Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Vaco by Highspring is partnering with a large, multi-location healthcare organization to hire an interim accounting leader. The role will stabilize and oversee the accounting function, lead integration and systems-transition work, strengthen controls and reporting, and accelerate the financial close.
Responsibilities
- Provide immediate leadership and oversight of the accounting function within a large, complex, multi-site healthcare organization
- Lead and develop a sizable accounting team, establishing clear ownership, deadlines, accountability, and escalation procedures
- Drive an accurate and accelerated month-end close process, identifying and eliminating bottlenecks that delay financial reporting or business operations
- Oversee general accounting activities, including general ledger, account reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting, and corporate reporting requirements
- Lead accounting activities associated with a significant organizational integration, including the alignment of processes, reporting requirements, controls, and financial systems
- Support an ERP and financial systems transition while ensuring continuity of accounting operations and the integrity of financial information
- Implement and strengthen internal controls, accounting policies, procedures, and supporting documentation in an environment experiencing significant change
- Evaluate the accounting team's organizational structure, capabilities, workflows, and responsibilities and implement practical improvements to productivity and execution
- Delegate responsibilities effectively while developing accounting leaders and ensuring critical deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule
- Partner closely with the CFO and cross-functional leaders across finance, operations, IT, and other areas to resolve issues and maintain business continuity during the transition
- Identify accounting and reporting risks, dependencies, and resource constraints and communicate them clearly to executive leadership
- Improve processes and establish sustainable accounting practices that can be successfully transitioned to permanent leadership
- Support expanded reporting requirements associated with a large corporate environment and ensure accounting processes can meet increasingly compressed reporting deadlines
- Provide hands-on leadership during critical close, integration, and transformation activities rather than functioning solely in an advisory capacity
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required
- Active CPA required
- Significant experience serving as a Controller, Corporate Controller, Division Controller, or equivalent senior accounting leader within a large and complex organization
- Healthcare industry experience required
- Demonstrated experience leading accounting organizations through major transformation, acquisition integration, restructuring, or systems change
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, internal controls, and close management
- Proven ability to improve and accelerate the month-end close process while maintaining accuracy, controls, and accountability
- Experience managing and developing accounting teams with multiple layers of leadership and responsibility
- Strong track record of establishing deadlines, delegating responsibilities, holding teams accountable, and driving critical initiatives through completion
- Experience working within a complex organization with multiple stakeholders, business units, or operating locations
- Large ERP Experience required (e.g., SAP, Workday, Oracle, NetSuite)
- Strong executive communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate risks, priorities, dependencies, and progress to senior leadership
- Ability to work effectively in an interim environment, quickly assess problems, establish credibility, and make practical improvements without disrupting day-to-day operations
- Experience supporting ERP conversions or financial systems integrations strongly preferred
- Ideally within a multi-site healthcare, physician services, healthcare services, or similarly complex operating environment
Benefits
- Eligible for discretionary bonuses
- Eligible for medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Eligible for the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits)
- Remote with travel to the Southeast US approximately 2x per month
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