VP, Chief Accounting Officer

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The VP, Chief Accounting Officer, reports to the Chief Financial Officer and provides enterprise leadership for AGCO's global accounting and controllership function. The role is accountable for accurate and timely accounting and financial reporting, effective internal controls over financial reporting, consistent application of accounting standards, and the strategic direction and performance of the global controllership organization.

As a member of the Finance leadership team, the VP, Chief Accounting Officer advises senior leaders on significant accounting and financial-statement implications, supports strategic transactions, strengthens technical accounting capability and talent, and leads global process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement.

Your Impact Accounting Strategy and Global Governance Develop and execute the global accounting and controllership strategy in alignment with AGCO and Finance priorities.

Establish enterprise accounting policies, governance standards, operating models, priorities, and resource requirements.

Ensure accounting standards, policies, and reporting requirements are applied consistently across business units, regions, subsidiaries, and legal entities.

Advise executive leadership on the accounting and financial-reporting implications of significant business decisions, proposed transactions, and regulatory developments.

Financial Close, Consolidation, and External Reporting Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual close and consolidation processes, including intercompany eliminations, journal entries, reconciliations, cash-flow reporting, and corporate-level accounting activities.

Oversee preparation of internal and external financial statements, reports, and disclosures, ensuring accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and compliance with U.S. GAAP, SEC requirements, statutory laws, and company policies.

Direct accounting for complex and non-routine matters, including stockholders' equity, leases, goodwill, intangible assets, acquisitions, dispositions, and capital-markets activities.

Ensure significant accounting, consolidation, reconciliation, and reporting matters are investigated, communicated, and resolved promptly.

Technical Accounting and Policy Direct technical accounting research and approve accounting analyses, position papers, policies, and implementation plans for significant or unusual matters.

Assess new and proposed accounting standards and determine their impact on financial statements, disclosures, policies, systems, controls, and processes.

Provide executive guidance on accounting treatment for proposed and completed transactions and communicate material developments to senior management and other stakeholders.

Build technical accounting acumen across the global controllership organization.

Internal Controls, Compliance, and Audit Lead the design, maintenance, assessment, and continuous improvement of internal controls over financial reporting and strengthen the organization's internal-controls culture.

Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and support management assessments and external attestation activities.

Ensure control gaps are evaluated, remediation plans are established, and corrective actions are completed on a timely basis.

Serve as the senior accounting contact for external auditors and oversee preparation for audits and resolution of material accounting and reporting matters.

Partner with Internal Audit, Legal, Tax, Treasury,…