Director (Senior Manager) of Accounting Operations
If you are an eight plus year banking (or public accounting) professional with a focus on banking or financial services, Christian Wyatt Group may have a great opportunity for you. The Christian Wyatt Group is an executive search firm that focuses on the $0 to $20B banking vertical placing accounting, finance, audit, risk, credit, and compliance professionals at high performing banks nationwide. This bank client has been growing steadily and this key role is for a Director (or Senior Manager) over Accounting Operations and could be a great opportunity for a financial services professional to get their foot in the door, streamline processes, build, coach, mentor a team and perhaps set themselves up for higher level positions and continue to grow as the organization grows.
The gist of this Director or Senior Manager over Accounting Operations role is largely operational in nature and will focus on all of the financial/operational accounting activities of the organization. This a holding company level role and you will be responsible for all accounting for the holding company, the bank, and bank subsidiaries. This includes oversight of the general ledger (GL), reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts, oversight of financial reporting (including all regulatory reporting and call reports) and GL controls, as well as the accounts payable department. You will be supervising a team of two to three professionals.
To be successful in this role, you must be a team builder, a great communicator, and be comfortable working with leadership not only within accounting and finance, but throughout the bank as well. The efficient, timely and accurate outputs of your department are critical as it will help senior leadership as they continue to ponder future organic and M&A growth throughout the bank and subsidiary lines of business. “Owning” this aspect of accounting operations, you will be looked on to develop a best-in-class department/team and must maintain current controls at all levels. Although Accounting Operations in title, initially it will be very tactical in nature, as you have to dig in, make sure efficiencies are in place and are repeatable. Over time it will become more strategic.
Banking experience is a must, as is a CPA accreditation, and strong GAAP knowledge. You are blessed with a strong boss that is a high energy, solid leader and has a great reputation as a coach and mentor. They have high expectations, but they are also not a micro-manager. You will be given the toolkit to be successful as well as given the autonomy to do so. This bank has an evolving culture due to their growth that you will help shape and are looking for the right Director (Senior Manager) of Accounting Operations to join, assimilate, contribute, and weave themselves into the fabric of the organization.
Intrigued? This is a great opportunity. Please inquire today in confidence.