Global Finance Manager - Landmark Software and Services

Job Duties and Qualifications

Responsibilities:

• Manage the Landmark global accounting team
• Serve as a trusted business advisor to global business leaders on financial performance and commercial business insight
• Influence strategic decisions and prioritize investments
• Work with global and local business leaders to improve financial performance
• Plan, forecast, and manage global support costs
• Collaborate with accounting peers from regions/countries, technology, and technical accounting
• Prepare, review, and ensure accuracy of financial activities within the department, including executing financial close activities, reviewing and updating business practices, performing internal control self-assessments, preparing forecasts and annual business plans, and performing ongoing process improvements.
• Interpret and apply company policy and accounting principles to financial transactions for internal control and GAAP compliance

 
Requirements: 

• Software industry experience required, including cloud-based software-as-a-service business models
• Eight years of progressive experience in finance or accounting related roles, preferably supporting senior business managers
• Accounting or business university degree
• Professional accounting certification and/or MBA preferred
• Leadership experience in managing people and teams
• Strong knowledge of common office environment, SAP, and Hyperion/Essbase
• Project management skills
• Awareness of financial performance metrics such as return on capital, operating margin, free cash flow, and economic profit and how they apply to SaaS and software businesses
• Strong knowledge in aspects of finance and accounting, internal controls and risk mitigation, company policy, financial analysis and statutory reporting, forecasting.
• Ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams across a global, matrix-based organization