Shared Services Leader - Rochester, NH

Job Description

The Shared Services Leader - Americas position supports corporate finance practices and objectives that drive a high performance culture emphasizing empowerment, quality, productivity and standards, goal attainment and ethics. This position supports finance policies, procedures and programs for 3 distinct business segments, reports to the CAO - VP Controller. The Shared Services Leader - Americas will provide guidance and leadership to create regional shared service centers throughout the world.

The position has responsibilities in the following areas:

• Accounts Payable/Receivable:
  Direct team resources to process AP/AR for all US company sites with consideration of government compliance requirements for certain sites. Manage team of AP/AR clerks, with annual volume of 35,000 invoices. Process AP disbursements for all US company sites. Support a scalable process for AP/AR for any US locations in the group. Streamline AP/AR processing. Evaluate different technologies and processes with IT resources to further streamline AP/AR, creating capacity to pull in additional work without adding resources.
• Travel Accounting:
  Support a centralized scalable process for travel expense reporting for any US locations of the group. Streamline travel processing and accounting. Manage processes and audits of T&E reports for different sites in USA and globally.
• General accounting:
  Prepare monthly AP/AR reconciliation. Perform monthly SOX controls. Help Corporate tax with government audits for income tax or sales tax.
• Business Reporting and Analytical Support:
  Work closely with global supply chain group on cost reduction projects. Provide ad hoc assistance, analysis and reporting as required by management.

• Experience:
  
  10+ years of progressive experience in accounting operations, shared services, or financial operations.
• Leadership: 5+ years of leadership experience managing teams in accounts payable, accounts receivable, or related back-office finance functions.
• Shared Services:
  Direct experience managing or building a shared service center, particularly in a multi-entity or multinational environment.
• Process Improvement:
  Strong background in process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement, including workflow tools and ERP platforms (e.g., SAP, Oracle).
• Global/Matrix Leadership:
  Experience leading cross-functional or global teams, including matrixed leadership across regions; demonstrated success in driving transformation initiatives (centralization of finance processes, ERP implementations or upgrades, deployment of automation tools such as RPA, OCR, workflow systems).
• Controls and Compliance:
  Working knowledge of internal controls and SOX/compliance requirements.
• Global Expansion:
  Experience supporting or leading global expansion efforts, ideally within Europe or Asia.
• Stakeholder Management:
  Strong stakeholder management experience, including collaboration with executive leadership, regional finance teams, and operational teams.
• Government contracting:
  Government contracting experience is a plus.
• Education:
  
  Bachelor s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.

Note:

Full-time in-office, 9/80 schedule is described in the original posting. Due to the restricted nature of work, only US Citizens and US Persons (permanent residents) will be considered for this role. We are unable to sponsor employment visas (e.g., H-1B status) at this time.

Location Address: 325 Corporate Drive, 4th Floor, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801, United States

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