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Director, International Lead

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💎 Seniority level: Director, 7+ years

💸 Salary: 150000.0 - 185000.0 USD per year

🔍 Industry: Accounting, bookkeeping, or financial services

🏢 Company: Burkland Associates

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: 7+ years

Requirements:
  • Minimum 7 years of experience managing global remote teams, international workforce operations, or international expansion efforts.
  • Familiarity with international tax and labor laws and compliance requirements affecting remote workers.
  • Experience in accounting, bookkeeping, or financial services industries required.
  • Proficiency in financial and business systems, such as QuickBooks, G-Suite, tax compliance software, and remote collaboration tools.
  • Experience implementing process automation and leveraging technology to drive operational efficiency.
  • Ability to standardize and optimize workflows across geographically dispersed teams.
  • Proven ability to conduct margin analysis, improve resource allocation, and optimize costs at a per-client level.
  • Strong leadership and people management skills, with experience leading and developing international teams.
  • Ability to build, integrate, and scale international remote teams while maintaining a high-performance culture.
  • Skilled in resource planning, performance monitoring, and team engagement strategies.
  • Ability to collaborate with cross-functional leaders to drive operational and financial improvements.
  • Experience leading year-end tax and compliance reporting for entities and contractors.
  • Ability to develop and execute strategic plans for workforce expansion, compliance, and global operational efficiency.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and a data-driven approach to margin optimization and financial oversight.
  • Adept at managing contracts and agreements for international employees and contractors.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills to engage diverse international teams.
  • Ability to develop and deliver clear policies, workflows, and training programs to ensure smooth collaboration.
  • Comfortable working across time zones and managing international relationships.
Responsibilities:
  • Oversee and optimize remote operations for international team members across multiple countries.
  • Develop and implement policies, workflows, and communication strategies to ensure seamless collaboration between international and domestic teams.
  • Lead resource planning and infrastructure support for remote international employees and contractors.
  • Ensure remote teams have access to the right technology, tools, and training to operate effectively within the firm’s ecosystem.
  • Foster a strong remote work culture, ensuring engagement and alignment across global teams.
  • Manage remote worker contracts, including establishing and terminating agreements.
  • Partner closely with the Head of People on recruitment & hiring, on-boarding, training, and on-going performance management of the international contractor base.
  • Create, manage, and oversee the process for year end tax reporting support to Burkland and external tax teams ensure accuracy and compliance.
  • Create, manage, and oversee the process for year end compliance reporting that falls under the Bookkeeping & Accounting Group service offerings, ensuring all necessary filings and documentation are completed in a timely manner.
  • Identify and implement best practices for managing global remote team members, ensuring smooth workflows and collaboration across all locations.
  • Drive process standardization, leveraging automation and technology to enhance efficiency.
  • Lead knowledge-sharing initiatives across international team locations to maintain consistency and expertise.
  • Work closely with leadership to develop and execute international expansion strategies, ensuring seamless onboarding and integration of new remote team members.
  • Build out new international team locations, assessing regional hiring needs and aligning workforce expansion with the Managing Director of Bookkeeping and Accounting in conducting margin evaluations across the team at a per client level, to assess opportunities for improvement on an individual client’s margin, and choosing subsets of clients to focus efforts on during regular intervals.
  • Demonstrate measurable success on margin improvements at a per client level through driving process improvements, monitoring & improving resource allocations, and directing team members on appropriate steps to take for margin improvement on clients who have been identified as needing margin improvement.
  • Maintain a limited Pod to experience what the overall team is experiencing, ensuring informed decision making and a hands-on understanding of challenges and opportunities.
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