Vice President, Global Accounting

The ideal candidate is a modern accounting executive who combines deep accounting expertise with exceptional operational leadership, strategic thinking, and a transformation mindset. They have successfully led and scaled accounting organizations in complex, high-growth environments and understand what it takes to build a world-class, public-company-ready accounting function.

Responsibilities

Corporate Accounting & Financial Reporting

• Provide leadership and oversight across corporate accounting, general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, lease accounting, consolidations, and related accounting operations.
• Lead consolidated financial reporting ensuring timely and accurate financial results in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Establish and maintain accounting policies, governance, and processes and lead the evaluation and implementation of new accounting standards.
• Deliver meaningful financial information and insights to support executive decision-making.

Public Company & SOX Readiness

• Support the design and implementation of a scalable SOX compliance framework, including strong business-process controls, governance, documentation, and accountability.
• Strengthen the accounting organization’s infrastructure across close and consolidation, SEC-quality financial reporting, accounting policies, technical accounting, internal controls, systems, documentation, and audit readiness.

Accounting Operations & Transformation

• Lead the standardization and optimization of accounting processes globally, establishing clear ownership, performance expectations, service levels, and measurable outcomes.
• Champion continuous improvement and identify opportunities to reduce manual effort, simplify processes, accelerate cycle times, and improve the quality and accessibility of financial information.
• Bring a technology-forward mindset to Accounting, identifying opportunities to leverage automation, AI, standardized workflows, and modern financial systems to improve speed, accuracy, scalability, controls, and insight.

Treasury & Cash Management

• Strengthen processes supporting cash visibility, liquidity management, cash positioning, and working capital optimization.
• Develop recommendations that support effective capital deployment, liquidity management, and financial risk management.

Leadership & Business Partnership

• Lead, develop, and scale a high-performing accounting organization building organizational depth, leadership capability, accountability, and opportunities for professional growth.
• Create an environment that attracts, develops, engages, and retains exceptional accounting talent.
• Build strong partnerships to drive alignment and successfully execute cross-functional initiatives.

What Success Looks Like

• A scalable, high-performing global accounting organization with strong leadership depth and clear accountability.
• A faster, more predictable, and increasingly automated financial close.
• Standardized global accounting processes supported by strong systems, data, and controls.
• Financial reporting and accounting infrastructure capable of operating at public-company standards.
• A robust and sustainable SOX and internal-control environment.
• Greater use of technology, automation, and AI across accounting workflows.
• An accounting organization recognized as a trusted, strategic partner to the business.

Qualifications

• Strong executive presence and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, navigate complex issues, resolve escalations, and drive alignment across functions.
• 15+ years of progressive accounting experience with demonstrated success leading and developing complex accounting organizations in a global environment.
• Public-company accounting experience; a deep understanding of U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements, SOX and audit requirements.
• Demonstrated success leading accounting transformation, process standardization, automation, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA required.
• A collaborative, pragmatic leadership style and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, high-growth environment.