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HighLevel · 1 month ago

Sr. Accounting Policy & Process Manager

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

HighLevel is an AI powered, all-in-one white-label sales & marketing platform that empowers agencies, entrepreneurs, and businesses. The Sr. Accounting Policy & Process Manager will establish policy governance, streamline accounting workflows, and ensure compliance with regulations while improving efficiency within the Finance organization.

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Responsibilities

Inventory all existing policy documents across the Finance organization, identifying owners for every policy

Identify policy gaps and areas of improvements in existing policies and create a development roadmap to create all needed policies across the Finance organization

Work with internal teams (like legal, HR, and IT) and external bodies to gather input and ensure policy alignment

Ensure policies align with U.S. GAAP, legal requirements, organizational goals and other regulatory requirements

Create a governance structure for all Finance policies, ensuring every policy is reviewed and updated at least annually

Communicate policy updates to relevant stakeholders, create documentation and training materials, as needed, to help employees understand and follow policies and procedures

Assist in the development of desktop procedures for certain roles within the accounting organization, assigning ownership to each documented desktop procedure and ensuring they are kept current as processes, controls and system evolve

Partner with other departments to ensure accounting policies and processes are effective and efficient

Work with the accounting organization to identify and drive process improvement and automation to increase efficiency and quality in accounting

Support the management of internal controls and compliance, including SOX compliance

Be a change agent and propose recommendations for changes and improvements to accounting policies, procedures and controls to meet business needs

Support the Controllership on other ad hoc projects and requests as determined by management

Qualification

CPASOX compliancePublic company accountingPolicy developmentProcess improvementCommunication skillsInterpersonal skillsStrategic thinking

Required

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field

Extensive experience (typically 10+ years) in public company accounting functions within a global organization with a strong knowledge of SOX requirements

Proven experience in working cross-functionally across the organization is essential

Deep knowledge of accounting policies and processes with a continuous improvement mindset and the ability to both identify areas for improvement and the skills to execute by working with the impacted stakeholders

Excellent communication, interpersonal, and strategic thinking skills

Be a 'hands on' individual contributor