Manager - Controllership, Financial Reporting

Greif is a global leader in performance packaging located in 40 countries. The company delivers trusted, innovative, and tailored solutions that support some of the world's most demanding and fastest-growing industries. With a commitment to legendary customer service, operational excellence, and global sustainability,
Greif packages life's essentials - and creates lasting value for its colleagues, customers, and other stakeholders.

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032726 Manager - Controllership, Financial Reporting (Open)

Founded in 1877,
Greif is a global leader in performance packaging located in 40 countries. The company delivers trusted, innovative, and tailored solutions that support some of the world’s most demanding and fastest-growing industries. With a commitment to legendary customer service, operational excellence, and global sustainability, Greif packages life’s essentials – and creates lasting value for its colleagues, customers, and other stakeholders.

The Manager, Financial Reporting will lead a team responsible for the company’s financial consolidation, SEC reporting, and regulatory filings. This role partners with executive leadership, oversees internal controls and technical account, supports audit activities, and drives the implementation of accounting standards and best practices across a multi-national public organization.

• Leads the monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidation and closing activities, including leading the execution of appropriate internal controls.
• Leads preparation of quarterly and annual reports filed with the SEC. Specifically, Form 10Q, 10K, 11K and 8K.
• Overseas preparation of Greif’s quarterly earnings release, conference calls and other investor presentations.
• Investigates and resolves variances in reporting.
• Recommends and presents standard global accounting policies and procedures.
• Assists with monitoring of Greif’s global internal control program, including recommending and implementing best practices across the global strategic business units.
• Supports the external audit and assist with internal audit matters as well.
• Provides primary oversight and review for key subject matter experts and areas, including pension, leases and goodwill valuation specialists.
• Interacts with other functional areas within the company for matters such as assisting with the accounting review of complex legal entity transactions, performing technical accounting research, and resolving other accounting inquiries.
• Acts as a point of contact for Greif's global Strategic Business Units.
• Ensures implementation of new accounting standards and assist with acquisition integration activities.
• Completes special projects as assigned.

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, minimum
• Certified Public Accountant designation, or equivalent
• 6+ years accounting experience
• Accounting or auditing experience in an SEC reporting environment
• Public accounting experience preferred
• Experience with a multi-national company preferred

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong problem solving skills and the ability to work independently is a must.
• Collaborative working style and the ability to work effectively across multiple departments and geographies.
• Ability to present to executive leadership.
• Strong coaching skills to develop and oversee 3-5 staff members on a daily basis.
• Strong computer skills required particularly in Microsoft Office, including Copilot, and quick to learn other digital tools (i.e. Alteryx, ChatGPT, etc.) that will be used throughout the role.
• Experience in Workiva and Oracle cloud consolidation system a plus.

The pay range for this position is $ - $. Typically, a competitive wage for new hires will fall between $ to $. Offers for this position may vary based on market data and other factors such as job-related…