VP, Chief Accounting Officer

AGCO; Duluth, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 250.000 - 360.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

AGCO, a leading agricultural equipment company, seeks a VP, Chief Accounting Officer in Duluth, GA to lead AGCO's global accounting and controllership function. The role ensures accurate reporting, strong internal controls, and governance aligned with business strategy.

You will advise senior leaders, standardize processes, and drive transformation across global accounting, consolidation, and external reporting while partnering with the CFO and Board on strategic financial decisions.

Qualifikationen

• Experience leading global accounting and controllership teams.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, SEC requirements, and internal controls over financial reporting.
• Ability to advise senior leaders on accounting and financial reporting implications.

Aufgaben

• Develop and execute global accounting and controllership strategy.
• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual close and consolidation processes.
• Lead technical accounting research and policy development.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders on significant transactions.
• Strengthen internal controls and ensure SOX compliance.

Kenntnisse

Accounting leadership

Global governance

Financial reporting

SOX compliance

Technical accounting

Jobbeschreibung

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VP, Chief Accounting Officer

Date: Oct 14, 2026

Location:

Duluth, GA, US

Workplace Type: Onsite

Employment Duration: Permanent

Not everyone can claim to feed the world, but it is part of our every day. Behind everything we do for our farmers, there is one AGCO team making it happen. We are proud to put our curiosity to work, building a better and more sustainable world.

The VP, Chief Accounting Officer, reports to the Chief Financial Officer and provides enterprise leadership for AGCO's global accounting and controllership function. The role is accountable for accurate and timely accounting and financial reporting, effective internal controls over financial reporting, consistent application of accounting standards, and the strategic direction and performance of the global controllership organization.

As a member of the Finance leadership team, the VP, Chief Accounting Officer advises senior leaders on significant accounting and financial-statement implications, supports strategic transactions, strengthens technical accounting capability and talent, and leads global process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement.

Your Impact

• Accounting Strategy and Global Governance
  • Develop and execute the global accounting and controllership strategy in alignment with AGCO and Finance priorities.
  • Establish enterprise accounting policies, governance standards, operating models, priorities, and resource requirements.
  • Ensure accounting standards, policies, and reporting requirements are applied consistently across business units, regions, subsidiaries, and legal entities.
  • Advise executive leadership on the accounting and financial-reporting implications of significant business decisions, proposed transactions, and regulatory developments.
• Financial Close, Consolidation, and External Reporting
  • Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual close and consolidation processes, including intercompany eliminations, journal entries, reconciliations, cash-flow reporting, and corporate-level accounting activities.
  • Oversee preparation of internal and external financial statements, reports, and disclosures, ensuring accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and compliance with U.S. GAAP, SEC requirements, statutory laws, and company policies.
  • Direct accounting for complex and non-routine matters, including stockholders' equity, leases, goodwill, intangible assets, acquisitions, dispositions, and capital-markets activities.
  • Ensure significant accounting, consolidation, reconciliation, and reporting matters are investigated, communicated, and resolved promptly.
• Technical Accounting and Policy
  • Direct technical accounting research and approve accounting analyses, position papers, policies, and implementation plans for significant or unusual matters.
  • Assess new and proposed accounting standards and determine their impact on financial statements, disclosures, policies, systems, controls, and processes.
  • Provide executive guidance on accounting treatment for proposed and completed transactions and communicate material developments to senior management and other stakeholders.
  • Build technical accounting acumen across the global controllership organization.
• Internal Controls, Compliance, and Audit
  • Lead the design, maintenance, assessment, and continuous improvement of internal controls over financial reporting and strengthen the organization's internal-controls culture.
  • Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and support management assessments and external attestation activities.
  • Ensure control gaps are evaluated, remediation plans are established, and corrective actions are completed on a timely basis.
  • Serve as the senior accounting contact for external auditors and oversee preparation for audits and resolution of material accounting and reporting matters.
  • Partner with Internal Audit, Legal, Tax, Treasury, Information Technology, and business leadership on matters affecting financial-reporting integrity and compliance.
• Strategic Transactions and Business Partnership
  • Provide accounting, reporting, operational, and compliance support for acquisitions, divestitures, capital-markets activity, and other strategic transactions.
  • Partner with business units, regions, and functions to support disciplined transaction execution and seamless post-acquisition integration while minimizing financial-reporting and control risk.
  • Build effective relationships with senior leaders and the Board of Directors, translating complex technical matters into clear business implications and recommendations.
• Transformation and Process Excellence
  • Set the direction for global accounting process improvement, standardization, automation, and expansion of Enterprise Business Solutions and shared-services activities.
  • Sponsor improvements to financial systems, consolidation, close management, reconciliations, controls, and reporting capabilities.
  • Use emerging technologies to improve the quality, speed, efficiency, transparency, and reliability of accounting and reporting processes.
  • Establish governance and accountability for adoption of approved global processes and standards, ensuring technology and process changes preserve financial-information integrity.
• Organization and Talent Leadership
  • Lead a global controllership organization with direct reporting lines and matrix relationships across businesses and regions.
  • Select, develop, coach, and retain leaders and professionals with the technical skills, business acumen, and leadership capability required for current and future needs.
  • Create high-performing, accountable teams and a strong succession pipeline for controllership and the broader Finance organization.
  • Set clear goals and performance expectations, conduct talent and succession reviews, and promote integrity, collaboration, knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and a speak‑up culture.
• SEC External Reporting and Proxy
  • Provide executive leadership over AGCO's external financial reporting processes, including SEC filings (Form 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K), annual reports, earnings disclosures, and all accounting‑related aspects of the Company's annual proxy statement, ensuring the completeness, accuracy, and consistency of all public filings.
  • Serve as the primary finance partner to Legal