Hybrid Manager, Group Consolidations

at CDW

• Job title: Manager, Group Consolidations
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $111,000 - $154,200 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Manager of Consolidations overseeing financial statement consolidation for global operations. Leading process improvements and collaborating with various stakeholders across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Manage the consolidation of financial statements for the company’s multiple business units and subsidiaries, ensuring accurate and timely reporting in compliance with GAAP.
• Oversee the process of intercompany eliminations and the reconciliation of intercompany balances across various entities within the organization.
• Collaborate with business partners to facilitate new intercompany transactions that allow sellers to reach new customers and markets
• Identify and implement improvements to the consolidation process to streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and maintain accuracy.
• Oversee team of coworkers, including performance management and coaching & development.
• Manage team task delegation and prioritization to meet deadlines during the monthly close process
• Collaborate within and across departments, including groups across the Finance organization and the Organization at large.
• Maintain effective system of internal accounting controls in support of SOX compliance across Workday, Blackline reconciliations, and acquisitions.
• Drive consolidation/intercompany areas of new system implementation projects including the consolidation of acquisitions into existing CDW architecture.
• Participate in cross-functional special projects, as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance with 5+ years of relevant finance and/or accounting experience and at least 1 year of leadership experience.
• CPA is preferred
• Experience working with large, public entities is preferred
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with internal and external stakeholders, including senior leadership.
• Ability to influence without authority and effectively and efficiently engage with cross functional teams leading to best outcomes for the company.
• Strong capabilities around talent management, including talent development and optimization.
• Business and financial acumen, with ability to understand the business transactions and financial implications of those transactions leading to better financial insights.
• Strong knowledge of accounting and finance principles and practices with the ability to apply them in a business analysis situation.
• Strong data and analytics capabilities, leveraging large data sets and driving insights and trends to understand financial results.
• Process improvement and innovation mindset with ability to scope a problem, develop solutions, and drive the execution of the solution, with new and innovative tools.
• Proficient in Microsoft office applications with strong experience in Excel.
• Experience in Workday, preferred.

Benefits

• Annual bonus target of 10% subject to terms and conditions of plan