Accounting Operations Manager

The Accounting and Reporting Team is looking for a professional who is eager to help implement, oversee and optimize the financial processes and procedures for our Global Hubs at St. Jude.

The Accounting Operations Manager plays a crucial role in managing day-to-day accounting activities, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency in financial operations. The ideal candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to develop strong relationships with regional and global collaborators and to navigate complex project management.

This position is open to remote consideration.

Responsibilities:

• Lead development, implementation, and operations of both accounting and decision support systems by working closely with relevant teams.
• Contribute to the development of policies and procedures in accordance with St. Jude's regulatory requirements.
• Lead reporting/ dashboards in own area ensuring quality and accuracy and highlight issues or gaps to senior management.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders (both internal and external) to drive collaboration and alignment between multiple teams.
• Coordinate and monitor compliance with best practices around financial accounting/payroll/taxation procedures.
• Support overall planning of major accounting and financial reporting systems for the organization.

Minimum Education and/or Training:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, auditing, finance, or related field of study required.
• Master's degree preferred.

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum Requirement: 6+ years of accounting experience working with a general ledger and/or related financial information systems.
• Strong experience with accounting standards and regulations (e.g., IRS, US GAAP, Uniform Guidance, hospital regulations) within specific area.
• Experience in team meetings and/or to senior management.
• Experience managing people as direct reports
• International accounting experience strongly preferred

• Professional certification (e.g. Certified Public Accountant (CPA)/Certified Management Accountant (CMA) / Chartered Accountant (CA) preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to plan and coordinate multiple projects/work initiatives simultaneously.
• Ability to carry out broad assignments with minimal supervision.
• Flexibility to adapt to shifting priorities.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Cultural sensitivity is a must.

Compensation

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has a diverse, global patient population and workforce, built on the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our founder Danny Thomas envisioned a hospital that would treat children of the world—regardless of race, religion or a family’s ability to pay. Learn more about our history and commitment.

Today, we continue the mission to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. As we accelerate this progress globally, we believe our legacy of diversity, equity and inclusion is foundational to success. With the commitment of leaders at all levels of the organization, we strive to ensure the St. Jude culture, leadership approaches and talent processes are equitable and culturally responsive. View our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report to learn about the hospital’s roots in diversity, equity and inclusion, where we are today and our aspirations for an even better future.

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