Chief Accounting Officer

Cooper Douglas is partnering with a high-growth, multi-site, multi-national company in conducting a confidential search for their Chief Accounting Officer to lead its global accounting organization This CAO role is designed for a transformative builder who thrives in a demanding, fast-paced environment, someone who can architect a world-class controllership function while still operating hands-on in the details.

Responsibilities:

• Set the overall accounting vision and operating model to support IPO readiness, public-company reporting, and ongoing global scale.

• Design and implement a controllership framework that meets the standards of public company investors, auditors, and regulators.

• Lead the company’s readiness for public-company life, including audit preparedness, process rigor, documentation, and control maturity.

• Own the preparation and integrity of GAAP financial statements, including consolidated balance sheet, income statement, cash flow, and related disclosures.

• Build and lead the external reporting function, including quarterly and annual filings (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K), earnings support, and related documentation.

• Establish disclosure controls and procedures aligned with SEC expectations and best practices.

• Own the global close calendar, ensuring a disciplined, predictable close across multiple entities, currencies, and jurisdictions.

• Oversee general ledger integrity, account reconciliations, intercompany accounting, eliminations, and consolidations.

• Author accounting policies, memos, and technical positions to support key judgments and complex or non-routine transactions.

• Evaluate new accounting standards, assess impact, and lead implementation across the organization.

• Implement best-in-class tools for consolidation, reporting, and analytics, enabling self-serve access to accurate financial data.

• Act as a key partner to FP&A on planning, forecasting, and variance analysis, ensuring alignment between actuals, budgets, and guidance.

• Collaborate with Tax on global structuring, provision, and compliance, ensuring accurate reporting and alignment with accounting.

• Attract and retain top talent who can perform in a demanding, high-accountability environment.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting with a CPA is required

• Public accounting with a strong preference for big 4 or a national firm is required.

• 15+ years experience including experience as a CAO, Corporate Controller, or VP/Head of Accounting for a multi-entity, multi-national organization preparing for or operating as a public company.

• Demonstrated experience leading IPO readiness or public-company transformation, including building SEC reporting, disclosure controls, and SOX-ready processes from the ground up.

• Ability to build, scale, and lead high-performing accounting teams in demanding, high-growth environments, setting clear standards for quality, speed, and ownership.

• Broad technical expertise across revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, leases, consolidations, foreign currency, and M&A/purchase accounting, with a history of authoring policies and technical memos.

Onsite
- Beverly Hills

Compensation $275,,000 + bonus + LTI

Candidates must currently reside in the Beverly Hills area.

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