Director Compensation Finance

Our client is seeking to transform an existing Employee Benefits Finance function and is looking for a few key permanent hires for their company, which is a large publicly-held Fortune 500 organization based in Texas. One of the roles, in particular, is a Director-level role (Compensation Finance). It’s a newly created role that will report to a VP and rolls up to the CAO. The position will serve as the technical accounting resource and will partner with the company’s Total Rewards/HR organization and other controllership-finance teams to establish US GAAP compliant plans and support financial planning teams with forecasting deliverables.

• Experience: 8 to 15 years in total (ideally with mix of public accounting and ~ 4 years of large corporate experience with a global organization with 5,000 employees or more)

• • Prior exposure to SOX and internal controls work (preferably around areas of compensation/bonus/commission/ LTIP/ severance plans)
  • Technical accounting knowledge and preferably with experience in topical areas such as ASC 718/ 715/710, ASC 606
  • Previously having worked in a corporate controllership function supporting compensation accounting and reporting (beyond just ledger reconciliation responsibility)
  • Ideally, possessing process improvement/enhancement and SOX internal controls experience on compensation area
• Intangibles/Soft Skills: “Can do” positive attitude with high-level of energy; strong analytical skills and intellectual curiosity (asks questions and does research); Good Communicator (across regions and cultural divides and with SVP/VP level); Collaborative Approach
• Location:  It’s a “mostly remote”/hybrid role. Expectation would be that the person would – at a minimum – be able to spend 4 days (their close week) in the Dallas office per quarter (2023-2024) and otherwise work remotely. That expectation in 2025 may increase to 4 days (close week) per month in Dallas rather than per quarter
• Compensation:  Salary of ~ $175K per year Plus Bonus (20%)