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About the Role

As an Accounting Director within ENGIE North America’s Global Business Services (GBS), you will play a critical leadership role in ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting for ENGIE North America entities, including ENGIE Energy Marketing and Supply entities. This role balances operational excellence, people leadership, and governance while driving process standardization, internal control maturity, and finance transformation initiatives aligned with ENGIE Group and GBS strategy. You will partner closely with business leaders and lead teams through change in a dynamic, regulated, and fast-evolving energy environment. You will manage the period-end close process, ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, and coordinate tasks performed by the Accounting Shared Services Team (GBS). You will deliver financial results for your business unit, supporting accounting teams with expertise in financial reporting, technical accounting, transactional tax, process controls, and audit coordination.

Responsibilities

• Own and oversee the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring adherence to established close calendars (e.g., 3-day close) and GBS standards.
• Collaborate with finance and risk professionals at the Energy Marketing company and Retail Electric Provider to ensure proper transaction recording, adequate internal controls, and full understanding of the business.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of general ledger activity, including accruals, revenue recognition, inventory, intercompany, fixed assets, cash, and manual journal entries.
• Review and analyze financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) in collaboration with FP&A, identifying and explaining variances, trends, and risks.
• Direct the preparation, review, and submission of financial reporting packages, including statutory, management, off-balance-sheet, and KPI reporting.
• Ensure full compliance with ENGIE Group accounting policies, internal control frameworks (ICFR), SOX requirements, and local statutory regulations.
• Design, maintain, and continuously improve internal controls over financial reporting, including documentation, testing support, and remediation of control gaps.
• Oversee balance sheet governance, including reconciliations, aging reviews, and certification processes.
• Act as a key finance contact for internal audits, external audits, and regulatory reviews, ensuring timely and high-quality responses.
• Promote a strong culture of ethics, integrity, and compliance across GBS Accounting teams.
• Lead or sponsor finance transformation initiatives, including automation, system implementations (e.g., SAP, BlackLine, XRoads), and reporting optimization.

Requirements

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Current CPA accreditation.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership roles.

Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies.

Schedule

This role is eligible for our hybrid work policy, with a minimum of three (3) days in the office and two (2) days working from home each week.

Pay

Salary Range: $135,000 – $206,885 USD annually. This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate. Actual salary offered may vary depending on geography, experience, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors. In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for a competitive bonus/incentive plan.

Benefits

ENGIE offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance and employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Generous paid time off, including wellness days, holidays, and leave programs.
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match.
• Supplemental benefits for emotional and physical well-being, including family-forming and caregiver benefits.