The Sr. Director of Accounting & Planning's primary role is the timely production on a monthly basis of accurate financial information in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, such information being reconciled to the annual budget with explanation of variances.  This role will  supervise an accounting staff of five and will be responsible for enforcing policies and procedures with respect to accounting and procurement, as well as for accounting operations, including the general ledger, fixed assets, accounts payable, accounts receivable, as well as the integrity and accuracy of financial information, maintaining adequate internal controls and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations.  The Sr. Director plays a role in the preparation of the annual budget, periodic re-forecast exercises and communication to the department heads of their monthly result status reports and monitoring of their variances to budget.  This position is the main resource in the support, maintenance and users training on the computerized applications affecting financial reporting, including Concur, the travel and expense management application, Host Analytics, the Enterprise Management Platform, Great Plains, the business accounting software and Core Integrator, the accounts payable workflow. This position will participate in certain review processes, including sourcing procedure (procurement) and the expense management review. The Director plays a key role in the preparation of the information and leads analysis for the year-end financial audit and tax information and directly supports the CFO and COO in preparation of information for the Marlins Board and Ownership group. 

The Sr. Director of Accounting has significant visibility across the organization at the most senior levels.  This role will provide a critical client service and consulting function across the organization.  This includes regularly meeting with all Department Heads to ensure understanding of budgets and pacing against budget.  This role will be required to have an in-depth understanding of all line-level expenses, with the ability to assist the CFO and COO in our ongoing Cost Efficiency and Cost Transparency initiative.  The Director of Accounting will have direct responsibility in the organization’s ability to meet its annual budget as well as quarterly projections.  The Director of Accounting will have frequent opportunities to work with the CFO and COO of the organization in this capacity, providing tremendous opportunity for growth, mentorship and development.

The Sr. Director of Accounting & Planning provides the critical function of development and oversight of employee expense policies. This role has significant responsibility and growth potential in assisting the CFO and COO to shape policies in a way that are fiscally responsible and operationally auditable.  The Marlins are in a period of continuous improvement which creates a large opportunity for this role to have impact on the organization and its governance.  This includes process automation and driving efficiency in the Accounting Department.

The Sr. Director of Accounting & Planning will have the opportunity to lead a Vendor Cost Management initiative.  This includes analyzing our vendor landscape, and implementing best practices to create a framework for categorizing and managing preferred to niche vendors.  This will involve working across the organization to categorize and consolidate spend across preferred vendors. 

The Miami Marlins is a fast-growing organization focused on success.  We look forward to adding top talent to our front office team as we build a championship organization.

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