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Director of Accounting and Tax
Atlantic Media
New York, NY, United States
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Quartz is seeking a Director to lead Quartz’s Accounting & Tax team. Leading a three-person team, the Accounting & Tax Director will be chiefly responsible for all accounting and tax activity for the business-units under management.
The Director of Accounting will:
• Manage all general ledger activity as well as the month-end close process (including some preparation and review of all close reconciliations)
• Oversee contract review to ensure compliance with US GAAP
• Prepare quarterly/semi-annual/annual consolidation package for Parent Company
• Manage billing and collections, as well as assist in capital management
• Complete tax preparation and filing activities
• Analyze balance sheet KPI trends
• Manage audits
• Manage internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with SOX
Qualifications of the Ideal Candidate:
The ideal candidate will possess a CPA License and have experience establishing and managing internal controls for financial reporting, and will have successfully advanced their career while managing a team in a high growth environment.
• Actively contributes to, and continues to build, the team and corporate culture.
• Effective in setting and meeting deadlines and helps staff to meet their objectives.
• Capable of taking on new areas of responsibility with minimal oversight.
• Produces quality work free of errors and mistakes.
• Comfortable working on several projects across multiple business-units simultaneously.
• Thrives in an ever-changing environment – rapidly mastering tasks and creating new systems to automate workflow and increase efficiency.
• Commitment to building, training, and managing an engaged successful team of employees at different career levels.
• Goes beyond monthly close to help management identify key financial trends to improve business performance.
Characteristics of an Ideal Candidate:
• A good listener with a passion for people operations.
• Open communication mindset.
• Excitement and drive to build the best global business media brand.
• Strong interest in creative professions and ways to enable creative professionals to do their best work.
• Resourcefulness and ability to work proactively and independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Superior service ethic, grace under pressure, and spirit of generosity.
• Mission-driven, nimble, and flexible.
• Bachelor’s degree required
About Quartz
Quartz was founded in 2012 to serve a new kind of business leader with bracingly creative and intelligent journalism that’s built for users first. It is now more than 230 people around the world, including more than 100 journalists, with a significant presence in New York, London, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Washington DC, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Quartz has won numerous awards for its journalism, product, design, and sales leadership, including a prestigious Gerald Loeb Award. It is owned by Uzabase, the business intelligence and media company—and is now embarking on building its own operational team following its sale by Atlantic Media. You can read more about Quartz, including the company’s values.
Quartz Media LLC is an EOE of Minorities/Women/Vets/Disability.