Associate Director, Record to Report

Role Summary

The Associate Director, Record to Report (R2R), will serve as a key architect of Jazz’s global financial close and reporting environment, leading a multi-year transformation to modernize, standardize, and elevate the company’s accounting operations. This leader will drive the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of financial data while championing a culture of operational excellence and strong financial governance across the enterprise. Reporting to the Director of Accounting, the Associate Director will act as a strategic partner to senior finance leadership and will guide Jazz’s BPO teams to consistently deliver high-quality results. Success requires deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA, Blackline, and Oracle, with a visionary approach to process optimization, automation, and organizational transformation.

Responsibilities

• Record to Report / Financial Close & Reporting
  • Provide leadership and oversight of outsourced transactional accounting activities, ensuring the BPO team delivers consistently high-quality outcomes aligned with corporate standards.
  • Oversee and approve monthly journal entries prepared by the BPO team, exercising sound judgment to maintain strong financial integrity and accuracy.
  • Lead governance of assigned balance sheet areas, ensuring timely, accurate delivery of reconciliations by the BPO team, and driving proactive resolution of reconciling items in partnership with global stakeholders.
  • Act as a key escalation point for complex general ledger and reporting matters, guiding the BPO team toward effective, root-cause-based solutions.
  • Direct and support month-end close processes to ensure timely, reliable, and well-controlled financial reporting.
  • Uphold rigorous compliance through continuous monitoring, championing adherence to accounting policies, internal controls, and best practice standards.
  • Strengthen the operating model between internal teams and the BPO by fostering transparent communication, accountability, and a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Lead the global intercompany process: partner with the Tax team to enhance and automate transfer pricing workflows to ensure accuracy and operational efficiency.
  • Provide accounting policy guidance to FP&A and cross-functional partners, enabling accurate forecasting, budgeting, and decision-making.
  • Serve as the global SOX lead for Accounting, ensuring R2R compliance with US GAAP, internal controls, and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements while driving continuous improvement in control design and operating effectiveness.
• Process Optimization, Systems & Transformation
  • Lead strategic transformation initiatives across the R2R landscape, designing and implementing scalable process improvements that increase efficiency, data quality, and control.
  • Redesign the global balance sheet reconciliation process to establish best in class standards, governance, and escalation mechanisms, ensuring consistency across all entities.
  • Re-engineer and elevate key accounting processes—including Fixed Assets—by implementing standardized workflows, templates and process documentation, while training the BPO team and ensuring consistent global adherence.
  • Drive automation, standardization, and process harmonization across regions, leveraging technology, analytics, and emerging tools to streamline operations.
  • Partner with IT and business leaders to optimize ERP systems (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, Oracle) and financial close tools (e.g., Blackline), ensuring system functionality supports process excellence and compliance.
  • Establish a continuous improvement framework to proactively evaluate R2R processes and identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and strengthen internal controls.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration and Governance
  • Build strong, trust-based partnerships with FP&A, Treasury, Legal, IT, Human Resources, Compliance, Commercial, and other stakeholders to resolve issues, drive alignment, and advance organizational priorities.
  • Coordinate across internal and external audit teams to ensure audit readiness, facilitate timely responses, and uphold compliance with regulatory and corporate standards.
  • Streamline administrative and operational processes across Finance and Accounting to enhance efficiency, reduce manual workload, and elevate team effectiveness.
  • Serve as a key steward of corporate financial governance by ensuring consistent application of accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls in line with US GAAP and SOX requirements.
  • Provide strategic support to Finance leadership on special initiatives, transformation projects, and organization-wide process enhancements.
• Accounts Payable Support
  • Act as a senior escalation point for time-sensitive Accounts Payable matters during U.S. business hours, ensuring rapid issue resolution and continuity of operations.
  • Support the VP of Finance on special projects related to Accounts Payable.

Qualifications

• Required: Proven leadership capabilities with the ability to inspire and guide teams effectively.
• Required: Strong interpersonal skills with a consultative and collaborative approach; able to influence without direct authority.
• Required: Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Required: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to assess complex issues, communicate clearly, and develop timely, effective solutions.
• Required: High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Office applications.
• Required: Professional demeanor with a positive attitude, integrity, and a strong sense of reliability.
• Required: Strategic thinker with a broad organizational perspective.
• Required: Experience in a global business environment with knowledge of intercompany and transfer pricing.
• Preferred: Prior experience working with outsourcing providers is a plus.
• Required: Resilient and adaptable; able to perform effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance or Accounting; CPA or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, ideally within a dynamic, international organization.
• In-depth knowledge of US GAAP, internal controls, and financial reporting standards.
• Proficiency with systems such as SAP S/4HANA, Blackline, Oracle, and Coupa is highly desirable.