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Iron Mountain · 2 months ago

Global Digital Business Unit Controller

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $161K/yr

5+ years exp

Iron Mountain is a company that provides expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, and more. The Global Digital Business Unit Controller will lead the Financial Controllership & Accounting function for the Digital BU, ensuring accurate accounting and reporting while collaborating with various teams to drive effective accounting practices.

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Responsibilities

Partner with key stakeholders in the Digital BU including finance, engineering, product, commercial and operational teams to support business strategy and execution. Collaborate cross-functionally with DBU teams and the Accounting COEs to drive accounting conclusions and monitor their implementation

Revenue recognition: monitor new revenue arrangements and partner with the Revenue Accounting COE team to conclude on accounting treatment. Ensure that revenue is recorded accurately and in accordance with these conclusions

Internal use software development costs: collaborate with the DBU engineering and product teams to understand the digital product roadmap. Partner with the Fixed Asset Accounting COE team to ensure proper tracking and cost allocation for eligible projects in accordance with ASC 350-40. Lead regular reviews of capitalized software development costs for all projects

Provide key financial data, trends and analysis to the leadership team and global Iron Mountain finance team

Support Global External Reporting and Controllership team for US GAAP audit purposes

Collaborate with and support the Digital BU CFO to ensure ongoing risk-based monitoring, design, and implementation of effective internal controls

Accountable for ensuring compliance with Iron Mountain group accounting policies, US GAAP and SOX; actively participate in the design, update and training of the Global Accounting policies

Ensure finance systems optimization and continuous improvement. Proactively contribute to the development and implementation of the Finance Systems strategy within the framework of the Iron Mountain global financial systems strategy

Provide support to investigate and resolve accounting issues including the escalations of issues on the Quarterly Issues Meeting (QIM) and Disclosure protocols

Accounting support of M&A activities, due diligence and post-acquisition integration projects relating to financial reporting aspects, lead the set-up of reporting for newly acquired entities and joint ventures

Drive and support the effective operation of accounting shared services. Identify any issues and manage resolution. Provide support in any additional transition to the outsourcing companies, or system implementation

Continuous review of month end close and reporting processes for improvement. Support changes in corporate requirements and implementation of new accounting standards working with the Global External Reporting Controllership team and Accounting COE group

Ad hoc financial, operational and end-to-end process improvement projects as agreed with the VP, Global Group Controller and the SVP, Chief Accounting Officer (revenue cycle; procurement cycle – opex and capex)

Build and maintain collaborative relationships with business and finance stakeholders locally and at the corporate level including external stakeholders

Effectively partner and communicate with the FP&A and Finance Business Partner roles in order to drive greater understanding of the accounting impacts of business decisions and provide more effective proactive advice to the business and these Finance groups, as well as, provide more early warning of potential, planned or future transactions and/or events that may have an impact on our financial reporting

Qualification

Financial ControllershipUS GAAPRevenue RecognitionInternal ControlsAccounting PoliciesFinance Systems OptimizationM&A Accounting SupportProcess ImprovementCollaborationCommunication