Compensation: $190,000 - $215,000 + Bonus
Company Description
Our manufacturing client is seeking a Director of Accounting & Finance to lead accounting and financial reporting across a growing global organization. Reporting directly to the CFO, this role will manage a small team and play a key role in international consolidations, compliance, and financial strategy. The ideal candidate must have manufacturing experience, international consolidation experience, and a CPA license or public accounting upbringing.
Benefits
- High visibility with executive leadership
- Exposure to FP&A, budgeting, and strategic planning
- 401k company match
- Company-provided cell phone
Responsibilities
- Direct the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close, delivering timely and accurate financial statements across multiple entities.
- Manage global consolidations of domestic and international subsidiaries, ensuring consistency across different accounting systems.
- Maintain compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and support government and customer-led audits.
- Act as the lead contact for external financial audits and sales tax audits, coordinating schedules and resolving findings.
- Produce executive reporting packages with clear variance commentary against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
- Own the annual budget, periodic reforecasts, and multi-year operating plans.
- Build and maintain rolling cash flow forecasts while overseeing working capital and international letters of credit.
- Perform margin, product line, and customer profitability analysis to identify opportunities for growth and improvement.
- Partner with the CFO to establish and track key performance indicators that connect operational and financial results.
- Strengthen internal controls, accounting policies, and GAAP compliance throughout the organization and its foreign subsidiaries.
- Lead automation and process improvement efforts, applying AI tools to streamline finance workflows.
- Support future ERP and reporting system enhancements to improve consolidation and reporting efficiency.
- Lead, coach, and develop the accounting team, including oversight of international finance personnel.
- Collaborate with executive and operational leaders to align financial performance with business objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Manufacturing industry experience is required.
- CPA license and/or public accounting foundation are required.
- International and multi-entity consolidation experience is highly desired.
- FAR compliance experience is highly desired.
- Progressive accounting leadership experience, including team management
- Thorough understanding of GAAP and advanced Excel skills
- Ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams, business leaders, and external auditors to maximize performance and results