Senior Director of Accounting

Senior Director of Accounting

Location: Denver, CO

Salary: $ USD Annually - $ USD Annually

Compensation: $220,000 - $250,000 base salary + 25% bonus + LTIP (Restricted Stock Units, $30,000 annual value)

Benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• STD
• LTD
• 401k match (6%)
• Tuition reimbursement
• 3 weeks PTO

Benefits start the first day of the month following hire.

Schedule: On-Site 5 days a week. 15% travel.

Reporting to the Vice President, Americas CFO, the Senior Director of Accounting, Americas is responsible for the end-to-end financial close for the Americas region, supporting nearly $2B in annual revenue. This leader will oversee accounting and controllership activities across the region, lead finance transformation and process-improvement initiatives, and drive a high-performing, scalable accounting organization.

The role will define and execute the strategy supporting accounting policies, oversee internal controls over financial reporting, and serve as a key technical accounting leader to ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and company accounting policies.

The successful candidate will bring deep expertise across accounting and finance, combined with a strong understanding of end-to-end business processes and information flows. This individual will be a trusted business partner who collaborates effectively with senior stakeholders across operations, IT, HR, commercial, product, distribution, and executive leadership.

This role requires a self-directed, entrepreneurial leader with a hands-on approach who can operate seamlessly at both strategic and operational levels. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, technically strong, strategic, and confident in navigating complexity while providing effective financial leadership.

Lead all accounting and controllership activities across the Americas region, overseeing regional accounting teams and ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting while supporting business performance and scalable growth.

Maintain oversight of treasury coordination, tax compliance, shared-services governance, and controllership processes.

Own and lead the monthly financial close process in partnership with FP&A, plant controllers, shared services, and regional finance teams, driving accountability, standardization, and continuous improvement in close execution and timelines.

Oversee consolidated close activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, reserves, balance-sheet governance, analytical reviews, inventory accounting, and identification of financial-reporting risks and opportunities.

Ensure financial reporting complies with U.S. GAAP, company accounting policies, SOX requirements, and applicable statutory and regulatory standards.

Serve as the senior accounting authority for the region, providing technical accounting leadership and guidance on accounting-policy interpretation, complex transactions, and application of accounting standards.

Drive consistency and standardization of accounting policies, close procedures, controls, reporting methodologies, and financial governance across the Americas organization.

Lead accounting assessments for revenue arrangements, procurement agreements, restructuring initiatives, acquisitions, legal-entity changes, and other complex business transactions to ensure appropriate accounting treatment.

Act as the primary liaison with internal and external auditors and partner with Corporate Accounting, Internal Audit, and Internal Controls teams to manage audits, strengthen controls, remediate deficiencies, and maintain an effective financial‑control environment.

Continuously assess risk areas and implement best practices that improve governance, reporting reliability, operational efficiency, and business decision support.

Lead finance transformation initiatives and system implementations, including ERP transitions and process standardization, to reduce manual work, improve data quality, accelerate close timelines, and modernize accounting operations.

Establish and monitor key accounting performance metrics, including close‑cycle time, reconciliation quality, audit outcomes, control effectiveness, and automation adoption.

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