Corporate Accounting Manager

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

• Lead month-end close activities across multiple corporate entities to ensure timely, accurate, and complete financial reporting.
• Oversee intercompany accounting processes, ensuring payroll, insurance, and other shared expenses are appropriately allocated across legal entities.
• Review and approve journal entries and account reconciliations and perform monthly balance sheet and income statement reviews to support a strong close process, financial accuracy, and meaningful variance analysis.
• Manage accounting for areas involving a higher degree of complexity, including stock-based compensation, insurance reserves, acquisition-related accounting, and complex accruals. Coordinate actuarial valuations and maintain supporting technical accounting documentation, as required.
• Serve as the primary finance representative for the insurance captive and nVent Foundation entities, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders and ensuring timely and accurate reporting deliverables.
• Partner with Enterprise FP&A to develop and manage budgets for Global Controllership and Enterprise Leadership functions, including monthly reporting, forecasting, and performance reviews.
• Lead, coach, and develop accounting team members, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Support internal and external audits, SOX compliance activities, and adherence to global accounting policies, controls, and reporting requirements.
• Leverage technology and automation to drive process improvements, strengthen internal controls, and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of accounting operations.
• Build strong partnerships with department leaders, business partners, and international accounting teams to support business objectives and ensure alignment across the organization.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required; CPA preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including public company experience preferred, along with 4+ years of people leadership experience.
• Strong foundation in corporate accounting, financial reporting, and general ledger management.
• Advanced knowledge of U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and financial reporting requirements.
• Experience working with large ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle, as well as financial consolidation and close management applications such as One Stream.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision‑making skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Highly collaborative leadership style with excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.
• Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and commitment to accuracy.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, and equivalent business productivity tools.

A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and…