Director Of Accounting Shared Services

Company: MHC - Murphy-Hoffman Company
Location: Kansas City
Posted on: February 22, 2021

Job Description:

Murphy-Hoffman Company (MHC) is North America's largest Kenworth truck dealership group. As MHC continues to grow, we have an opening for a Director of Accounting Shared Services. The primary function of this position is to provide overall leadership and direction to shared accounting service including Accounts Payable, Payroll, and Cash Receipts to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial data. In addition, this position is responsible for designing and implementing bestin-class operational practices and to drive standardization and automation of processes.

• Provides accurate, complete and timely AP, Cash Receipts, and Payroll services for all business entities across the organization. Designs and implements operational practices that drive standardization, efficiency and automation of processes.
• Establishes strong review and quality assurance processes. Ensure processes adhere to policies and internal control best practices and audit standards.
• Leads a large team with the ability to manage additional resources, responsibilities, and personnel. Leads recruitment, motivation, retention, and development of mangers/supervisors and the team. Manages performance of the department through goal setting and put a succession plan in place.
• Collaborates with the business partners to identify and prioritize the delivery of new business capabilities and optimize existing capabilities. Ensures business partners are adequately trained in the usage of systems.
• Assists in gathering requirements and develop systems designs resulting in the delivery of new systems capabilities, including people, process, and technology. Leads teams in the delivery of new systems and systems capabilities.
• Develops and maintains working knowledge of industry trends and business best practices through networking and continuing education.
• Oversees compliance and analytical analysis of the Company's Profit Sharing Plan.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by supervisor. City Leawood State Kansas Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in business, accounting or related area strongly preferred.
  • 4+ years working in shared services environment, with at least 3 years in a managerial role with multiple business units, strongly preferred.
  • Significant expertise in accounting processes and their impact on business, financial statements and overall control environment. Ability to work with multiple data points or missing data to arrive and communicate appropriate decisions while using root causes of problems to take corrective and preventive actions.
  • Strong leadership skills, including the ability to inspire and motivate managers and team members to deliver high performance and support them to reach their full potential.
  • Strong customer service orientation with the ability to understand and react to the differing needs of diverse stakeholders.
  • Excellent communication, analytical and process management skills with a strong attention to detail.
  • Excellent prioritizing and organizing skills to balance time and resources across different priorities in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
  • Medical, Dental and Prescription Insurance
  • Disability and Life Insurance
  • Paid Time Off program
  • 401k and Profit Sharing with Employer Match
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Internal Promotion Opportunities
  • On the Job Training About Us MHC is an expansion of the original company, Ozark Kenworth, Inc. Ozark Kenworth started in Springfield, Missouri, in January 1975. Opening for business without a Parts or Service department and only three employees in a temporary facility. From there, the company grew and expanded. MHC is now a multi-state network of full-service diesel truck dealerships, leasing and rental operations, transport refrigeration locations, and a finance company which offers a complete array of finance and insurance services. We believe in fostering an environment that helps employees realize their full potential - a place where you can grow as a person and a professional. Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

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