Director Accounting Strategy & Systems

About Us

Shark Ninja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja, the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market, and developing one consumer product after another has allowed Shark Ninja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains.quartered

in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 3,600+ associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.

At Shark Ninja, our purpose is to positively impact people’s lives every day in every home around the world. We design and deliver high quality, innovative products that make life easier for consumers. We move fast, think big, and expect our leaders to build scalable solutions that support continued growth. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are core to our success. We value every voice and believe the best ideas come from teams that bring their authentic selves to work.

The Director of Accounting Strategy, Policy, and Systems is a critical leadership role responsible for optimizing how Finance operates through technology, data, and process design. This role partners closely with the Global and Regional Controllers, IT, and cross functional business teams to ensure accounting systems are scalable, well controlled, and designed to support efficient, high quality reporting.

The successful candidate will act as a systems and process architect for Accounting, connecting Oracle, Salesforce, High Radius, Power BI, and related tools into streamlined, end to end workflows that reflect the underlying economics of the business and reduce manual effort.

This role reports to the Global Controller and serves as a senior leader within the Global Accounting organization.

Accounting systems, process optimization and prioritization:

• Evaluate current accounting systems, integrations, and workflows to identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and standardize
• Own the accounting systems roadmap in partnership with IT and Finance leadership
• Ensure Oracle, Salesforce, High Radius, Power BI, and related tools are configured to support efficient close, accurate reporting, and strong internal controls
• Design future state workflows that reduce manual entries, reconciliations, and rework
• Partner with IT to translate accounting requirements into system solutions and configuration decisions

ERP and system initiatives:

• Provide accounting leadership for Oracle and related system initiatives across global teams
• Guide configuration, data conversion, testing, and cutover activities consistent with accounting requirements and global standards
• Ensure global accounting policies and system design are aligned and consistently applied
• Lead UAT planning, execution, and sign off for accounting related changes to all systems
• Act as the primary accounting escalation point for system issues, risks, and design decisions

Policy, controls, and governance:

• Ensure systems and processes support SOX compliance and audit requirements
• Partner with Internal Audit and External Audit to address system related findings and improvements
• Balance control rigor with operational efficiency

Change leadership and enablement:

• Serve as a accounting change champion for system and process transformation
• Develop and maintain SOPs, training materials, and job aids
• Deliver end user training and support post implementation
• Coach and develop accounting team members to build long term system ownership and expertise

Leadership and collaboration:

• Work cross functionally with FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Order to Cash, Source to Pay, and Operations
• Influence without authority in a fast paced, matrixed environment

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA preferred
• 8 to 10 years of progressive accounting experience in public accounting and or public company environments
• Deep knowledge of US GAAP and accounting operations
• Hands on experience with major ERP systems,…