Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Guild Mortgage Company is a mortgage banking firm dedicated to serving homeowners and buyers. The Director, Corporate Accounting & Shared Services will lead accounting operations, manage Accounts Payable, and improve shared services processes while supporting corporate accounting execution.
Responsibilities
- Lead AP operations, including invoice processing, payments, vendor support, issue resolution, team workload, and service-level performance
- Manage and develop the AP Operations Supervisor and provide leadership over AP workstreams, training, accountability, and process execution
- Lead and develop AP and shared services team members through coaching, training, cross-training, role clarity, and accountability
- Oversee vendor management, ACH controls, W-9/TIN compliance, 1099 support, vendor master controls, and fraud-prevention procedures
- Oversee payment controls, including ACH, checks, Positive Pay, stop payments, voids, reissues, ACH returns, and Treasury coordination
- Manage AP close activities, including accruals, cutoff review, aging analysis, reconciliations, journal entries, and close support
- Oversee expense management processes, including Concur, BILL, corporate cards, T&E accounting, employee expenses, and related reconciliations
- Oversee selected corporate accounting and shared services activities, including fixed assets, leases, prepaids, capitalized software, facilities accounting, and G&A accruals
- Review journal entries, reconciliations, close schedules, variance explanations, and supporting documentation for assigned areas
- Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes to ensure assigned work is accurate, timely, controlled, and well documented
- Develop AP and shared services reporting, metrics, dashboards, aging reports, SLA tracking, and exception reporting
- Partner cross-functionally with Treasury, Compliance, Vendor Management, Legal, Facilities, Operations, IT, HR, auditors, and business leaders
- Support audit requests and strengthen controls, documentation, process ownership, and scalability across AP and shared services accounting
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree directly related to the position or equivalent, required in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- Minimum eight years of progressive accounting, accounting operations, shared services, accounts payable, corporate accounting, or controllership experience
- Minimum three years supervisory or leadership experience preferably leading AP, accounting operations, shared services, or high-volume transactional accounting teams
- Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Ability to work well independently or within a team
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills required
- Experience in mortgage, financial services, banking, or another regulated industry
- Experience with AP automation, ERP systems, workflow tools, Concur, corporate card platforms, close management tools, and shared services transformation
- Experience supporting fixed assets, leases, capitalized software, facilities accounting, T&E, vendor governance, and GL administration
- Experience developing metrics, dashboards, SLAs, process documentation, and operating rhythms
- Significant experience in accounting operations, accounts payable, shared services, corporate accounting, or controllership support
- Experience leading AP, accounting operations, or high-volume transactional accounting teams
- Strong understanding of month-end close, accruals, reconciliations, journal entries, balance sheet controls, and accounting operations
- Experience with vendor management, payment controls, expense management, audit support, and internal controls
- Demonstrated ability to improve processes, build documentation, strengthen accountability, and develop team members
- Strong communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to partner effectively with Treasury, Compliance, Vendor Management, Legal, Facilities, Operations, IT, HR, auditors, and business leaders
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
- Highly organized and detail-oriented; ability to work in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment required
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, Wiki, collaborative cloud-based programs, and third-party software applications required
- Commitment to company values
- CPA, CMA, MBA, or equivalent experience preferred
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- AD&D
- LTD
- 401(k) with employer match
- Excellent benefits package
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