Director of Accounting

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day accounting activities, including the preparation, review, and posting of journal entries while supporting a timely month-end close.
• Strengthen accounting operations by helping stabilize processes in a complex global environment and resolving issues that affect financial accuracy.
• Investigate transaction-level accounting problems by analyzing system outputs, account configurations, reporting structures, and journal entry flows.
• Reconcile intercompany activity across domestic and international entities and support the preparation of elimination entries for consolidated reporting.
• Absorb foreign currency translation activities and examine variances that may influence consolidated financial results.
• Review account balances and confirm that prior-period financial information remains accurate throughout remediation and correction efforts.
• Collaborate with Accounting, Finance, FP&A, Shared Services, and IT teams to identify root causes of discrepancies and implement practical solutions.
• Evaluate large sets of transactional and master data to uncover anomalies, reporting errors, and control gaps affecting accounting results.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, perform fluctuation analysis, and communicate financial reporting risks and recommendations to leadership.
• Support the accounting team through post-implementation stabilization following a large-scale ERP or system rollout.
• Evaluate the accounting impact of unresolved system issues and communicate associated financial reporting risks to leadership.
• Document key findings, recommend process enhancements, and help implement sustainable accounting solutions.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership in roles such as Director of Accounting, Assistant Controller, or Corporate Accounting Manager.
• Strong hands-on expertise in month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Deep knowledge of intercompany accounting, eliminations, consolidation processes, and foreign exchange translation.
• Experience working in multi-entity, global accounting environments with complex legal entity structures.
• Familiarity with general ledger design, accounting strings, reporting hierarchies, and close processes, including experience with Oracle Fusion.
• Proven ability to support large-scale implementation follow-up, post-go-live stabilization, or accounting remediation efforts.
• Ability to analyze high volumes of financial data, preserve historical balances, and assess reporting impact from data or process issues.
• CPA preferred, with strong communication skills and the ability to work independently while partnering with senior finance and accounting stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Qualified candidates must have a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Must possess a CPA certification.

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and Access.
• Knowledge of SAP or other enterprise resource planning systems is a plus.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance.
• Access to company 401(k) plan.