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Director of Accounting

Vaco
$140,000.00 - $150,000.00 / yr
United States, New Jersey, Mahwah
Mar 18, 2026
  • Leadership & Oversight
    • Lead and mentor two Accounting Managers overseeing a subrights and royalty accounting team consisting of 5 full time employees and 4 contractors.
    • Serve as the senior point of contact for royalties and subrights accounting across the organization with both internal stakeholders and external auditors.
  • Process Improvement
    • Oversee the creation of process documentation and serve as the process owner for rights and royalties accounting.
    • Design, implement, and improve processes for monthly accruals, year-end estimates of advance recoupments, reconciliations, account roll-forwards, and streamline journal entries.
    • Partner with Finance, Contracts, and Subrights Sales teams to streamline reporting and ensure accuracy.
    • Drive transformation initiatives tied to ongoing system changes and new ISBN-level accounting in SAP.
  • Systems & Data Management
    • Oversee the reconciliation of advances and royalty earnings from two different royalty systems into the SAP general ledger.
    • Leverage Excel and large datasets to enhance analysis, reporting, and internal controls.
    • Own the data definitions of royalties and subrights fields that impact the financial ledger and serve as the point of contact for technology in changes impacting the rights & royalties accounting process.
  • Collaboration & Reporting
    • Provide timely and accurate reporting to division finance teams.

Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

EEO Notice

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

Privacy Notice

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.

  • California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
  • Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
  • Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
  • Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
  • Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.
Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

  • the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
  • licensure and certification requirements;
  • office location and other geographic considerations;
  • other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

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