Vice President, Finance Shared Services

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations and management of shared services center for accounts payable, fixed assets, general ledger, accounts receivable, credit, collections and other accounting services.
• Identify, design, and implement process improvement strategies (including the adoption of artificial intelligence).
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.
• Develop and track KPIs to monitor the success of improvement initiatives and report results to executive leadership.
• Manage a superior control environment ensuring adherence to standard operating procedures and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Maintain positive relationships with our television stations and corporate offices.
• Serve as primary contact for internal and external auditors, ensuring timely response to audit requests.

Qualification & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, with a CPA OR Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of fifteen years relevant work experience, including three years in a management position overseeing large teams with a focus on operational excellence and/or process improvement.
• Prior management experience in a shared service operation preferred.
• Prior broadcast media industry experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with an outward-facing orientation.
• Able to interact with all levels of management including corporate officers and TV station general managers.
• Self-directed leader with the ability to implement best practices in a shared service environment.
• Ability to effectively recruit, lead, direct, coach, and develop talent.
• Energetic, can-do attitude, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced service environment.
• Familiarity with AI preferred
• Strong technical skills including generally accepted accounting principles and proficiency with Microsoft Office programs, with prior experience operating Oracle Cloud ERP, Wide Orbit traffic/billing, and AppZen accounts payable systems a plus.

Benefits

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% – 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.

Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.