Accounting Director

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire the Corporate Accounting team and influence global accounting teams, driving a culture of transparency, accountability, continuous improvement, and shared service mindset.
• Champion global policy adherence, standardization, scalability, and simplification of finance processes.
• Design, implement, and maintain a global controls framework that ensures integrity and compliance across all entities.
• Own global accounting policies (US GAAP, IFRS, local statutory) and enforce discipline across all regions.
• Lead external audits, ensuring full transparency and proactive issue resolution.
• Develop internal audit processes and expectations to ensure accuracy and adherence to internal controls, processes, and external requirements.
• Safeguard assets and prevent fraud through robust controls and governance.
• Direct global consolidated financial reporting, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and clarity.
• Partner with Corporate Controller, CFO, CEO, and external stakeholders with reporting that delivers both compliance and business insight.
• Oversee statutory and management reporting across multiple geographies.
• Support the design and implementation of standard costing methodologies across global manufacturing sites.
• Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to ensure accurate product costing, inventory valuation, and margin reporting.
• Provide insights into cost drivers, variance analysis, and productivity opportunities.
• Support the CFO and leadership team in strategic pricing, margin management, and capital deployment decisions.
• Review and Optimize ERP, financial reporting software, and automation solutions to enable speed, accuracy, and scalability.
• Build and scale a shared services mindset, creating efficiency in AP, AR, Payroll, and related processes.
• Streamline and standardize month-end close processes and reduce cycle times while improving accuracy and transparency.
• Leverage technology and analytics to transform finance from compliance to decision enablement.
• Business Partnership:
• Serve as a trusted partner to senior leaders across functions and geographies.
• Provide actionable insights that drive profitable growth, cost productivity, and operational excellence.
• Act as both a guardian of accuracy and a strategic enabler of the business.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive finance and accounting leadership, with at least 5 years in a global controllership role.
• CPA, ACA, or equivalent required; MBA a plus.
• Deep expertise in financial reporting, audits, internal controls, and compliance.
• Proven experience building and implementing a global controls framework.
• Strong track record with ERP/technology transformation (SAP, Oracle, Workday, or similar).
• Demonstrated ability to lead or scale accounting organizations.
• Solid background in standard costing, manufacturing finance, and cost analysis.
• Excellent knowledge of US GAAP.
• Recognized as a transformer and builder—capable of simplifying complexity and modernizing global functions.
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to inspire and develop high-performing, global teams.