The Role
The Senior Account Manager drives financial success through managing processes, ensuring compliance, providing insights, and leading a team to optimize financial health.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Senior Account Manager will play a crucial role in driving financial success and strategy for our brand. You will be responsible for managing and optimizing financial processes, ensuring compliance with accounting principles, and providing strategic insights to support business decisions. Your expertise will contribute to the overall financial health and growth of our organization.
Responsibilities
- Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
- Documents financial transactions by entering account information.
- Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
- Summarizes current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
- Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
- Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
- Guides accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions.
- Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
- Secures financial information by completing data base backups.
- Maintains financial security by following internal controls.
- Prepares payments by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements.
- Answers accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting accounting policy and regulations.
- Complies with federal, state, and local financial legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
- Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends.
- Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
- Accomplishes the result by performing the duty.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field, with a preference for a Master's degree in Finance or Accounting.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in accounting, with a proven track record in senior account management.
- Expert knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and financial reporting standards.
- Strong proficiency in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting techniques.
- Excellent leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to guide and develop junior team members.
- Proficiency in accounting software and financial management tools, including ERP systems.
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy and integrity in financial management.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field, preference for Master's degree
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in accounting
- Expert knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Strong proficiency in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting techniques
- Excellent leadership and mentoring skills
- Proficiency in accounting software and financial management tools, including ERP systems
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and integrity in financial management
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
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The Company
What We Do
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 55,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the Company’s concepts – KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and the Habit Burger Grill. The Company's KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands are global leaders of the chicken, Mexican-style food, and pizza categories, respectively. The Habit Burger Grill is a fast casual restaurant concept specializing in made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches and more. What makes Yum! a great place to work? It's our people. As the world's largest restaurant company, we invest in people capability so that our global workforce can make the most of their careers. With ongoing opportunities for personal and professional success, we've built a culture that rewards and recognizes great effort while providing the flexibility that is so important to all of us.
