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Our client is seeking dynamic Chief Accounting Officer, to lead our accounting team during a period of significant growth. This position will oversee SEC reporting, technical accounting, SOX compliance, manage a team of 20+, build robust relationships with external tax and audit partners. The successful candidate will ensure financial reporting accuracy, implement standardized processes across global operations, and drive a culture of accountability and excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting and SOX Compliance:
- Manage the preparation and submission of all internal and external reporting including SEC filings, Forms 6-K, 20-F, and other regulatory reports
- Lead and maintain compliance with SOX requirements, ensuring rigorous audit processes and the implementation of recommendations.
- Oversee internal audit plans and ensure successful execution and adoption of recommendations.
Team Leadership and Development:
- Lead and mentor a global team of 20+ finance professionals across multiple locations, fostering collaboration, accountability, and high performance.
- Overhaul day-to-day operations by designing, implementing, and enforcing robust routines, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and internal controls to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
- Develop and deliver training programs to build team expertise in new processes, ensuring consistent execution and adherence to best practices across domestic and international operations.
- Cultivate a unified team culture by driving alignment across global operations, ensuring clear communication and effective collaboration.
External Tax and Audit Management:
- Manage relationships with external tax advisors and audit firms, ensuring smooth coordination and timely deliverables.
- Oversee domestic and international tax compliance, including transfer pricing and state/federal tax filings.
- Lead efforts to ensure seamless execution of external and internal audits.
Strategic Financial Oversight:
- Drive the preparation of consolidated financial statements and Board-level presentations.
- Implement standardized financial processes and reporting methodologies across global facilities.
- Collaborate with FP&A teams to provide decision-support data, including cost and pricing analysis and CAPEX ROI assessments.
- Manage all the executives benefits plan (ESOP and Bonus plans).
Operational and System Improvements:
- Evaluate and enhance ERP and BI systems to support streamlined reporting and data analysis.
- Reduce reporting cycle times while improving accuracy and transparency.
- Create a robust finance infrastructure that aligns with strategic growth objectives.
The Candidate
Experience and Professional Qualifications
- CPA required; undergraduate degree in Accounting or Finance is essential; MBA preferred.
- 10-15 years of experience in senior finance roles within publicly traded industrial companies.
- Expertise in SEC reporting, and U.S. GAAP, and SOX compliance.
- Proven success managing teams of 20+ in a multinational, matrixed environment.
- Strong analytical skills and experience with ERP/BI implementation.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment with dual reporting lines to the CFO and CEO.
- Demonstrated sound leadership in a fast-paced environment with competing resources and shifting priorities.
- Demonstrated analytical skills and capability to evaluate and solve complex problems.
- Demonstrated collaboration with Human Resources regarding hiring, evaluating employee performance, addressing performance issues, training and development and terminations.
- Strong decision making, attention to detail, time management and organizational skills.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, collaboration, and negotiation skills.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Results-driven and detail-oriented leader with a proven track record of building world-class finance organizations.
- Strong communicator with the ability to foster relationships across diverse teams and stakeholders.
- Ambitious and adaptable individual comfortable with ambiguity and capable of leading transformational change.
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally to support multi-site operations.
- Strong ability to navigate a complex, multi-cultural, and multi-site global environment.
- Proven capability to excel within a matrixed organizational structure with dual reporting relationships.
- Expertise in establishing scalable processes and systems to support a rapidly growing company.
- Adaptability and resourcefulness in driving financial excellence in dynamic and evolving environments.
- Thrives in a dynamic, high-pressure environment, effectively managing limited resources while demonstrating exceptional prioritization skills.
- Hands-on leadership style, leading by example and stepping in decisively to address challenges and drive solutions.
- Confident and assertive communicator, capable of engaging with the executive team, influencing decisions, and driving action without being overbearing.
- Exceptional presentation skills, delivering clear, impactful messages tailored to diverse audiences, including senior leadership.
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