Vice President Global Record to Report

Versant Media; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 230,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Versant Media is seeking a Vice President, Global Record to Report based in Orlando, FL, to lead the company's R2R function for a newly independent, public company. You will shape the future-state accounting operations, manage internal and external reporting, and oversee onshore/offshore delivery with a focus on scalable, controlled processes.

You will partner with Controllership, Finance, Risk & Compliance, Internal/External Audit, Treasury, and Technology to standardize and transform R2R

Qualifications

• SOX-compliant, audit-ready R2R processes and governance.
• Experience partnering with Controllership, Finance, Risk, Internal Audit and External Audit.
• Executive leadership of global accounting operations and transformations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global R2R function and set strategic direction across Versant.
• Oversee end-to-end R2R operations including journal entries, reconciliations, and close coordination.
• Drive ERP modernization, automation, and centralization of accounting activities.
• Govern outsourced and offshore R2R delivery with KPIs, SLAs, and governance forums.
• Ensure SOX controls, policies, and documentation across the R2R function.

Job description

Job Description

About the Role

We are seeking a Vice President, Global Record to Report to lead Versant’s global Record to Report (R2R) function and shape the future-state accounting operations model for a newly independent, publicly traded media and entertainment company. This critical accounting operations executive will be responsible for enterprise-wide R2R service delivery, including supporting Corporate and Business Unit Controllers in close operations, journal entry governance, account reconciliations, , internal and external reporting support, and related controls. The role will provide executive leadership across internal teams and outsourced service providers, ensuring timely, accurate, controlled, and scalable execution of the global close and reporting cycles.

This Vice President will play a critical role in creating and driving the strategies necessary to delivering Versant’s evolving operating model by driving standardization, strengthening governance, improving service levels, and leading transformation across R2R processes, technologies, and organizational capabilities. This includes oversight of offshored BPO-delivered activities, expansion of centralized accounting operations, adoption and optimization of enabling technologies such as BlackLine and Promenta, and successfully leading R2R through Versant’s ERP modernization and finance transformation efforts underway.

This leader will partner closely with Controllership, Finance, Technical Accounting, Risk & Compliance, Internal Audit, Treasury, Technology, business unit leadership, and third-party providers to ensure the R2R function delivers operational excellence, financial integrity, and strong stakeholder service.

This role is based in Orlando and will lead a growing organization of senior internal management level resources and outsourced BPO resources located both onshore and offshore.

What You’ll Do

Strategic Leadership & Operating Model

• Lead the global Record to Report function, setting the strategic direction for R2R operations across Versant.
• Own the future-state R2R operating model, including centralized general accounting operations, business segment support, shared services, and outsourced delivery.
• Drive the continued evolution of R2R roles, responsibilities, governance, and service delivery expectations in alignment with Versant’s needs.
• Lead R2R readiness for major transformation initiatives, including ERP modernization, automation, process redesign, and further centralization of accounting activities.
• Partner with Controllership leadership, Finance, Treasury, and Technology to design scalable, standardized, and controlled R2R processes.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for R2R matters involving business segments, Controllership leaders, external providers, and executive stakeholders.

Service Delivery

• Oversee end-to-end R2R operations, including journal entries, account reconciliations, close coordination in revenue and costs of revenue related accounts, intercompany, fixed assets, cash and treasury accounting, compensation and benefits accounting, edit checks, suspense clearing, and reporting support.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and complete month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close execution in partnership with Corporate Accounting, Consolidations, Technical Accounting, and business-unit Controllership teams.
• Provide executive oversight of commitments to close calendars, journal entry workflows, reconciliation quality, reporting packages, and issue resolution.
• Ensure accounting operations support is aligned to business segment needs across TV Networks, Digital, Corporate Accounting, Central Accounting, and other evolving Versant business areas.
• Lead service delivery governance for outsourced and offshore resources, including performance management, issue escalation, workload planning, and accountability for service commitments.
• Ensure continuity and scalability of R2R services as Versant centralizes additional activities and supports potential growth, acquisitions, or structural changes.

Standards, Controls & Compliance

• Own the R2R control environment, ensuring processes are SOX-compliant, audit-ready, transparent, and consistently executed.
• Ensure adherence to accounting policies, internal controls, close governance, reconciliation standards, and documentation requirements.
• Partner with Technical Accounting, Risk & Compliance, Internal Audit, External Audit, Treasury, Tax, Legal, and Corporate Controllership to align R2R execution with policies and evolving standards.
• Oversee governance of journal entry and account reconciliation controls.
• Establish and maintain standard operating procedures, playbooks, escalation protocols, and control documentation across R2R teams and providers.
• Strengthen accountability for control performance across internal teams and outsourced providers.

Performance & Transformation

• Define, monitor, and improve R2R performance through KPIs, SLAs, dashboards, scorecards, and governance forums.
• Drive operational improvements that enhance close timeliness, reconciliation quality, journal entry accuracy, productivity, transparency, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Lead standardization of R2R processes across business units, regions, and providers.
• Identify and execute automation opportunities across reconciliations, journal entries, workflow management, reporting, and exception resolution.
• Oversee adoption and optimization of BlackLine, Promenta, SAP ECC, and future ERP or close-management platforms.
• Address manual process challenges, including opportunities related to cash accounting, treasury / banking activity, transaction matching, high-risk reconciliations, and centralized workload expansion.
• Lead root cause analysis for recurring issues and drive sustainable process and control improvements.
• Support the transition from legacy or transitional processes to scalable standalone Versant capabilities where applicable.

BPO, Shared Services & Governance

• Own executive-level governance of outsourced R2R delivery