Director in Scottsdale, Arizona at Salt River Shared Services

The Director – Shared Services is responsible for the leadership, stability, efficiency, and integrity of the Shared Services organization. This role oversees Accounting, Finance, and HR Shared Services functions, ensuring accurate financial reporting, regulatory compliance, strong internal controls, and scalable operational processes supporting multiple business units.

This position emphasizes operational discipline, financial governance, process standardization, and service delivery reliability. The Director ensures that shared services functions operate as a stable and efficient backbone that enables supported enterprises to function effectively while minimizing financial and operational risk

Key Outcomes of the Role:

Success in this role looks like:

• Accurate, timely, and reliable financial reporting across supported entities
• Stable, standardized, and scalable shared services processes
• Strong internal controls and compliance posture
• Reduced operational friction and transaction inefficiencies
• Clear service delivery expectations and accountability
• Low key-person risk through redundancy and documentation

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Shared Services Leadership & Operational Stability

• Lead Accounting, Finance, and HR Shared Services functions
• Establish clear service models, workflows, and expectations
• Ensure workload balancing and capacity planning
• Develop redundancy safeguards and continuity practices
• Drive operational discipline and accountability

Financial Reporting & Controls

• Oversee financial reporting across supported entities
• Maintain accounting policy consistency
• Govern month-end close processes and timelines
• Ensure reconciliation accuracy and reporting integrity
• Lead audit and financial compliance activities

Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure regulatory, tax, and reporting compliance
• Maintain internal control frameworks
• Mitigate financial and operational risks
• Oversee documentation, policies, and procedures

Operational Efficiency & Process Optimization

• Identify inefficiencies and process bottlenecks
• Drive automation and systems improvements
• Optimize transaction processing workflows
• Establish KPIs and performance metrics

Service Delivery & Stakeholder Support

• Maintain strong service relationships with supported enterprises
• Establish SLAs and service expectations
• Resolve escalated operational or financial issues
• Ensure predictable, reliable service outputs

The above-cited duties and responsibilities describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to the job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that an incumbent may be expected or asked to perform.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in accounting and financial management and with at least 5 years of management experience required
• CPA designation preferred
• Sage Intacct and/or Paylocity experience preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of principles and practices of accounting, data systems applications of accounting systems and budgeting procedures; and applicable federal, state and local agency rules and regulations governing financial operations

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Comfort working with data in spreadsheets, databases, or BI tools
• Ability to explain data clearly to non-technical stakeholders
• Organized and capable of managing multiple requests and priorities
• Strong compliance and risk management orientation
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills

Equal Employment Opportunity and Preference Policy

The Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. In accordance with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community preference policy and applicable law, preference in employment, promotion, transfer, training, and rehire will be given in the following order: (1) Enrolled SRPMIC Community Member Veteran, (2) Enrolled SRPMIC Community Member, (3) Legal Spouse of an Enrolled SRPMIC Community Member, (4) Enrolled Member of another federally recognized Indian Tribe, and (5) other qualified applicants. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, ability, and job performance.