Associate Director, Record to Report

Brief Description:

The Associate Director, Record to Report (R2R), will serve as a key architect of Jazz's global financial close and reporting environment, leading a multiyear transformation to modernize, standardize, and elevate the company's accounting operations. This leader will drive the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of financial data while championing a culture of operational excellence and strong financial governance across the enterprise.

Reporting to the Director of Accounting, the Associate Director will act as a strategic partner to senior finance leadership-including the VP of Finance and leaders across the CFO organization-and will play a critical role in guiding Jazz's Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) teams to consistently deliver high quality results. Success in this role requires deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA, Blackline, and Oracle, coupled with a visionary approach to process optimization, automation, and organizational transformation.

Responsibilities

Record to Report / Financial Close & Reporting

• Provide leadership and oversight of outsourced transactional accounting activities, ensuring the BPO team delivers consistently high-quality outcomes aligned with corporate standards.

• Oversee and approve monthly journal entries prepared by the BPO team, exercising sound judgment to maintain strong financial integrity and accuracy.

• Lead governance of assigned balance sheet areas, ensuring timely, accurate delivery of reconciliations by the BPO team, and driving proactive resolution of reconciling items in partnership with global stakeholders.

• Act as a key escalation point for complex general ledger and reporting matters, guiding the BPO team toward effective, root-cause-based solutions.

• Direct and support month-end close processes to ensure timely, reliable, and well-controlled financial reporting.

• Uphold rigorous compliance through continuous monitoring, championing adherence to accounting policies, internal controls, and best practice standards.

• Strengthen the operating model between internal teams and the BPO by fostering transparent communication, accountability, and a culture of continuous improvement.

• Lead the global intercompany process: partner with the Tax team to enhance and automate transfer pricing workflows to ensure accuracy and operational efficiency.

• Provide accounting policy guidance to FP&A and cross-functional partners, enabling accurate forecasting, budgeting, and decision-making.

• Serve as the global SOX lead for Accounting, ensuring R2R compliance with US GAAP, internal controls, and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements while driving continuous improvement in control design and operating effectiveness.

Process Optimization, Systems & Transformation

• Lead strategic transformation initiatives across the R2R landscape, designing and implementing scalable process improvements that increase efficiency, data quality, and control.

• Redesign the global balance sheet reconciliation process to establish best in class standards, governance, and escalation mechanisms, ensuring consistency across all entities.

• Re-engineer and elevate key accounting processes-including Fixed Assets-by implementing standardized workflows, templates and process documentation, while training the BPO team and ensuring consistent global adherence.

• Drive automation, standardization, and process harmonization across regions, leveraging technology, analytics, and emerging tools to streamline operations.

• Partner with IT and business leaders to optimize ERP systems (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, Oracle) and financial close tools (e.g., Blackline), ensuring system functionality supports process excellence and compliance.

• Establish a continuous improvement framework to proactively evaluate R2R processes and identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and strengthen internal controls.

Cross-Functional Collaboration and Governance

• Build strong, trust-based partnerships with FP&A, Treasury, Legal, IT, Human Resources, Compliance, Commercial, and other stakeholders to resolve issues, drive alignment, and advance organizational priorities.

• Coordinate across internal and external audit teams to ensure audit readiness, facilitate timely responses, and uphold compliance with regulatory and corporate standards.

• Streamline administrative and operational processes across Finance and Accounting to enhance efficiency, reduce manual workload, and elevate team effectiveness.

• Serve as a key steward of corporate financial governance by ensuring consistent application of accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls in line with US GAAP and SOX requirements.

• Provide strategic support to Finance leadership on special initiatives, transformation projects, and organization-wide process enhancements.

Accounts Payable Support

• Act as a senior escalation point for time-sensitive Accounts Payable matters during U.S. business hours, ensuring rapid issue resolution and continuity of operations.

• Support the VP of Finance on special projects related to Accounts Payable.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proven leadership capabilities with the ability to inspire and guide teams effectively.

• Strong interpersonal skills with a consultative and collaborative approach; able to influence without direct authority.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to assess complex issues, communicate clearly, and develop timely, effective solutions.

• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Office applications.

• Professional demeanor with a positive attitude, integrity, and a strong sense of reliability.

• Strategic thinker with a broad organizational perspective.

• Experience in a global business environment with knowledge of intercompany and transfer pricing.

• Prior experience working with outsourcing providers is a plus.

• Resilient and adaptable; able to perform effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Required/Preferred Education and Licenses

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance or Accounting; CPA or equivalent professional qualification preferred.

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, ideally within a dynamic, international organization.

• In-depth knowledge of US GAAP, internal controls, and financial reporting standards.

• Proficiency with systems such as SAP S/4HANA, Blackline, Oracle, and Coupa is highly desirable.

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This Job Description provides a summary of the duties and/or characteristic of work performed and is not inclusive of every detail of the job for every individual assigned to the position. This description will be reviewed periodically and revised as duties and responsibilities change with business demands. Other duties not listed below may be assigned as needed.