Accounting Team Lead– General Ledger & Closing

Siemens Energy; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth

Health and wellness benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking an Accounting Team Lead – General Ledger & Closing to drive close processes across North America, ensuring accurate financial reporting and compliance.

You will partner with regional stakeholders and auditors, standardize workflows, and lead automation initiatives to strengthen governance and resilience within the accounting organization.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive accounting experience focused on GL, close, and governance.
• Experience collaborating with auditors and senior management in multinational settings.
• Strong IFRS and Local GAAP knowledge with complex month/quarter/year-end closes.
• SAP and MS Office mastery with exposure to automation and digital tools.
• Leadership experience, mentorship, and cross-functional influence.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closes across NA entities following IFRS and local policies.
• Enhance documentation, controls, and knowledge transfer within Accounting.
• Standardize close processes, improve controls, and drive efficiency and consistency.
• Drive automation and digital transformation using analytics, Power BI, Alteryx, and RPA.
• Collaborate with Operations, Tax, Treasury, and Compliance to support reporting and audits.
• Mentor accounting team members and build relationships with management and auditors.

Skills

Leadership

IFRS knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Auditor liaison

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

CPA or equivalent designation (preferred)

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Power BI

Power Query

Alteryx

RPA

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

As the Accounting Team Lead – General Ledger & Closing, you will play a critical role in ensuring continuity of key accounting and financial reporting processes across North America. You will partner closely with regional stakeholders, business leaders, auditors, and finance teams to deliver accurate and compliant financial statements while driving standardization, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives. This role is part of Siemens Energy's long-term succession and capability-building strategy, designed to strengthen our accounting organization, reduce key-person dependencies, and build strength for future leadership needs. You will have the opportunity to develop expertise across complex accounting topics, local regulatory requirements, and digital transformation initiatives.

A Snapshot of Your Day

As the Accounting Team Lead – General Ledger & Closing, you will play a critical role in ensuring continuity of key accounting and financial reporting processes across North America. You will partner closely with regional stakeholders, business leaders, auditors, and finance teams to deliver accurate and compliant financial statements while driving standardization, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives. This role is part of Siemens Energy's long-term succession and capability-building strategy, designed to strengthen our accounting organization, reduce key-person dependencies, and build strength for future leadership needs. You will have the opportunity to develop expertise across complex accounting topics, local regulatory requirements, and digital transformation initiatives.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Lead and provide oversight for month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities across North American legal entities, ensuring timely, accurate, complete, and compliant financial reporting in accordance with IFRS, Local GAAP, Siemens Energy policies, and internal accounting standards.
• Serve as a key contributor to business continuity and succession planning within the Accounting organization by building deep expertise in critical General Ledger, closing, and financial reporting processes, strengthening documentation and controls, and ensuring effective knowledge transfer and organizational resilience.
• Identify and implement opportunities to standardize accounting and close processes across North America, improve controls and reporting quality, reduce process complexity, and establish scalable ways of working that enhance efficiency and consistency across the organization.
• Drive automation, digitalization, and continuous improvement initiatives across General Ledger and financial close processes, leveraging data analytics, Power BI, Power Query, Alteryx, RPA, and emerging technologies to improve reporting accuracy, reduce manual activities, and enable more efficient decision-making.
• Partner with business stakeholders, Operations, Tax, Treasury, Controlling, and other Finance functions to resolve complex accounting matters and support statutory reporting, external and internal audits, internal controls, regulatory requirements, and financial reporting compliance across North America.
• Mentor and develop accounting team members while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement. Build strong relationships with management, auditors, and cross-functional stakeholders while providing insights and recommendations that strengthen the overall effectiveness of the Accounting organization.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; CPA or equivalent professional accounting designation is preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including significant experience with General Ledger, financial close, financial reporting, and accounting governance responsibilities.
• Strong technical knowledge of IFRS, Local GAAP, financial reporting, internal controls, and complex month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, with the ability to address complex accounting matters and ensure compliance with applicable requirements.
• Demonstrated experience working effectively with auditors, senior management, and cross-functional stakeholders in a multinational environment; experience within the energy, manufacturing, engineering, industrial, or other complex global organizations is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Office applications, with experience leading automation, digital transformation, process standardization, or continuous improvement initiatives. Knowledge of Power BI, Power Query, Alteryx, RPA, data analytics, or similar technologies is highly preferred, along with experience supporting statutory and regulatory reporting across North America.
• Demonstrated leadership, analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to mentor others, influence stakeholders, manage complex priorities, drive knowledge continuity, and operate effectively in a dynamic, high-accountability environment.
• Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Rewards

• Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture
• Company paid Health and wellness benefits
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays
• 401K savings plan with company match
• Family building benefits
• Parental leave

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