Director, Accounting - Global Intercompany
About the role
The Director, Accounting - Global Intercompany oversees reconciliations, settlements, eliminations, and dispute resolution across all legal entities globally. They are responsible for leading the end-to-end global intercompany accounting function, ensuring accurate and timely reconciliations and settlements. They oversee the elimination of intercompany balances during the monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidation process, lead dispute resolution processes related to intercompany transactions, and ensure effective financial internal controls and SOX compliance for all intercompany activities. They also mentor a diverse global team of accounting professionals to ensure accurate financial reporting.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end global intercompany accounting function, ensuring accurate and timely reconciliations and settlements across all legal entities
- Oversee the elimination of intercompany balances during the monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidation process
- Lead dispute resolution processes related to intercompany transactions between global affiliates
- Ensure effective financial internal controls and SOX compliance for all intercompany activities
- Lead and mentor a diverse global team of accounting professionals to ensure accurate financial reporting
- Complete submission to corporate and review of related schedules submitted to Corporate in conjunction with the monthly/quarterly financials
- Liaise with internal and external auditors, and ensure compliance with SOX requirements including drafting and updating process narratives, and maintenance of requirement documentation
- Report and analytics – responsible for reporting and analytics as needed
- Provide Oversight over the preparation of supporting schedules for quarterly filings
- Special projects as requested by business divisions and corporate
- Provide excellent customer service and develop / maintain strong relationships with different business unit finance organizations, including the respective CFO and VP of Finance
- Develop an environment of constant operational improvement that results in definable projects that are delivered timely and result in cost savings to the entire organization
- Facilitate and bridge gaps between the areas of Finance, Accounting, IT, Strategy and Operations
- Develop, recommend, and implement all strategy relating to Financial Shared Services functions
- Monitor and analyze monthly operating results against budget
- Interact with internal and external auditors to resolve potential issues and new transactions, Act as primary point of contact for area of oversight
- Apply Blackline to automate and monitor closing tasks for area of oversight, and ensure compliance with leadership initiatives related to Blackline
- Ad hoc analysis and projects
Requirements
- BA/BS in Accounting, Master’s of Accounting a plus
- 8-10 years of progressive accounting or controllership experience with at least 3-5 years in a Global Business Services (GBS) leadership role (supporting executive leadership at the CFO or corporate level)
- 10K schedule support experience
- Fixed Asset accounting oversight experience
- Experience with Intercompany accounting, consolidations, and Foreign currency translations
- Large, multinational company experience
- Driver of “change”, and thinks creatively and strategically
- Strong understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
- Quantifiable examples of achievements and strong track record of success
- Strong leader who can influence and lead initiatives within the company
- Able to achieve results through influence over external and internal parties who are not direct reports
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Team player who can collaborate with all business units and departments within the company
- Able to optimally prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is essential
- Solid project management skills, from initial idea through execution
- A “Process First” mentality, understanding that the software only works if the underlying workflow is clean
- Demonstrated professional maturity with unquestioned personal and business integrity
- Knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting and cost control principles including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- CPA a plus
- Technical Experience Required: SAP S/4HANA, HFM familiarity, Blackline experience
Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Benefits
Details available in the attached document: 2026 Benefits At A Glance final.pdf