Interim Shared Services Accounting Lead

Position: Contract Interim Shared Services Accounting Lead
## Contract Interim Shared Services Accounting Lead Apply locations:
Remote - Florida time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 2 Days Agojob requisition :
R-1069

Schellman is a Top 50 CPA firm and a leading provider of attestation and compliance services. Our professional services focus on security and privacy audits, assessments, and certifications.  Schellman has become one of the largest cybersecurity assessment firms in the United States without providing any traditional accounting services.  We are an accredited multi-framework ISO Certification Body for security, privacy, business continuity, and quality;

a globally licensed PCI Qualified Security Assessor and a top provider to clients serving the federal DoD space as a leading FedRAMP 3

PAO and the first assessment firm authorized as a CMMC C3

PAO. Our specialty and expertise remain in providing best in class Cybersecurity and IT Audits and Attestations. Our culture, approach with clients, and dedication to our values has led us to consistently be a Great Places to Work certified company and rated as a Best Firms to Work For by Accounting Today and a Glassdoor Best Places to Work. We deeply appreciate our employees, as shown by our first core value – People Come First.

This is demonstrated in our culture, benefits, and how we handle business. Come see what makes Schellman special!# JOB SUMMARY# This is a Remote based role, but candidate is required to be located in the US Central Time Zone or Eastern Time Zone.

This role serves as the functional lead for shared services accounting operations, with responsibility spanning accounts receivable (including billing, collections, and cash applications), accounts payable, travel & expenses, cash management, and tax and regulatory compliance. The role also provides functional coordination for the team of professionals performing this work, supports internal and external audit requests related to these areas, drives process improvement initiatives across all functions, and leads any other projects as assigned.

The ideal candidate possesses strong leadership and coordination capabilities, a solid operational and technical accounting background, and a demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements. This person is a self-starter, flexible, has a high level of integrity, and is action and goal-oriented in a dynamic, collaborative environment.  This position provides functional oversight and support to all departments within the Company.

The Lead is expected to be hands-on across all functional areas while also coordinating the work of the team, driving continuous improvement, and supporting audit and project needs as they arise.

The Interim Shared Services Accounting Lead must be prepared to perform hands-on, detailed work across all functional areas to ensure deadlines are met.  This role serves as the day-to-day point of contact and functional coordinator for a team of 4 shared services accounting professionals, providing technical accounting and process guidance, answering escalated questions, and ensuring work is appropriately prioritized and completed.
This position reports to the Vice President, Corporate Controller.
** Essential Functions**:
* Oversee daily billing activity; review and approve invoices prior to posting and delivery to customers. Resolves highly complex and sensitive service-related billing issues.
* Work cross-functionally to review customer contracts and ensure proper billing set-up adhering to underlying system requirements and policy standards
* Direct and monitor all aspects of customer collections, ensuring timely follow-up and resolution
* Review and oversee customer payment processing and accurate application to customer accounts
* Review and approve customer refund processing, with proper support and agreements attached
* Review and approve bad debt write offs, in accordance with policy
* Perform quality assurance activities to review the accuracy of customer invoices
* Resolve issues arising from actions or events involving administrative functions
* Oversee accounts payable activity; review and approve supplier invoices, ensure proper coding, approvals routing, and maintenance of supplier records
* Oversee T&E activity; review and approve submissions for proper coding and policy compliance
* Oversee cash activity; review and approve transactions to ensure proper coding and accuracy
* Oversee tax and regulatory notice activity; ensure all items are tracked, filed, and resolved in a timely manner, including escalations to outsourced tax advisory team.
* Lead and coordinate month-end close procedures; review and approve journal entries and account reconciliations submitted by team members, ensuring all deadlines are met and books are closed on time
* Responds to all forms of inquiries from internal and external stakeholders pertaining to the job function
* Facilitate day-to-day workflow coordination for a team of 4 shared services accounting professionals, serving as the primary point of…