Director of Accounting Transformation

• 12+ years of progressive experience in accounting, controllership, finance transformation, shared services, or related disciplines. \n

• Significant accounting/finance transformation experience is essential, ideally involving R2R, shared services, GBS, COE, or BPO initiatives. \n

• Publicly traded company experience required, with an understanding of complex accounting environments, financial reporting, and internal controls. \n

• Strong understanding of Record-to-Report processes, including month-end close, financial reporting, reconciliations, and accounting governance. \n

• Proven ability to lead global, enterprise-wide transformation initiatives across multiple business units, functions, or geographies. \n

• Exceptional stakeholder management, executive communication, and ability to influence without direct authority. \n

• Experience leveraging ERP systems, process automation, and technology to improve accounting operations; SAP or Oracle experience preferred. \n

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field. \n

• CPA and manufacturing experience are preferred, but not required. \n

This is not a traditional Accounting Director role focused on managing month-end close or overseeing day-to-day accounting operations. Instead, you’ll have the opportunity to help shape the future of a global accounting organization by driving standardization, simplification, centralization, automation, and process improvement across multiple regions.

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What You’ll Be Doing:

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• Lead the development and execution of a multiyear global accounting transformation strategy, with a strong focus on Record-to-Report processes. \n

• Evaluate opportunities to standardize, centralize, simplify, and automate accounting processes across global operations. \n

• Help shape future-state operating models, including Shared Services, GBS, Centers of Excellence, and potential outsourcing partnerships. \n

• Partner with regional accounting leaders to identify inefficiencies, improve processes, and implement consistent global standards. \n

• Drive large-scale transformation initiatives involving process design, governance, internal controls, and technology enablement. \n

• Collaborate with Finance Technology and IT to identify opportunities for ERP optimization, automation, workflow improvements, and emerging technologies. \n

• Establish performance metrics, governance frameworks, and continuous improvement initiatives. \n

• Influence senior stakeholders across multiple regions and drive organizational change without direct reporting authority. \n

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Upside Search is partnering with a global, publicly traded manufacturing organization that is looking to add a Director of Global Accounting Transformation to its corporate accounting leadership team. This is a newly created, highly visible position reporting directly to the Chief Accounting Officer, with responsibility for leading a multiyear transformation of the organization’s global accounting processes.