Global Director, General Ledger & Close Excellence

Caiready; United States; On-site; USD 160,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

CAI is seeking a Global Director of General Ledger to lead the Record-to-Report process across multiple countries, ensuring timely monthly closes, accurate reconciliations, and robust consolidation. The role requires strong accounting expertise and governance across entities.

Responsibilities include establishing global GL policies, partner with FP&A for reporting insights, and coordinating with Tax & Audit to ensure regulatory compliance and audit readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required; CPA, ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CMA, or equivalent preferred.
• 8+ years of accounting, general ledger, controllership, consolidation, or record-to-report experience, including leadership in a multi-entity or multi-country environment.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and experience applying accounting standards to complex transactions.
• Experience with ERP systems, close management tools, multi-currency accounting, intercompany processes, acquisition integration, and internal controls is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the global Record-to-Report process, including close calendar management, journal entry standards, account reconciliations, accruals, allocations, intercompany accounting, fixed assets, and consolidation support.
• Establish global GL policies, procedures, account ownership standards, reconciliation templates, close checklists, certification requirements, and quality review routines.
• Provide technical accounting expertise on the interpretation and application of accounting standards, monitor changes in accounting standards and reporting requirements, and ensure relevant changes are implemented across the organization.
• Lead monthly and annual close execution across countries, shared services, and local finance teams, ensuring deadlines, review standards, issue escalation, and reporting dependencies are met.
• Maintain governance over the chart of accounts, legal entity structure, department and practice coding, cost centers, intercompany accounts, and reporting attributes.
• Partner with FP&A to ensure actual results are reported in ways that support management reporting, KPI analysis, profitability views, and decision support.
• Partner with the Tax & Audit to support compliance requirements and audit activities by ensuring accurate and timely financial information, reconciliations and supporting schedules.
• Support acquisition integration by mapping acquired company ledgers, converting chart of accounts, opening balance sheet support, standardizing close processes, and aligning accounting policies.
• Strengthen controls over manual journals, reconciliations, account ownership, recurring entries, intercompany settlements, fixed assets, accruals, and close certifications.

Skills

Leadership

Technical accounting

Accounting standards

Intercompany processes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

ERP systems

Close management tools

Job description

CAI is seeking a Global Director of General Ledger to lead the Record-to-Report process across multiple countries, ensuring timely monthly closes, accurate reconciliations, and robust consolidation. The role requires strong accounting expertise and governance across entities.

Responsibilities include establishing global GL policies, partner with FP&A for reporting insights, and coordinating with Tax & Audit to ensure regulatory compliance and audit readiness.