Senior Director, Accounting Policy, Process Risk, Compliance

Role Overview

• Own, develop, and maintains all accounting policies ensuring they are fit for purpose, align with U.S. GAAP and/or local statutory requirements and SEC requirements, and written in a way that feels accessible to BD associates.
• Establish standard interpretation frameworks, decision trees, and implementation guidance to reduce judgment risk and inconsistency.
• Serve as enterprise owner of internal controls over financial reporting overseeing the full population of SOX controls across all accounting and reporting activities impacting the accuracy and completeness of the financial statements.
• Establish standards for control design, documentation, evidence quality, and performance expectations, and re‑evaluate control design attributes annually and recommend enhancements to improve consistency, effectiveness, and auditability.
• Validate control design and operating effectiveness through monitoring, analytics, and targeted reviews and develop a governance framework for all control changes.
• Owns final evaluation of control deficiencies and reviews outcomes and remediation plans with Internal Audit and external auditors.
• Lead initiatives to harmonize historically decentralized controls into more consistent, enterprise‑wide approaches and drive continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen governance, reduce operational risk, and enhance scalability of the control environment.
• Drive control maturity by embedding scalable, repeatable practices and establishing KPIs to ensure consistent execution and long-term sustainability.
• Lead and coordinate the annual risk assessment process, including reassessment of key controls based on refreshed process understanding and walkthroughs and support enterprise‑wide risk assessment activities to align control focus with evolving business, operational, technology and regulatory risks.
• Design and maintain a structured accounting training curriculum covering key accounting policies and processes, ICFR expectations, SOX fundamentals, control owner responsibilities, and use of accounting systems and tools.
• Partner with leaders with Controllership, Internal Audit, GBS, and Finance to embed controls and policy expectations into day‑to‑day operations
• Lead cross‑functional projects and enterprise continuous improvement initiatives spanning Accounting, Finance, Operations, IT, and Compliance.
• Lead, manage, and develop a global, dispersed team of risk and controls professionals, fostering consistent standards, strong execution, and collaboration across regions and functions.
• Build strong partnerships across GBS, Controllership, BP&A, Tax, Treasury, IT, Internal Audit, and business finance teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting required; master’s degree preferred
• CPA required
• Minimum of 15+ years of relevant experience including public accounting, internal audit and/or leadership roles within a Controllership organization.
• Strong knowledge of SOX requirements, internal control frameworks, and audit expectations.
• Highly analytical, detail‑oriented, and capable of managing multiple complex initiatives simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively identify risks, diagnose issues, and drive practical remediation.
• Exceptional relationship‑building and communication skills, with the ability to influence across a global, matrixed organization.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible work hours
• Paid time off
• Professional development opportunities