Manager, Financial Reporting

Our team members are the key to our company’s success, and their health and well-being, as well as that of their families, is very important to us. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that allows our team members stay healthy, plan for their future and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Benefits may vary with employment status.  To see our fill list of Team Member Benefits please visit our career site: www.gotoworkhappy.com/benefits

Job Description:

This position is responsible for managing all aspect of financial reporting of the Hard Rock’s International and Seminole Gaming businesses. This role is instrumental in providing financial leadership to deliver the stated financial and business goals of Seminole Hard Rock Support Services by supporting both Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming. This role encompasses building and maintaining key stakeholder relationships with leadership throughout both Seminole Gaming and Hard Rock International.  This role works directly with the accounting, treasury, tax, and legal functions to ensure accurate and timely reporting of the required audited financial statements.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Play an integral role in maintaining a highly responsive and technically sound financial reporting department that interfaces across the organization to support key business initiatives.
• Responsible for the preparation and/or review of quarterly and annual consolidations using consolidation software.
• Prepare and/or review quarterly and annual SEC style financial statements.
• Development of reports using consolidation software to support external reporting requirements.
• Coordination, planning and execution of external audits with independent auditors.
• Partners with other members of finance, tax, treasury, legal, merchandise and other departments to obtain necessary information and analysis to support reporting and auditing process.
• Preparation and/or review of multiple sets of annual financial statements for various legal entities within the Hard Rock Group. Statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP, IFRS, GASB and other GAAPs
• Oversee, with the help of the Director, all financial reporting matters including IFRS and US GAAP compliance, international accounting and financial reporting.
• Consistently deliver timely and accurate financial reporting and analysis.
• Preparation of financial covenant calculations.
• Preparation of analysis of statutory GAAP to US GAAP differences for foreign locations
• Analyze emerging accounting and disclosure standards in various GAAPs and presents impact of such changes to Controller. Prepares memoranda supporting Company’s position and impact on the Company.
• Assist with preparation of information for quarterly investor calls
• Assist the Director with driving process improvements related to financial reporting to affect efficiencies in overall accounting and finance processes
• Design, write and ensure effective and practical implementation of corporate accounting policies and procedures.
• Recruit, develop, mentor and performance manage individuals in the financial reporting department as necessary.
• Develop and drive necessary financial policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Maintain and update systems and controls to ensure the integrity of financial data and processes in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and GAAP/IFRS requirements.
• Understand key operating levers and their impact on overall financial performance.
• Be adaptable and resilient with a willingness to embrace change and an ability to drive change.
• Think and act in a forward-looking manner, including the demonstrated ability to anticipate challenges and opportunities and address them in a proactive, pragmatic, fact-driven manner.
• Implement best practices to capture, analyze, and report financial data and trends in a timely and effective manner.
• Foster a partnering mentality with the ability to collaborate with the business to develop consensus and drive process efficiencies and business solutions.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with advanced Master’s degree preferred
• CPA or equivalent certification required
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant international accounting experience
• Thorough understanding of IFRS and US GAAP.
• Experience in a large multi-national corporation handling international accounting and reporting requirements of multiple legal entities
• Highly analytic approach to identifying causes and drivers of issues and developing value-driving solutions.
• Strong communication skills, including being a good listener and articulating complex issues in a crisp, compelling, and insightful manner.
• Microsoft Office proficiency, Workiva, Workday

Work Environment:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, talk or hear; and taste or smell.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

As part of the Seminole Hard Rock Support Services employment process, final candidates will be required to complete a background check. These background checks may include, but are not limited to:

• Criminal Background Check

Disclaimer
While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the current job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments).