14697 - Accounting Director, BU P&L - Virtual

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The Director – Business Unit (P&L) Accounting is a newly created senior leadership role within Kelly Services' Controllership organization, reporting directly to the Chief Accounting Officer. This role owns full P&L accountability for Kelly's Business Unit segments — SETT (Science, Engineering, Technology, and Telecom), ETM (Enterprise Talent Managed), and EDU (Education) — including revenue, cost of services (COS), accounts receivable accounting oversight, and BU-specific SG&A (facilities, travel, etc).

The ideal candidate brings deep revenue accounting expertise across services businesses (staffing, professional services, managed services, consulting, etc.), demonstrated ability to build a new team from adjacent legacy organizations, strong partnership skills with Finance Business Partners and operations leadership, and experience owning full P&L accountability for large, complex service-line segments.

Our Director – Business Unit (P&L) Accounting is accountable for:

1. Full P&L Ownership by Business Unit Segment

• Own the full P&L for each BU segment (SETT, ETM, EDU) — revenue, cost of services, accounts receivable accounting oversight, and BU-specific SG&A.

• Direct BU-specific transactions: program revenue accruals, deferred revenue, unbilled AR, rebates, pass-throughs, tech fees, VMS/MSP fees, on-bill activity, and BU-attributable accruals across People Soft and Workday.

• Own the draft and review of each segment P&L during close, ensuring revenue and COS are recognized accurately, and margins reflect underlying business results.

• Provide inputs to External Reporting — service-line revenue schedules, GP by segment, segment narratives for MD&A, and program footnote support.

• Maintain internal controls over revenue and COS (JE approval workflow, BPR responses).

2. Partnership with Finance Business Partners and BU Leadership

• Serve as the accounting partner to Finance Business Partners (ETM Finance, SETT Finance, EDU Finance leadership), who remain the primary business interface with segment leadership.

• Coordinate closely with segment leadership on rebates, deferred revenue, milestone billings, ETC updates, and other transactions requiring business context.

• Partner with operations, project management, and program teams to ensure timely revenue recognition, accurate COS capture, and clean AR aging.

• Provide segment-level accounting judgment on complex revenue transactions, coordinating with Technical Accounting & External Reporting on ASC 606 questions and any new-standard implications.

3. BU-Specific SG&A Ownership

• Own BU-specific SG&A — facilities, travel, BU-level accruals attributable to the segment — for each business unit. Books JEs for these BU-attributable SG&A items. Corporate SG&A (facilities/marketing/legal/technology at the corporate level) is owned by the Operational Accounting team.

• Provide segment-level SG&A reporting and BPR support, integrated with segment P&L reporting.

• Coordinate with Corporate Consolidations & ControlS on the cost-center architecture that supports the BU-vs-corporate SG&A split.

4. Team Build-Out, Stand-Up, and Transformation

• Stand up the BU (P&L) Accounting function from staff currently sitting within ETM Finance and SETT Finance (accounting-work portion), building a new integrated team from adjacent legacy organizations.

• Define role boundaries with Finance Business Partners (who remain in the ETM/SETT Finance FP&A/business-partner structure) to ensure clean scope and no duplicate work.

• Establish segment-level playbooks, close calendars, and reconciliation frameworks that align with the enterprise close set…