US Accounting & Shared Services Leader
This position provides strategic leadership of the Accounting Services team (Lease Accounting, Project Costing, Travel & Expense, Franchise and Equity Revenue, Payroll, Accounts Payable and Tax Compliance) in execution of deliverables, ensuring they are met with a high degree of accuracy, in a timely fashion, and aligned with customer expectations. This leadership role is the driver in facilitating growth in efficiency of processes, service offerings and development of members of the team.
- Accountable for executional excellence of key deliverables of the Accounting Services team, ensuring compliance with YUM, accounting and SOX standards
- Demonstrates strong leadership in delivering effective coaching and development for members of the Accounting Services team (3 direct/10-15 indirect) to promote high performance and growth of associates
- Build strong relationships with Brand financial leaders, customers, and colleagues to demonstrate effective partnership and provide leadership in areas impacting Accounting Services
- Identify strategic growth opportunities for expansion of service offerings globally
- Provide thought leadership in identifying/implementing improvements and new technology to facilitate continuous growth in Accounting Services processes
- Effective leadership of people and financial resources, ensuring service commitments are met within budgeted guidelines
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field
- 10+ years of related accounting experience, including leadership of large, functionally diverse teams
- Innovative thought process with demonstrated success in driving improvement
- Proven ability to develop strong relationships with team, customers and colleagues
- Highly effective and professional communication style within all levels of the organization
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively, influencing others to achieve results
- Demonstrated strong work ethic/integrity
Preferred Requirements
- CPA designation or advanced degree strongly preferred
Salary Range: $125,200 to $147,200 annually + bonus eligibility. This is the expected salary range for this position. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider the successful candidate’s location, experience, and other job-related factors.