Division Accounting Controller

Position Objective

The Division Accounting Controller serves as the enterprise accounting leader for the division, with end-to-end accountability for financial integrity, and the standardization of accounting processes across all sites.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Accounting Leadership & Financial Integrity

• Own financial reporting accuracy and completeness across the division, ensuring results are reliable, supportable, and aligned with enterprise controllership expectations
• Act as the division’s authority for accounting decisions, technical interpretations, and policy application, ensuring consistent judgment across the organization
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, internal policies, and divisional governance requirements across all sites and legal entities within scope
• Maintain a strong internal control environment by enforcing segregation of duties, approval flows, and clearly defined responsibilities for key accounting activities
• Lead the accounting organization and govern the shared services relationship to ensure transactional execution supports divisional control, close, and reporting requirements

• Financial Reporting

• Lead the division’s month-end close and reporting process, ensuring financial results are accurate, timely, well-supported, and delivered in a manner that meets executive, corporate, and compliance expectations
• Establish and enforce close governance through standardized calendars, account ownership, reconciliation expectations, and escalation protocols that drive consistency and accountability across all sites
• Cook up end-to-end close execution across divisional accounting teams, site finance resources, shared services, and other divisions to ensure deadlines are met, issues are escalated early, and deliverables are completed with integrity
• Dive deep into balance sheet governance for the division by ensuring reconciliations, account substantiation, and supporting documentation are completed accurately and consistently across multiple sites
• Drive continuous improvement in close cycle performance, reporting quality, and issue resolution by simplifying workflows, reducing rework, and improving visibility to close risks and bottlenecks

• Transformation & Centralization Leadership

• Lead the redesign and implementation of the division’s accounting operating model, transitioning from decentralized site-based execution to a centralized controllership structure with clear decision rights and ownership
• Drive standardization of close, reconciliation, journal entry, and balance sheet governance processes across all sites to create a consistent and scalable control environment
• Lead the transfer of accounting ownership, control activities, and process accountability into the future-state model, including alignment of ERP workflows, access, and approval structures
• Partner with Finance, FP&A, Operations, and Shared Services leaders to define service boundaries, governance mechanisms, and cross-functional handoffs required to sustain the transformed operating model

• Audit & Compliance Management

• Serve as the primary contact for internal and external auditors, coordinating responses, supporting documentation, and issue resolution across the division
• Timely remediation of audit findings, control gaps, and compliance issues, with clear ownership and follow-through to sustainable resolution
• Maintain audit readiness across accounting processes by ensuring documentation, reconciliations, controls, and evidence are consistently complete and current

• Accounting Operations & Process Design

• Design and sustain scalable accounting processes, policies, and controls that align with the future-state finance operating model and corporate governance standards
• Establish standardized procedures, control expectations, and service-level disciplines to drive consistency, accountability, and transparency across the division
• Govern the shared services relationship to ensure transactional work is executed in accordance with defined standards, timetables, and control requirements
• Lead process harmonization, simplification, and continuous improvement initiatives that reduce site-to-site variation and improve the effectiveness of the accounting function

Experience/Skills

• 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience

• 5+ years in a leadership role overseeing multi-site or divisional accounting

• Experience in manufacturing or industrial environments required

• Strong background in:

• General accounting and financial reporting
• Balance sheet governance and reconciliations
• Month-end close processes

• Proven experience managing internal and external audits

• Experience with SOX or similar internal control frameworks preferred

• Experience scaling accounting functions in a complex or high-growth environment

Technical & Functional Expertise

• Deep knowledge of US GAAP (or IFRS as applicable)

• Experience with ERP systems (Oracle strongly preferred)

• Familiarity with reconciliation/close tools (e.g., BlackLine)

• Strong understanding of:

• Internal controls and segregation of duties
• Shared services operating models
• Multi-entity consolidations

• Advanced Excel and financial data analysis skills

Leadership & Competencies

• Proven ability to lead centralized accounting organizations and embed clear governance, accountability, and performance expectations

• Strong process discipline with demonstrated success in standardizing accounting activities, controls, and reporting across multiple sites or business units

• Demonstrated leadership in transformation environments, including operating model redesign, change management, and implementation of new governance structures

• Ability to partner cross-functionally with Finance, FP&A, Operations, and Corporate teams

• Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively interface with executive leadership and auditors

Success Metrics

• Accurate, timely, and audit-ready financial reporting that supports executive decision-making and external compliance requirements

• Strong balance sheet integrity, reconciliation discipline, and supporting documentation across all sites within the division

• A control environment that prevents material deficiencies and sustains positive audit outcomes through disciplined governance and accountability

• Standardized, centralized, and scalable accounting processes with reduced site-level variation

• Clear ownership, governance, and service accountability across the transformed accounting operating model

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required

• CPA or equivalent professional certification strongly preferred