Overview

Who we are

Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at Toyota. As one of the world’s most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We’re looking for diverse, talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.

An important part of the Toyota family is Toyota Financial Services (TFS), the finance and insurance brand for Toyota and Lexus in North America. While TFS is a separate business entity, it is an essential part of this world-changing company- delivering on Toyota's vision to move people beyond what's possible. At TFS, you will help create best-in-class customer experience in an innovative, collaborative environment.

To save time applying, Toyota does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this position at this time.

What we’re looking for

The Accounting Project Manager supports Toyota Financial Savings Bank (TFSB) in executing a wide variety of special projects within the accounting area.

The primary responsibility of this role is planning, communicating, and implementing all aspects of the project, change management, communication and relationship building.

What you’ll be doing

Projects (70%):

• Identify, develop and recommend a strategic plan, operating plan and project tools for implementing projects

• Create project requirements based on the financial reporting requirements, develop milestones and hold team members accountable

• Interface with leadership, internal & external customers, and other key stakeholders within the company concerning project implementation and status impacting Accounting & Tax

• Assess the accounting impacts related to projects, including ensuring that Accounting projects are being performed in a manner that follows generally accepted accounting principles.

• Serve as a liaison between accounting projects and various domains to prioritize work based on needs and level of effort.

• Performing User Acceptance Testing including creating test scenarios, test new functionality and perform debugging with domain contacts.

• Creating step by step guides with examples and numbers to demonstrate testing results or process implementations to be used by operational teams.

• Develop multi-tenant capabilities within the accounting process to support future growth.

• Maintain an all hands on deck mentality and willingness to dive into the details to support projects and new initiatives to completion.

• Incorporate multiple viewpoints and provide solutions when responding to situations or opportunities

• Identify opportunities to streamline and automate various work streams/processes within the TFSB Accounting area

• Prioritize and reprioritize projects as issues/challenges or changes develop

• Develop a risk mitigation and contingency plan to reduce project risks

• Leverage Toyota Business Practices to develop robust, scalable, and well-defined solutions that can be placed into production

• Possess strong project management leadership skills, including relevant certifications, to establish project metrics and milestones and manage to them.

Core TFSB Accounting and Governance (30%)

• When necessary, assist the TFSB accounting team in financial reporting matters, including backfilling during resourcing constraints.

• Develop a thorough understanding of TFSB Accounting’s responsibilities and products

• Gain an understanding of TFSB’s Accounting policies, systems and processes

• Actively keep abreast of new product initiatives

• Understand the SOX key controls and COSO framework for TFSB Accounting and ensure controls are adhered to in implementing new processes or products

Qualifications/ What you bring

• Bachelor’s in Accounting or Finance required

• CPA license required

• 7+ years of accounting experience

• 3+ of public accounting experience required

• Demonstrated ability to lead projects, preferably with or open to take professional project related certifications.

• Project management/leadership experience required including effective communication skills, verbal and written

• Heavy experience with Microsoft Office

• Solution oriented

• The ability to successfully manage multiple short-term activities without impeding progress on longer-term activities

• Self-starter who works independently to move tasks forward while continuously obtaining group consensus

Added bonus if you have

• Masters in Accounting or Finance

• Big 4 public accounting

• Open to process reengineering mindset and continuous improvement / Kaizen

• Experience with SAP, Hyperion Financial Management, and Snowflake SQL a plus

• Experience managing/querying large amounts of data

What We’ll Bring

During your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities. A few highlights include:

• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect

• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement

• Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount

• Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable)

• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family

• Flextime and virtual work options (if applicable)

• Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute

• Paid holidays and paid time off

• Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools and more

• Flexible spending accounts

• Relocation assistance (if applicable)

Belonging at Toyota

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star. Toyota is proud to have 10+ different Business Partnering Groups across 100 different North American chapter locations that support team members’ efforts to dream, do and grow without questioning that they belong. As a company that has been one of DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity and a member of The Billion Dollar Roundtable supporting minority and woman-owned suppliers for over 10 years, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business.

Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

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