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Sysco Senior Director, Accounting Services in HOUSTON, Texas

SUMMARY OF JOB PURPOSE:

The Market Finance Business Lead is responsible for overseeing the support provided to the Markets and the financial decisions performed by SBS and within Sysco policies and procedures. This role partners with the SBS Service Delivery Leaders to ensure financial completeness and integrity of the balance sheet and P&Ls. Monitoring and ensuring information is provided to Market CFO, OpCo CFO, SBS Accounting Team and Corporate in timely manner. He/she is responsible for providing direction and managing activities of Market Finance Business Partners (7-10 direct reports).

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Responsible for providing leadership, guidance, and direction to the Market Finance Business Partners (Market Controller team) and working closely with the Food Services CFO and Market CFOs to deliver Accounting Services.

  • Manages team of Market Business Partners and collaborates across SBS and Field Finance Leadership

  • Provides guidance and analysis to Market Business Partners and Accounting teams to ensure that Balance Sheet and P&L results are accurate and complete

  • Responsible for overseeing balance sheet management for all Sysco OpcCos and ensuring accurate financial reporting in compliance with Sysco policies and FAMM

  • Acts as the key point of contact for the Market CFOs to ensure balance sheet completion, integrity, and accuracy

  • Ensures Reconciliation Quality and approves high sensitivity reconciliations as needed. Validates completeness and certifications can be completed with confidence by OpCo CFO’s

  • Works with SBS leadership and OpCo CFOs to escalate and resolve reconciliation issues as needed

  • Handles approvals of Exceptions in Adjusting Entries on bad debt, reserves, and inventory adjustments:

  • Reviews standard GL Reporting Analysis, including variance analysis, GL Reporting, and BPC

REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION:

  • Bachelors or higher equivalent degree in Accounting, Finance, or Management Accounting

PREFERRED EDUCATION:

  • Bachelors or higher equivalent degree in Accounting, Finance, or Management Accounting

REQUIRED MINIMUM EXPERIENCE:

  • 10+ Years of Accounting and Finance

  • Experienced in Balance Sheet Management

  • Experience in Controllership Activities including views across General Ledger, Payables, Expenses, and Receivables

  • Leadership Experience in Leading Teams

  • Proficient in P&L Variance Analysis / Cost Management

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

  • 10+ Years of Accounting and Finance

  • Experienced in Balance Sheet Management

  • Experience in Controllership Activities including views across General Ledger, Payables, Expenses, and Receivables

  • Leadership Experience in Leading Teams

  • Proficient in P&L Variance Analysis / Cost Management

CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

ABILITIES AND SKILLS:

  • Financial Management

  • Accounting Management and Cost Management

  • Analytics

  • Strong communication skills and Executive Relationship skills

  • Teaming skills to work with business groups outside of Finance

  • Ability to collaborate and work across functions within Sysco

  • Knowledge of Food Services, preferred

KEY INTERNAL/EXTERNAL CONTACTS:

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and telephone to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

NOTICE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the environment and level of work being performed by this job. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only tasks to be performed by the employee in this job. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other job related duties requested by his or her supervisor.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job description supersedes prior job descriptions

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT:

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law. This opportunity is available through Sysco Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates.

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