Lead Accountant

• Works to achieve operational targets with major impact on the departmental results.
• Contributes to the development of goals for the department and planning efforts (budgets, operational plans, etc. ).
• May manage large projects or processes that span outside of immediate job area.
• Work is performed with limited oversight.
• Responsible for making moderate to significant improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of job area.
• Problems and issues faced are numerous and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation to understand the problem.
• Problems typically impact multiple departments or specialties.
• Problems are typically solved through drawing from prior experience and analysis of issues.
• Communicates with parties within and outside of own job function.
• Typically has responsibility for communicating with parties external to the organization (e. g. , customers, vendors, etc. )
• Works to influence parties within and outside of the job function at an operational level regarding policies, procedures and practices.
• Typically responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area.
• Typically responsible for managing major/complex projects at this level, involving delegation of work and review of work products.

Required Experience/Skills:

• Recognized subject matter expert.
• Manage large projects or processes.
• Coaches, reviews, and delegates work to lower level employees.
• Operational targets with major impact on department results.
• Requires deep knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
• Typically viewed as having a specialty within discipline. May have broad knowledge of project management.
• Typically requires a Qualified Charted Accountant, University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 - 7 years.