Accounting Senior Director

The Senior Director, GPO Accounting, provides strategic leadership for the GPO Accounting Team within Evernorth.

Candidate will:



* Influence decision makers across the entire organization including the Senior Leadership and cross-functional partners.


* Responsible for developing and ensuring the appropriate controls are in place for key areas/functions and continuously monitoring for effectiveness.


* Provide direction and support for process improvement opportunities


* Actively participating in identifying and operationalizing automated solutions.


* Ability to lead discussions on accounting strategy and positions.


* Address necessary escalations and identify paths for resolution.


* Provides monthly and quarterly details of actuals including variance analysis to CAO and other leadership across the organization.


* Effectively participates in, and contributes to, staff meetings, committees and departmental work groups to share best practices, improve processes, and/or other items relating to team engagement and knowledge sharing.


* Participates and contributes in formal and informal training programs and professional development activities which may include taking, developing, and/or conducting sessions.


* Builds a diverse and effective team by optimizing capacity, creating flexibility, thoughtful planning and performance management.


* Provides leadership, direction, mentorship for all direct and indirect reports.


* Builds constructive and effective relationships across the company.

Shares ideas across teams and influences outcomes.


* Develops and executes necessary departmental plans and contributes to the development of functional strategies.


* Serves a lead role in enabling the business to achieve their objectives through interpretation of contracts and execution of the effective use of accounting operating and automated procedures to achieve business control readiness to support client contractual obligations.


* Drives completion of high priority business-specific projects


* Supports the timely issuance of SOC 1 reports for GPO, and collaborates with Financial Compliance related control matters.

Minimum Qualifications



* Bachelor's degree; CPA and/or MBA preferred


* 10-14 years of relevant experience


* Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.


* Demonstrated proficiency in accounting processes, procedures, and controls.


* Experience in general ledger account analysis/reconciliations.


* Demonstrated ability to manage teams with diverse skillsets and develop talent.


* Strategic agility, influence management and matrix management skills.


* Capacity to find alternatives and solutions as well as identify problems.


* Excellent judgment, interpersonal and organizational abilities.


* Excellent communication skills, including presentations


* Proven ability to engage and influence at all levels or the org...