENCIES are classified as the work habits, attitudes, personal characteristics, and behaviors that reflect how a person accomplishes the duties and responsibilities of his/her job.
Process Management Efficient at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient workflow; knows what to measure and how to measure it; can see opportunities for synergy and integration where others cannot; can simplify complex processes; gets more out of fewer resources.
Leading Change: Ensures that energy and resources are sustained over the long-term of the change. Leverages technology, processes, or systems to enhance organizational learning and change. Clearly defines the expectations and how they will change for internal and external stakeholders. Manages any resistance to change within teams. Monitors the team’s successes and failures and shows a willingness to course correct whenever necessary.
Drive for Results Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Presentation Skills Is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers, direct reports, and bosses; is effective both inside and outside the organization, on both cool data and hot and controversial topics;
commands attention and can manage group process during the presentation; can change tactics midstream when something is not working
Business Acumen Knows how businesses work; knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, technology, and information affecting their business and organization; knows the competition; is aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace.
Decision Quality Makes good decisions (without considering how much time it takes) based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; most of their solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time; sought out by others for advice and solutions.
DESIRED FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
- Significant GAAP working knowledge
- Deep subledger and General Ledger experience in a multi-national, public company environment
- Historical success with managing and improving teams that demonstrate end-to-end process knowledge, and centralizing and streamlining work from other locations
- Demonstrated ability to quickly establish trust and build relationships
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Seeker and enabler of driving value-added process improvements (experience with robotics process automation preferred)
- Strong systems experience including Microsoft Office, PeopleSoft, and Oracle
- Ideal candidate will be a highly motivated, self-directed, independent thinker with experience migrating accounting operations and experience implementing systems
- QSR industry or franchisee experience highly preferred
DESIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree required – Accounting and/or Finance
- Management of stand-alone audits
- Multi-currency and international company experience (including multiple GAAP/ledger reporting)
- U.S. GAAP and Internal Controls/SOX
- CPA required
- International, public company experience required
- Public Accounting experience required
- 15+ years' experience required
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The team member frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The team member is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, repetitive use (or motion) of arms and hands, bend and stoop, and lift to 10 pounds.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Working conditions are normal for an office environment.
ADA: Papa John’s will make reasonable accommodation(s) in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, including changes made by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.
