This role requires a highly motivated and experienced accounting professional with a track record of success overseeing global payable accounting operations. In this position, you will partner with payables team leads to provide guidelines, ensure compliances and adherence to company policies. This role will be responsible to oversee ERP systems and controls, partner with other business functions on projects, lead corporate initiatives towards process improvement and transformational projects to achieve best in class results, and develop and maintain accounting policies and procedures.
The ideal candidate must possess effective communication and interaction skills as well as enjoys working in a rapidly evolving, challenging, and fast paced environment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Solid knowledge of procure-to-pay process, including ERP system end-to-end process, accounts payable and understanding of goods received and invoice received, and procurement module.
- Subject matter expert on new bank account-payment configuration and implementation, train global teams and instruct assigned IT resources.
- Corporate lead and guide global accounts payable teams for process improvement and systems stabilization, enhancement, and business transformation.
- Analyze, research, and resolve any payable escalation and other matters.
- Develop, document, update standard operating procedures, and global policies and procedures as assigned.
- Partner with global accounts payable teams, and international Shared Service Center teams to provide necessary advisory on payables, payments, P-cards programs, and others.
- AP-US compliance, participate on an advisory level with internal and external audits.
- Work closely with cross-functional business partners at all levels across global finance and accounting, procurement, receiving/warehouse, treasury, tax, and others.
- Manage segregation of duties roles, internal controls, and SOX requirements
Requirements:
- BS/BA degree or equivalent with 7 or more years of accounting experience in a multinational global company and shared services center.
- End to end full cycle accounting operations experience.
- Experience with SAP and Oracle is a must. Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP a plus
- Excel, Word, Power Point, etc.
- Outstanding performer, high integrity, teamwork, committed, and flexible.
- Ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment.
- Self-starter, works independently, deals with ambiguity, exercises prudent judgment.
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
- Conduct business and perform responsibilities in an ethical manner.
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with internal personnel and/or external contacts.
Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.
Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.
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Compensation & Benefits Details
- An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
- The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
- You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital’s Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
- Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
