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9000 East Pima Center Parkway
Scottsdale, AZ 85258

 

First American Title Insurance Company, the largest subsidiary of The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF), traces its history to 1889. One of the largest title insurers in the nation, the company offers title services through its direct operations and an extensive network of agents throughout the United States and abroad. First American Title provides comprehensive title insurance coverage and professional services for purchases, construction, refinances, or equity loans. The company's thorough searches, title clearance, and insurance help to produce clear property titles and enable the efficient transfer of real estate. For more information, visit www.firstam.com.

Directs or manages the day-to-day operations for national corporate accounting functions in multiple states/sites and off-shore, specializing in Accounts Payable, in compliance with established policies and procedures. Participates in developing, interpreting and implementing policies and procedures for the organization. Ensures employee conformance to established practices and proper training of staff. Prepares related reports and audits current procedures to monitor efficiency of operations. Instills the notion within all employees at all levels of the organization that the business unit's primary goal is to provide the highest quality service possible to all of our customers.

Responsible for management reporting, financial analysis, special projects and other duties related to operational and corporate accounting. Key role to work on transition and change management.

* Demonstrate to the staff a strong ethical, professional and service-oriented behavior.
* Adhere to the highest degree of professional standards and strict confidentiality in matters that require discretion.
* Attend professional development and training sessions on a regular basis.
* Perform special and ad hoc projects, handling multiple priorities and other job-related duties as necessary.
* Work with senior level management to provide insight, analysis and information to make informed business decisions.
* Develop financial models, "what if" analysis, and financial and operational metrics.
* Exhibit leadership skills in staffing, directing, developing and managing a staff of Accounting professionals.
* People leadership including: staffing and selection, integration of new staff to teams, facilitating technical/functional training or leveraging other training resources; measuring individual and team performance, providing feedback, counseling and coaching as needed, confronting employee issues, managing and escalating corrective action process (with HR consult).
* Exhibits leadership skills and is an effective facilitator.
* Assures that all employees within area of responsibility are working towards a common goal.
* Ensures that the organization's goals and objectives are appropriately defined, communicated and achieved.
* Considers interdepartmental factors when meeting functional goals, cross functional team builder.
* Recommends and develops supporting documentation for the organization's redeployment activities.
* Develops both short and long range plans for the organization.
* Build positive business relationships and work in a collaborative environment with all levels of an organization.
* Proactive and flexible in meeting customer needs.

 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Position requires limited overtime hours. Additional job qualifications include:

* Bachelor's degree required, MBA preferred.
* 8-10 years management paired with directly related Accounts Payable and off-shoring experience required. (Management of a large team 40-50 staff, with a big operation, (e.g. Fortune 500) in a complex matrixed environment).
* Experience in a multi-state, multiple legal entity environment preferred.
* Thorough understanding of GAAP, accounting controls, experience in A/P, Procure to Pay, F/A journal entries, T&E accounting, and reconciling ledgers.
* Strong operational experience and heavy process improvement from large organizations or relative experience with a Fortune 500 company.
* Shared services experience preferred.
* Very familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures in Accounts Payable.
* Ability to interact appropriately and effectively with customers (composure, conflict management, customer focus, negotiating).
* Problem-solving, priority-setting, planning, delegation, directing others, informing, managing/measuring work, confronting direct reports, motivating others, building effective teams, managing diversity.
* Ability to prioritize, handle multiple tasks simultaneously and meet established deadlines in a fast paced environment.
* Self-motivated, customer service-focused, detailed-oriented, and flexible.
* Proven results oriented manager with proactive, hands on management style.
* Understand and assess customer?reported issues to determine prioritization and routing of issues.
* Track customer support metrics and adjust business model and solution set to improve overall customer satisfaction
* Effectively handle customer escalations as appropriate and ensure overall customer satisfaction
* Define and drive our strategy for service and support, both to our internal and external customers.
* Display solid administrative skills; well developed management skills; strong conceptual skills, including experience with problem/issue definition and identifying and executing analytical approaches to examining a wide range of strategic questions.
* Requires excellent quantitative and qualitative business research and analysis skills, ability to understand and analyze strategic and financial data, and experience synthesizing results from various analyses to support strategy formation.
* Display strong business and financial acumen paired with strong analytical and reasoning abilities.
* Ability to positively influence others. Cross-functional team player.
* Demonstrated ability to recruit, train, motivate and retain personnel in order to balance staffing strengths with profitability and growth.
* Display strong ability to plan, organize, and follow-through on project assignments under time pressure and tight deadlines.
* Display initiative and ability to work autonomously.
* Display high business ethics and adhere to First American Corporation's and department's compliance and security policies, practices, and procedures in the performance of the role.
* Must be proficient in Excel, PowerPoint and Word, large ERP systems. Oracle is a preferred.
* Well developed interpersonal and communication skills.
* Participative management style- advocate team concepts.
* Must be able to establish credibility and be decisive, coupled with the ability to recognize and support the organization's preferences and priorities.
* All aspects of the background of the candidate and potential ability to fill the role will be considered.

TO APPLY FOR THE POSITION
Submit applications to kehagen@firstam.com