Director of Accounting

The role owns accurate and timely reporting, accounting operations, U.S. GAAP and the internal controls environment; provides disciplined oversight of manufacturing and commercial accounting and partners closely with the Director of Finance, Director of Manufacturing Operations, FP&A leader, and business leadership; develops organizational capability through coaching, talent development, and succession planning within the accounting team; and supports acquisitions from diligence through integration.

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close and deliver complete, accurate, and ensuring complete, accurate, and timely financial reporting.
• Ensure financial statements, general ledger activity, account reconciliations, reserves, accruals, fixed assets, inventory, and other accounting records comply with U.S. GAAP, reporting calendars, and internal controls.
• Review complex and highly judgmental accounting matters, maintain strong balance-sheet discipline, and drive timely root cause resolution of discrepancies and control issues.
• Maintain financial governance over working capital and cash conversion, including receivables, inventory, payables, credit, excess and obsolete reserves, physical inventories, and cycle counts.
• Manufacturing & Commercial Accounting
• Own the inventory accounting, absorption, and manufacturing variances, including material, labor, overhead, purchase price, productivity, and capacity variances.
• Ensure accurate gross-margin reporting by business unit, product, and site, and support operational, commercial, and strategic business decisions with fact-based accounting and cost insights.

• Maintain a robust internal control environment that supports compliance with U.S. GAAP and financial reporting standards.
• Support inorganic growth through financial due diligence, accounting assessments, purchase-accounting support, opening-balance-sheet validation, control design, systems and process integration, and post-close stabilization.
• Identify risks early, establish clear ownership and action plans, and ensure issues are resolved promptly and sustainably.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Director of Finance and business leadership on accounting implications, financial risk, working capital, investments, and operational decisions.
• Partner with FP&A by providing high-integrity actuals, accounting judgments, operating drivers, and risk and opportunity insights that enable planning, forecasting, and performance management.
• Support pricing, sourcing, make-or-buy, capital, and other strategic decisions; validate the financial integrity of business cases, accounting treatment, and realized benefits.
• translate complex accounting and operational matters into clear, actionable recommendations and maintain ownership through resolution.
• Working Capital, Credit & Cash Management
• Maintain oversight of working capital performance, including accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable, and cash flow.
• Partner with business leaders to establish and execute actions that improve receivables performance, inventory turns, payment practices, and cash conversion.
• Oversee credit and collections policies and practices, including assessment of customer credit risk and resolution of past-due balances.
• Monitor inventory levels, excess and obsolete reserves, physical inventory activities, cycle-count results, and inventory adjustments.
• Review working capital trends and communicate risks, opportunities, and corrective actions to leadership.
• Ensure appropriate financial governance and controls are maintained throughout order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and inventory-management processes.
• Leadership & Organizational Capability
• Lead, coach, and develop the accounting team; establish clear accountability, cross-training, succession plans, and high standards of execution.
• Build strong partnerships across accounting, operations, FP&A, commercial teams, shared services, IT, tax, and corporate finance.
• Foster a culture of integrity, constructive challenge, continuous improvement, collaboration, and disciplined follow-through.
• Maintain an appropriately staffed organization supported by scalable processes as the business portfolio grows and evolves.
• Establish clear performance expectations, conduct regular performance evaluations, and support ongoing professional development for members of the accounting team.