Vice President, Finance Shared Services
Vice President, Finance Shared Services
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About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) serves local communities across the U.S. through trustworthy journalism engaging content and tools that help people navigate their daily lives. Through customized marketing solutions we help businesses grow and thrive. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month across the web mobile apps streaming and linear television. For more information .
TEGNA is seeking a dynamic and strategic Vice President of Shared Services. The position which will be based at WTHRTV in Indianapolis IN will report directly to TEGNAs Corporate Controller. The position will oversee a staff of approximately 70 employees providing various accounting and transactional services to our television stations and our corporate finance operation. We are searching for an innovationoriented leader who has the experience and vision to lead initiatives within the group to improve operational efficiency reduce waste and enhance process performance.
The Vice President of Shared Services is a key leadership role directing and managing all centralized transactional and operational accounting activities including accounts payable accounts receivable general ledger accounting and other services to ensure accurate and timely completion of monthly financial closings in compliance with our standard operating procedures and generally accepted accounting principles. This position will manage multiple shared services providing strategic accounting support and analysis to TEGNAs television stations and corporate financial operations. Beyond daytoday operations the successful candidate will champion customer service and continuous improvement through transformational change initiatives such as standardization and enhanced use of information technology.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee daily operations and management of shared services center for accounts payable fixed assets general ledger accounts receivable credit collections and other accounting services.
- Identify design and implement process improvement strategies (including the adoption of artificial intelligence).
- Foster a culture of innovation accountability and continuous improvement throughout the organization.
- Develop and track KPIs to monitor the success of improvement initiatives and report results to executive leadership.
- Manage a superior control environment ensuring adherence to standard operating procedures and generally accepted accounting principles.
- Maintain positive relationships with our television stations and corporate offices.
- Serve as primary contact for internal and external auditors ensuring timely response to audit requests.
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in accounting with a CPA OR Masters degree preferred.
- Minimum of fifteen years relevant work experience including three years in a management position overseeing large teams with a focus on operational excellence and/or process improvement.
- Prior management experience in a shared service operation preferred.
- Prior broadcast media industry experience.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an outwardfacing orientation.
- Able to interact with all levels of management including corporate officers and TV station general managers.
- Selfdirected leader with the ability to implement best practices in a shared service environment.
- Ability to effectively recruit lead direct coach and develop talent.
- Energetic cando attitude with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fastpaced service environment.
- Familiarity with AI preferred
- Strong technical skills including generally accepted accounting principles and proficiency with Microsoft Office programs with prior experience operating Oracle Cloud ERP Wide Orbit traffic/billing and AppZen accounts payable systems a plus. #LIMS1
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and parttime employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full parttime and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% 80% of their pay on a pretax basis to TEGNAs 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctors appointments with a physician through Teladoc and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We areproud to be an equal opportunity employer hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race color religion national origin sex gender age marital status personal appearance sexual orientation gender identity or expression family responsibilities disability medical condition enrollment in college or vocational school political affiliation military or veteran status citizenship status genetic information or any other basis protected by federal state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilitiesin accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application please email
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Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.
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Employment Type
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