Senior Director Financial Reporting

Carolina PRG has partnered with a confidential, publicly traded global organization to help build and strengthen its transformational finance leadership team during a critical period of growth, process enhancement, and organizational evolution. As part of this initiative, we are conducting a search for a Senior Director, Financial Reporting
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Hybrid schedule of 3 days in office per week*

* This highly visible leadership role will be instrumental in advancing the company's financial reporting, technical accounting, internal controls, and financial systems governance capabilities. The Senior Director will partner closely with executive finance leadership to drive sustainable improvements across financial reporting processes, SOX compliance, and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) governance within a complex multinational environment.

The Senior Director, Financial Reporting serves as a key finance leader responsible for overseeing global external financial reporting and governance of the organization's Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platform. This role will play a significant part in strengthening financial reporting processes, enhancing internal controls, supporting remediation initiatives, and building a scalable reporting infrastructure that supports continued growth and public company compliance. The Senior Director will collaborate extensively with the Chief Accounting Officer, CFO, Internal Audit, SOX Governance, IT, Legal, Controlling, and external auditors to implement best practices, improve financial reporting reliability, and elevate overall control maturity.

• Lead initiatives to strengthen financial reporting processes, disclosure controls, and internal control framework
• Support the execution of remediation plans related to identified control deficiencies and process improvement opportunities
• Partner with internal and external auditors to support testing, documentation, and compliance efforts
• Develop sustainable, well-documented processes and controls that promote accountability, consistency, and audit readiness
• Sserve as a key finance representative in discussions related to financial reporting, controls, and compliance matters
• Oversee the preparation and review of SEC filings, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K
• Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of external financial reporting and disclosures
• Partner with Legal, Investor Relations, and executive leadership to support transparent and effective external communications
• Drive process improvements that enhance the quality and efficiency of the close and consolidation process across global operations
• Collaborate with Controllership and FP&A teams to improve reporting consistency and scalability
• Lead governance, administration, and control oversight for the company's global EPM platform (Oracle FCCS/EPBCS or similar)
• Establish and maintain sustainable processes supporting:
  Global consolidations and eliminations, Multi-currency translation and remeasurement, Intercompany accounting and reconciliations, Management, segment, and statutory reporting, Planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis
• Develop global standards for system configuration, calculation logic, master data governance, and report certification
• Partner with IT and Finance leadership to strengthen access controls, segregation of duties, change management, and system governance
• Lead initiatives that improve automation, reporting efficiency, data quality, and audit governance
• Strengthen management review controls, system-dependent controls, and technical accounting review processes
• Support management's Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) certifications and related compliance activities
• Identify emerging financial reporting and compliance risks and proactively implement mitigation strategies
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that advance control maturity and operational excellence
• Lead and develop a high-performing team across technical accounting, financial reporting, consolidations, and EPM administration
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and process discipline
• Provide strong leadership during periods of organizational change and transformation
• Influence stakeholders across finance, operations, IT, and executive leadership to achieve strategic objectives

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required. 12+ years of progressive experience in the Big 4, financial reporting, audit, or controllership leadership roles
• Deep expertise in U.S. GAAP, SEC reporting, and SOX 404 compliance
• Experience supporting financial restatements, remediation efforts, or significant control transformation initiatives
• Demonstrated success improving processes, strengthening controls, and leading high-performing teams
• Experience overseeing global financial systems and EPM governance
• Big Four public accounting experience

• Experience with in complex, multinational public companies
• Background…