Director, Finance (Remote)
Company: Sears Holdings Corporation
Location: Hoffman Estates
Posted on: August 5, 2022
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Job Description:
Job DescriptionThe Director, Finance is the finance lead for the
Talent & Human Capital Services and Legal Business Units and is
responsible for all accounting, including month-end/year-close,
financial planning and forecasting and management reporting and
analysis. This position manages the Talent & Human Capital Services
and Legal operating expense budgets, as well as, the Transformco
self-insured medical reserve. The Director, Finance provides
monthly operating results analysis to the General Counsel, who
manages the Talent & Human Capital Services and Legal departments,
comparing actual expense results to plan and forecast, with in
depth significant variance explanations.The Director, Finance is
also responsible for the Financial Reporting Controller's Binder,
which is a monthly summary report of the company balance sheet
comparing current month balance sheet account balances to the prior
year-end account balances, recording of monthly insurance
accounting entries and reconciling insurance reserves to the
year-end actuarial report.In addition, the Director, Finance is
responsible for the company's Legal and Environmental reserves and
ensuring accounting and financial statement reporting standards are
met. The Director, Finance is responsible for the Procurement
department contract savings tracker, which measures non-merchandise
contract spend against non-merchandise contract goals and provides
a weekly report submission to the Divisional Vice President,
Procurement, who reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer.
The Director, Finance position reports directly to the Sr.
Director, External Reporting and Consolidations, who reports
directly to the Chief Financial Officer. This position manages and
supports one report direct and one non-report
direct.Responsibilities/Skills/Experience RequirementsCore
Competencies:G/L, A/P, A/R and Account ReconciliationsFinancial
Statements and Management Reporting Consolidation and Legal Entity
Reporting Operating Expense Budgets Health & Welfare Benefits and
Risk Management Ability to create financial statement footnotes,
journal entries and account reconciliations.Automated Financial
System (PeopleSoft) and Business Software (Essbase and Microsoft
Excel)Solid Verbal and Written Communications Skills
Cross-Functional Team InteractionsEducation and
QualificationsBachelor's Degree Required CPA PreferredMinimum of 5
years' experience in Corporate Accounting
Keywords: Sears Holdings Corporation, Hoffman Estates , Director, Finance (Remote), Executive , Hoffman Estates, Illinois
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