North America Controller

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We are the global market leader in pharmaceutical medicine, serving more than 200,000 customers in over 60 countries. Our mission is: “Together we create the future of personalized medicine.” With a focus on collaboration with prescribers, pharmacists, and customers, we aim to improve medications and help patients worldwide.

About The Job

The Senior Director, Accounting – North America Controller is the senior accounting leader for the North America region, responsible for accuracy, integrity, and governance of financial reporting across multiple light manufacturing operations. This role oversees regional accounting through three Business Controllers and ensures consistent application of accounting policies, strong internal controls, and disciplined cost and inventory accounting.

The North America Controller partners closely with operations, supply chain, FP&A, and executive leadership to support margin management, operational decision‑making, and scalable growth, while maintaining compliance with IFRS and corporate standards.

Key Responsibilities Regional Accounting Leadership

• Serve as the senior accounting authority for all North America manufacturing entities and distribution operations.
• Lead and align three Business Controllers supporting individual plants, product lines, or business units.
• Establish regional accounting standards, governance, and escalation processes.
• Act as the primary accounting partner to North America finance and operations leadership.

Financial Close & Reporting

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for the North America region.
• Ensure timely and accurate regional financial statements in compliance with IFRS.
• Review and approve key estimates and judgments, including reserves, accruals, and inventory valuation.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the Global Finance team.
• Partner with FP&A to ensure accurate manufacturing cost data, margin reporting, and variance analysis.

Manufacturing & Cost Accounting Oversight

• Provide leadership and oversight for:
  • Standard cost setting and maintenance
  • Bill of materials (BOM) accuracy and routing integrity
  • Inventory valuation, obsolescence, and excess & slow‑moving (E&O) reserves
  • Cost absorption, overhead allocation, and labor efficiency
  • Physical inventory counts and cycle count programs
• Ensure accurate product costing and gross margin reporting across plants.
• Partner with operations and supply chain to explain and improve manufacturing variances.

Controls, Compliance & Audit

• Maintain a strong internal control environment across North America manufacturing operations, including SOX compliance.
• Serve as the primary regional contact for external and internal auditors.
• Ensure proper controls over inventory, fixed assets, and capital projects.
• Lead remediation of audit findings and control gaps.

Technical Accounting & Policy Oversight

• Provide guidance on complex accounting matters, including:
  • Revenue recognition for manufactured goods
  • Inventory capitalization and variances
  • Fixed assets, capitalization, depreciation and impairments
  • Leases and intercompany manufacturing arrangements
• Review and approve technical accounting analyses and documentation.
• Partner with corporate accounting on new accounting standards and policy updates.

Business Partnership & Strategic Support

• Support manufacturing and supply chain leadership on cost, margin, and capacity decisions.
• Provide accounting leadership for capital investment decisions and post‑implementation reviews.
• Support M&A activity and integration of acquired manufacturing operations.
• Balance strong controls with operational practicality in a plant environment.

People Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead, coach, and develop three Business Controllers and their extended teams.
• Build accounting talent with strong manufacturing and operational acumen.
• Drive consistency and best practices across plant accounting organizations.
• Support succession planning and leadership development.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required.
• 12–15+ years of progressive accounting experience, including manufacturing environments.
• Prior…