About the job
Key Responsibilities
Shared Services Leadership
- Lead end-to-end shared services accounting operations, including:
- General Ledger
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable / Cash Application
- Fixed Assets
- Intercompany accounting and eliminations
- Treasury
- Month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close
- Establish and continuously improve standardized accounting processes across all entities.
- Drive service level agreements (SLAs), KPIs, and performance metrics for shared services delivery.
- Build a scalable operating model to support growth, M&A, and organizational complexity.
Financial Close & Reporting
- Own the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of the consolidated close process.
- Ensure compliance with IFRS
- Partner with FP&A to ensure alignment between actuals, forecasts, and management reporting.
Controls, Compliance & Audit
- Design, implement, and maintain strong internal controls
- Serve as a key point of contact for external auditors and internal audit.
- Ensure consistent application and documentation of the accounting policy across the organization.
- Proactively identify and remediate control gaps and process risks.
Process Improvement & Automation
- Lead accounting transformation initiatives, including:
- ERP optimization and implementations
- Automation (RPA, workflow tools, close acceleration)
- Master data governance
- Eliminate manual work, reduce close cycle time, and improve data quality.
- Champion best practices in shared services and continuous improvement.
People Leadership
- Build, mentor, and retain a high-performing accounting shared services team.
- Develop clear career paths, succession planning, and talent development programs.
- Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, and service orientation.
Business Partnership
- Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders on accounting impacts of strategic initiatives.
- Maintain strong relationships with banking partners, including coordination on account management, compliance requirements, financing arrangements, and information requests.
- Support M&A activity, including integration of acquired entities into shared services.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to align accounting operations with business needs.
Set yourself apart
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required (or strongly preferred).
- 12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including senior leadership roles.
- Demonstrated experience leading accounting shared services in a complex, multi-entity environment.
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and U.S. GAAP
- Proven success driving large-scale process improvement and transformation initiatives.
- Experience with major ERP systems (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Workday).
- Prior experience supporting M&A and integration activities is a plus.
