Chief Accounting Officer

Join the Microvast Team (NASDAQ: MVST), a technology innovator that designs, develops and manufactures lithium-ion battery solutions. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Stafford, TX, Microvast is renowned for its cutting-edge cell technology and its vertical integration capabilities which extend from core battery chemistry (cathode, anode, electrolyte, and separator) to battery packs.

Microvast is seeking a Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) to lead the enterprise’s global accounting, reporting, and controls functions. This executive will drive the integrity and accuracy of financial reporting, oversee SOX compliance and internal controls, and serve as a strategic finance partner to senior leadership on capital markets, transactions, and business growth initiatives. This is a highly visible public‑company role reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with direct impact on Microvast’s governance, financial transparency, and long‑term value creation.

• Direct and oversee all aspects of the accounting and control functions of the organization; accountable for the development, deployment, and implementation of all company methods, procedures, and practices to safeguard the assets of the enterprise and to properly reflect its financial results.
• Set the strategic direction for the development and deployment of financial and reporting processes that ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, any other local accounting standards, and the regulatory environment, thereby mitigating risk in the market.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CFO, CEO, President and other senior leaders on financial accounting, financial reporting, and other key accounting and controls matters; provide key partner to the CEO, President and CFO on strategic business initiatives by understanding and communicating the accounting and financial implications of various growth strategies and transactions.
• Participate in financial due diligence and integration activities, including accounting quality of earnings analysis, pre‑close integration planning, post‑close decentralized accounting activities, and post‑acquisition business and systems integration.
• Support in all required company filings related to capital market activities.
• Provide robust, reliable data with consistent definitions so the enterprise has a single view of the financial and business facts to support management decisions.
• Serve as key point of contact with the external audit firm to ensure timely and efficient completion of all reviews and audits.
• Maintain, upgrade, and/or support in implementation of the optimal ERP system and broader finance IT infrastructure necessary to record financial transactions and generate the company's financial statements.
• Help lead the implementation of new financial systems; modernize and simplify the function with a focus on improving efficiency while lowering costs across financial processes in both field and corporate operations.
• Oversee tax team responsible for strategic planning to minimize cash tax exposure, timely and accurate statutory reporting, tax‑related accounting estimates, and close collaboration with business operations on all indirect tax matters.
• Attract, develop, motivate, and manage a high‑performance and high‑potential team.

• 15+ years in progressive accounting leadership; minimum 10+ years as CAO of a public company traded on the NYSE or NASDAQ; deep expertise in US GAAP, IFRS and CAS, SEC, SOX.
• Active U.S. CPA certification is required.
• Big 4 experience is strongly preferred.

The ideal candidate will bring a track record of driving change, with ample executive courage to make difficult recommendations and/or decisions. They will possess a business partner mindset, an authentic leadership style, and impactful communication and influencing skills.

• Experience leading accounting operations at scale.
• Demonstrated success modernizing systems/ERP and lifting process maturity.
• Experience partnering with executive leadership, auditors, Audit Committees.
• Industrial/technology manufacturing experience preferred.
• Strong computer skills e.g., Microsoft…