Job Description:
Are you a finance leader who wants to turn numbers into strategy and help a key business unit hit its financial goals?
Thomson Reuters is looking for a Business Unit Controller to oversee the financial health and strategic planning of a key business unit within Thomson Reuters U.S. Inc. You will bring strong analytical skills and a customer-focused approach. You will drive financial performance through effective management and collaboration across departments.
As a Business Unit Controller, you will manage all financial operations of your assigned business unit and act as a trusted advisor to its leadership. You will work with teams across the organization to make sure financial strategies support wider business objectives. You will also bring a global perspective to your work.
Key Responsibilities:
As a Business Unit Controller, you will:
- Manage and oversee all financial operations of the assigned business unit, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
- Prepare and analyze financial statements, forecasts and budgets using tools such as Acorn Systems Corporate Perform, CCH ProSystem fx and Intuit QuickBooks.
- Give strategic financial guidance and recommendations to business unit leadership to optimize performance and achieve financial targets.
- Lead and take part in cross-departmental collaborations to align financial strategies with overall business objectives.
- Develop and implement strong internal controls and financial processes to safeguard assets and protect data integrity.
- Conduct financial analysis, including variance analysis and profitability assessments, to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Present complex financial information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences.
- Oversee tax planning and compliance activities for the business unit, using tools such as Brentmark Estate Planning Quick where relevant.
- Apply managerial accounting principles to guide decision-making and performance measurement.
- Contribute to the organization's global thinking by applying broader financial perspectives.
- Ensure effective information management practices within the business unit's finance function.
- Use audit advisory tools such as Methodware ProAudit Advisor to support financial accuracy and compliance.
Required Qualifications:
You're a fit for the role of Business Unit Controller if your background includes:
- A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field. CPA or CMA certification is preferred.
- Proven experience in a financial control or managerial accounting role, preferably in a large corporate environment.
- Proficiency in financial software and systems, including Acorn Systems Corporate Perform, CCH ProSystem fx and Intuit QuickBooks. Sage Platinum for Windows (PFW) is a plus.
- Demonstrated expertise in accounting principles and practices (the original JD used the Portuguese term "Contabilidade").
- Experience with audit advisory tools such as Methodware ProAudit Advisor is a plus.
- Experience with Brentmark Estate Planning Quick is beneficial.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with a results-oriented mindset.
- Strong business writing and professional presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex financial information clearly.
- Proven ability to build strong working relationships and collaborate across departments.
- A customer-focused approach and a commitment to high-quality financial services.
- An understanding of global thinking in a financial context.
- A strong commitment to information management best practices
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What’s in it For You?
- Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
- Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
- Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
- Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
- Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
- Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
About Us
Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
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