Manager II, Compliance

Regal Rexnord; Ciserano; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

20-40% travel

Job summary

Regal Rexnord is seeking an EMEA Controls & Compliance Manager to partner with regional finance leaders, ensuring US GAAP compliance and strong internal controls across the EMEA region. You will guide policy application, perform control reviews, and report results to senior management.

The role involves coordinating with internal and external auditors, driving improvements, and supporting acquisitions. Expect 20–40% travel with a hybrid work model at Regal Rexnord locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting and CPA preferred.
• Extensive audit and internal controls experience.
• Strong knowledge of Sarbanes‑Oxley and US GAAP.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with site and finance leaders across EMEA for internal control guidance.
• Perform reviews of internal controls and financial processes in EMEA.
• Evaluate processes to identify risk areas and recommend improvements.
• Assist with implementing new controls and policies.
• Share best practices with regional teams and controllers.
• Coordinate with internal and external auditors for audits.
• Lead balance sheet reviews for business units.
• Support control alignment for new acquisitions in EMEA.
• Work with Internal Audit to remediate deficiencies.
• Monitor statutory audits and coordinate with auditors and local entities.
• Travel 20‑40% as required.

Skills

Audit

SOX

Internal controls

English proficiency

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

CPA licensure

Tools

AuditBoard

OneStream

SAP

Oracle ERP

Excel

Job description

Work Model

You’ll work in a hybrid model, onsite at your designated Regal Rexnord location, with flexibility to work remotely.

Scope of leadership role

The EMEA Controls & Compliance Manager role will serve as a liaison and business partner with Regal Rexnord’s key finance individuals located in the EMEA region, providing guidance and proactive support on Regal Rexnord’s accounting policies and internal controls to ensure the appropriate application of US GAAP, compliance with the Company’s accounting policies and consistency throughout the organization. This role will also conduct regular and recurring reviews of internal controls and financial processes at Regal Rexnord EMEA facilities, document procedures performed, and communicate results to management. The EMEA Controls & Compliance Manager role is a full-time role and reports to the Director of Controls & Compliance with significant visibility to various stakeholders throughout the Company, including the Segment CFOs, and Segment Controllers.

Key Responsibilities

• Closely liaison with site and finance leaders across EMEA to provide guidance and proactive support on internal control and policy-related matters
• Perform reviews over key internal controls and financial processes at Regal Rexnord business operations within EMEA. Participate in all phases of the review including risk assessment, planning, execution, and communicating results.
• Evaluate business processes to identify areas of risk, identify related operational and financial controls, assess efficiency and effectiveness of controls and processes, and assist in developing recommendations for improvements.
• Assist business groups with implementing new controls, policies, accounting guidance, etc.
• Identify and share best practices with personnel at Regal Rexnord EMEA operations, the Controls Group and segment/divisional Controllers to drive improvements across global operations.
• Coordinate with and support internal and external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audit.
• Participate in and/or perform business unit balance sheet reviews.
• Provide proactive support for any new business acquisitions, including leading the efforts on control alignment and control documentation for any new EMEA locations.
• Partner with Internal Audit team to ensure timely remediation of control deficiencies.
• Assist with Business Unit Finance and Operations teams with control deficiency assessments and remediation efforts.
• Monitor completion of statutory audits to ensure timeliness with local requirements.
• Identify target entities for statutory auditor alignment with select audit firms and lead coordination efforts between auditors, Corporate, and local foreign entity.
• Moderate travel required (20‑40%).

Professional Experience / Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Accounting
• Certified Public Accountant licensure strongly preferred
• 7 – 10 years of progressive audit or accounting experience
• Large public accounting and/or large US public company experience strongly preferred
• Strong understanding and experience in Sarbanes‑Oxley
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to quickly establish a personal brand within the organization to drive cross functional collaboration and influence resources outside one’s direct responsibility
• Ability to lead through influence
• Self‑starter with good organization and planning skills
• Engaging approach that builds rapport and cohesiveness within the team
• Insightful ability to identify trends and themes for continuous improvement across the function
• Ability to overcome obstacles and achieve objectives, changing direction along the way to achieve business objectives
• Commitment to coaching and mentoring staff to enhance the proficiency, competencies and long‑term development of the team
• Motivated by and thrives in a fast‑paced environment with frequent ad hoc requests and changing priorities.
• Manufacturing experience is a plus
• Experience with AuditBoard, OneStream, SAP, Oracle ERP system a plus
• Must have strong experience with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Strong spoken and written English skills required

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools. The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture. Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

At Regal Rexnord, our business purpose is to create a better tomorrow with sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion.

Our Values

Our values frame our culture - a shared understanding of how we think and act relative to our key stakeholders. We center our behaviors, actions and decisions around the following values: Integrity Responsibility Diversity, Engagement & Inclusion Customer Success Innovation with Purpose Continuous Improvement Performance Passion to Win ….with a Sense of Urgency