Head of Accounting, Sinch
North America
$145.5-218.2k
This position is also eligible for bonus
Cloud communications for businesses
Job no longer available
Cloud communications for businesses
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$145.5-218.2k
This position is also eligible for bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring businesses and people closer through personalised engagement.
Role
Who you are
- Degree in Bachelor's, preferrable Accounting
- 10+ of industry accounting experience, telecommunications preferable, with 3-5 years of public accounting experience
- 5+ years experience managing a team of at least 4
- 3+ years as an assistant controller or controller preferred
- Experience working in an accounting department of a global company
- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment, inclusive of strong multi-tasking skills and a focus on meeting deadlines
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to adapt the content and language to the audience
- Experience in accelerating the monthly close process
- Experience with ERP implementations
- Extensive work experience in accounting and financial statements, preferably with experience in developing final account processes, as well as creating new routines and processes with shown good results
- Experience of leading ERP transformation, and projects
- Leadership experience
- Experience in a global complex company, preferably listed company
- Fluent in English, both verbal and written skills
What the job involves
- As Head of Accounting North America, you will be responsible for delivering North America’s final accounting statements for around 21 legal entities, together with your team!
- Sinch Finance department is currently going through a big transformation, which provides a great opportunity for you to have a significant impact, and make a mark, on Finance Operations and Sinch as a whole. Two of the projects that are ongoing are the implementation of a new global ERP system and creating a new process governance where you and your team will be heavily involved
- Reporting directly to the Head of Finance Operations North America, the role is based in the US, preferably at either our Chicago, IL or Plymouth, MN office location
- Manage 5 direct reports and develop a positive and inclusive team culture
- Define and follow up on critical metrics and be responsible for identifying competency needs and planning competency development for the team
- Be accountable for delivering financial statements for the legal entities within the North America region, ensuring all deadlines are met
- Lead the monthly accounting activities (e.g., recording journal entries, intercompany eliminations, balance sheet variance analysis, income statement variance analysis, and account reconciliations) and ensure all revenues, expenses, and balance sheet items are recorded in a timely and accurate manner, and in accordance with IFRS
- Own and assist projects within the accounting scope related to finance ERP transformation
- Ensures accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close
- Prepares monthly financial statements, management reporting package and other ad hoc reporting requirements
- Assists in establishing and maintaining the organization’s accounting principles, practices and procedures
- Review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, and explain variances to historical periods and forecast as applicable
- Manage and coordinate preparation of internal and external audit schedules
- Collaborate with colleagues to secure information and resolve issues, including partnering with other groups (e.g. Billing and Collections, Network Cost, Engineering) as it relates to the preparation of accurate financial statements
- Coordinate responses to financial requests from Group Reporting
- Research and document complex and complicated accounting transactions applicable within the region to review with Group Accounting for final conclusions
- Drive the implementation of new policies and procedures as applicable to meet changing business demands
Application process
- This role will be accepting applications until December 20th
Our take
Over the course of well over a decade, Sinch has grown into an international service helping enterprise companies communicate with their customers over text, in-app video/voice messages, and other mobile channels. Used by Google, Tinder, Uber, and PayPal, among other marquee enterprise companies, most customers will have crossed paths with Sinch.
The company’s rise is due in part to an increased marketing focus on cultivating a highly personalised relationship between customer and brand. In part, too, it’s down to the surge in custom Sinch saw over recent years when more familiar channels of customer/brand communication went down. That seems to have settled now, but personalized messages, over text specifically, continues to play well among younger consumers.
It's going to prove a tough market to navigate going forward, though. Equally well-established competitors like Twilio, 8x8, and Link Mobility Group all have similar offerings. Sinch's foray into conversational AI will help them keep pace, as will their steady march of acquisitions, fundraising to fuel scaling efforts and partnerships with the likes of Salesforce.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2017
$15.1m
LATE VC
Apr 2016
$1.1m
SEED
Total funding: $16.2m
Company HQ
Stadshagen, Stockholm, Stockholm County
Leadership
Laurinda Pang
(CEO)Previously President of Global Customer Success and International / Wholesale Markets at Lumen Technologies. Was also Chair of the ITW | Global Leaders' Forum and Independent Director at Acacia Communications.
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