Director, Accounting

QTS Data Centers is seeking a Director of Accounting to work from our Overland Park, KS office location.

WHO YOU ARE:

The Director of Accounting is a senior finance leader responsible for leading a team of accounting professionals and people managers focused on the tracking, analysis, and reporting of capital expenditures associated with yield on cost lease arrangements. This role partners closely with Development, Investments, FP&A, Treasury, and senior leadership to ensure accurate, timely, and decision‑useful reporting of capital investment performance, lease economics, and return metrics.

The ideal candidate brings strong technical accounting expertise, a deep understanding of capital project accounting, and the ability to translate complex financial data into clear insights that inform investment and operational decisions.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Own the end‑to‑end accounting and reporting process for capital expenditures related to yield on cost lease structures.

• Oversee the accumulation, validation, and reporting of capital spend to ensure accuracy and alignment with lease economics and investment models.

• Develop and maintain reporting that clearly communicates yield on cost metrics, capital deployment progress, and variance analysis for internal and external stakeholders.

• Provide support for the annual internal and external audits

• Execute on designed SOX internal controls governing public companies

• Identify and design effective, efficient controls

• Responsible for maintaining a high-performing team including mentoring, training staff members, and identifying cross-training opportunities

• Lead other finance managers through example and work ethic to accomplish department development goals

• Work with team members establish annual goals and strategic objectives

• Demonstrate agility with competing projects and priorities

• Lead and nurture a work culture with a positive attitude that promotes open, frequent, and dynamic communication among staff, stimulating teamwork to accomplish desired goals and objectives

• Responsible for supporting management initiatives including process standardization and simplification, financial analysis and research, and reporting

• Collaborate with other departments in accomplishing strategic objectives

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL:

• • BA/BS in Accounting or Finance or Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting
• Seven or more years of experience in the accounting/financial reporting areas
• Five or more years of supervisory experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• • Four or more years of experience in public accounting at a Big 4 firm
• Seven or more years of supervisory experience
• CPA
• MBA, or graduate finance related degree
• Workday Financials experience or other large ERP systems
• Intermediate understanding of REIT industry
• Working knowledge of Corporate Tax and accounting for various legal entities

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• • Excellent communicator with executive level managers
• Experience with delivering high level presentations to company executives
• A strategic thinker with an understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and financial processes
• Professional agility
• Intermediate/advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience with automated accounting systems
• Must have the ability to effectively interface with all levels of the organization
• Demonstrate willingness to partner across internal departments with competing priorities

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