Director, Finance Control Job at Pearson Education, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

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  • Pearson Education, Inc.
  • Hoboken, NJ

Job Description

Pearson Education, Inc. Director, Finance Control in Hoboken, New Jersey Company: Pearson Education, Inc. Location: Hoboken, NJ Position Title: Director, Finance Control Job Description: Perform regular balance sheet reviews to provide insight to the balance sheet position and health of the division. Ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial reporting for NA in accordance with Pearson policies and practices. Work with Global Process Owners and Financial Operations team to set performance metrics for the processes in scope, identifying actions to improve where results are below expectations. Ensure the NA business divisions operate in line with control and process standards and comply with SOX 404 requirements where an entity is in scope. Ensure Balance Sheet reconciliations are completed to an appropriate quality on a timely basis and that action plans exist to resolve all reconciling items. Preparation and coordination of “Large and Unusual” process for NA, identifying commercial and operational issues which require involvement of technical experts within Group Accounting to agree on appropriate accounting treatment. Prepare accounting papers which document the methodologies used and apply Pearson accounting policies where necessary. Prepare accounting papers which support significant accounting judgements. Work closely with Finance Global Process owners to ensure that process issues are highlighted and resolved and support the identification of continuous improvement and automation opportunities across finance processes. Drive implementation of global Finance processes, policies and controls within the team. Build a network of partnerships internally and externally that help drive team’s performance improvement. Position is fixed location based in Hoboken office; however, telecommuting from a home office may also be allowed. Job Requirements: Requires four (4) years of experience in financial control or a related occupation, and a professional accounting license, including as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), or any other foreign equivalent. Must have four (4) years of experience in each of the following (experience may be gained concurrently): Technical accounting Practical application of technical accounting skills Finance transformation, data stewardship, and design and process insight analysis in a global consulting practice or a large multinational company SOX control frameworks as applicable to a large multinational company Excel, specifically working with advanced formulas, tables and formatting, conditional formatting, advanced charting, and pivot tables and charts Interpreting data and recommending action on a variety of analyses ERP systems Must have three (3) years of experience in each of the following (experience may be gained concurrently): Audit field experience Must have two (2) years of experience in each of the following (experience may be gained concurrently): EPM and BI systems Data models 40 hours/week, 9:00am-5:00pm. To apply: Please send your resume to Michael Kearton, Pearson, 221 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. #J-18808-Ljbffr Pearson Education, Inc.

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