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Job Title: Director of Accounting and Finance - New York
Job Location: NY: New York
Pay Rate: Open
Job Length: full time
Start Date: 2008-09-14

Company Name: Kaplan
Contact: HR
Phone: email only please
Fax: email only please

Description: Job Title Director of Accounting and Finance - New York Kaplan Division Kaplan Test Prep City New York State/Province New York FT/PT Full Time Job Level Director Required Working Hours Days Mornings Job Description Kaplan, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) is one of the nations premier providers of educational and career services for individuals, schools and businesses. Kaplan has helped transform the for-profit education industry, setting professional standards in an era of educational innovation, global expansion and technological advancement

Kaplan PMBR offers test preparation services for the Multistate Bar Examination for the Bar Exam. Passing the Bar Examination is required for law school graduates to become licensed to practice law. PMBR was acquired by Kaplan in October of 2006 and has been offering bar preparation for over thirty years.

Kaplan PMBR is currently seeking an Executive Director of Finance to play a critical role in achieving division growth and ensuring optimum ROI. In this dynamic and challenging position, you will lead all financial responsibilities for the division including ensuring financial statements are in accordance with GAAP, budgeting, long-range planning, forecasting, reporting, business plan development, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, identification of opportunities and risks, and contingency planning. The ideal candidate will be a creative, decision maker who can play both strategic and hands-on roles simultaneously and have experience in integrating financial operations and systems resulting from mergers, acquisitions and divestiture activities. The ideal candidate must also be assertive, self-directed, innovative and driven by details and deadlines. This position reports to the General Manager/Vice President.

Position Responsibilities:

* Ensure compliance with GAAP * Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley * Enhance financial analysis and reporting * Ensure security of physical and intellectual property * Forecasting and planning * Budgeting * Supervise the Senior Accountant and interact with Kaplan Inc. Corporate Accounting * Identification of risks and opportunities for growth * Evaluating potential acquisition opportunities * Preparing and evaluating business plans and investment opportunities for ROI * Ensure comprehensive financial measures * Resource allocation and investment planning * Development of cost reduction and cost management initiatives * Reporting of actual results, forecasts and budgets * Ad-hoc reporting of business performance * P/L and balance sheet analysis

Position Requirements:

* Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance required; CPA required, Masters preferred * 5-10 years progressive accounting/finance experience, including strong operating unit experience * Strong understanding of GAAP and its application to business issues * Exceptional analytical skills and financial analysis experience * Ability to effectively lead change in an organization * Demonstrated project management skills in a deadline driven environment. Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously with superior attention to detail. * Ability to organize and work with large amounts of complex information, managing multiple project priorities. * Outgoing personality and ability to establish rapport and work efficiently with all team members serving various functions at various levels. * Exceptional communication skills with ability to present analysis and findings in both verbal and written formats to all levels of management and size of group * High degree of maturity, diplomacy and professionalism. Self-starter and independent thinker who has the desire to work in a fast-paced organization.

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please forward your resume, cover letter, salary history and requirements to apply. Kindly note, we will only consider applicants who provide salary requirements. EOE Relocation is not available for this position.

Please refer to Job code kaplan-491608 when responding to this ad.

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