When you join Turnitin, you'll be welcomed into a company that is a recognized innovator in the global education space. For more than 20 years, Turnitin has partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Over 16,000 academic institutions, publishers, and corporations use our services: Gradescope by Turnitin, iThenticate, Turnitin Feedback Studio, Turnitin Originality, Turnitin Similarity, ExamSoft, Ouriginal and ProctorExam.

Turnitin has offices in Australia, India, Indonesia, Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Our diverse community of colleagues are all unified by a shared desire to make a difference in education. Come join us, and let's make change together.

Reporting directly to the CFO and in close collaboration with Center Leadership Team, the VP of FP&A and colleagues at all levels around the business, this position is responsible for global Accounting, which includes financial operations, accounting and statutory reporting, tax, treasury, compliance and control.  

Delivering a highly effective and efficient service to the Company and Parent Company, spanning all geographies and verticals.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides leadership and direction to the Global Accounting team.

  • Manages team performance, reviewing performance formally and informally, giving feedback, course correction, motivation and enabling recognition. 

  • Enables the development of individual team members, delivering coaching and guidance as needed to enable them to achieve their full potential.

  • Ensures the team is engaged in both the team and wider company strategy, goals and purpose – through regular communication and meets/events, driving a team communication strategy so messages are appropriately channeled and employees are engaged positively and effectively.

• Responsible for organizational development and design to ensure our Accounting team has the capacity and capability to support our Company’s strategic goals.  Serves as a leader, point of mentorship, and point of escalation for assigned Accounting staff.

• Builds and maintains a high-performance team within each key workstream of our Accounting group.

• Responsible for the oversight of Turnitin and its subsidiaries Accounting, including but not limited to: Statutory Reporting, Audit, Payroll, Treasury, Compliance and Tax. 

• Working closely with the CLT, sets the vision and direction for corporate governance practiced through the work of specialist teams within remit, using industry best practices and Advance company guidelines/requirements. 

• Leads the application of corporate compliance activities as it relates to our global control environment, including development and review of department policies, SOPs, and other control documents

• Leads, risk management audits in partnership with Advance Risk Advisory group

• Leads financial audits with KPMG and Advance Accounting

• Implements relevant policies, protocols, procedures and measures to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations

• Ensures deadlines are met within the Accounting function relative to group-wide financial reporting to Advance Finance, the CLT and our Board..

• Designs, implements and evaluates control policies to ensure these remain best practice and enshrines the safety and security of the Company’s financial arrangements and funds. 

• Leads acquisition integration activities as it pertains to the regional finance functions, banking networks and financial systems configurations.

• Develops and maintains continuous improvement plans which enable the proactive development of our Accounting team, using employee engagement insights and feedback to improve the culture of your organization.

• Ensures teams are consistently compliant with appropriate Turnitin ways of working/process and procedure

• Improves efficiency and level-set resources to provide service and support where it is needed. Setting the resource plans and establishing the resources needed for strategic and transactional success.

• Manages the costs of your organization against budgets annually agreed.

• Is a thought partner and sounding board for the CFO, leaning into company strategy, projects, and goals, as and when requested

• Actively progresses own personal and professional development.

• Strategic planning and build out of Finance systems and processes for long term success 

• 10-12 yrs. proven Finance Leadership experience in a progressive team with experience in the US

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field or equivalent experience required. Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant, or similar

• Expert understanding of Global and US accounting standards, GAAP, SOX compliance, ASC revenue recognition, international accounting standards.

• Working knowledge of US domestic and international tax accounting.

• Ability to handle multiple critical priorities with competing deadlines.

• Ability to present complex financial data in a clear and concise manner to CLT identifying major issues/concerns and potential corrective actions to a non-technical audience.

• Demonstrated business acumen and understanding of financial concepts to successfully operate a business.

• Demonstrated ability to think “big picture” and strategically leverage expertise, 

• Demonstrated ability to partner with and influence stakeholders in operational and non-operational groups.

• Knowledge of and experience with corporate finance techniques: modeling, project financial analysis, and valuation methods.

• Excellent verbal, analytical, organizational, written, and interpersonal skills.

• Expert understanding of the information industry and/or technology sales.

• Remote team leadership experience

• Excellent listening, negotiation and presentation skills

• Demonstrated ability to communicate, present and influence credibly and effectively at all levels of the organization

Our Mission is to ensure the integrity of global education and meaningfully improve learning outcomes. 

Our Values underpin everything we do.

• Customer Centric - We realize our mission to ensure integrity and improve learning outcomes by  putting educators and learners at the center of everything we do.
• Passion for Learning - We seek out teammates that are constantly learning and growing and build a workplace which enables them to do so.
• Integrity - We believe integrity is the heartbeat of Turnitin. It shapes our products, the way we treat each other, and how we work with our customers and vendors.
• Action & Ownership - We have a bias toward action and empower teammates to make decisions.
• One Team - We strive to break down silos, collaborate effectively, and celebrate each other’s successes.
• Global Mindset - We respect local cultures and embrace diversity. We think globally and act locally to maximize our impact on education.

Seeing Beyond the Job Ad

At Turnitin, we recognize it’s unrealistic for candidates to fulfill 100% of the criteria in a job ad. We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of the requirements because we know that skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and evolve alongside us, join our team!
 
Turnitin, LLC is committed to the policy that all persons have equal access to its programs, facilities and employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.