VP, Global Accounting

Vice President Global Accounting

 

Position Summary

The Vice President, Global Accounting reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer and serves as a key member of the Finance Leadership Team, providing strategic leadership for the Company's global accounting and financial reporting functions. This role has direct responsibility for all U.S. accounting operations while overseeing global financial consolidation, accounting policies, external financial reporting, treasury, debt reporting, and financial governance across 24 manufacturing and operating locations in six countries.

 

Following a transformational merger, the Vice President, Global Accounting will lead the integration of the accounting organizations by harmonizing accounting policies, financial processes, internal controls, consolidation systems, reporting, and governance to build a scalable, best-in-class global finance organization. This leader will partner closely with finance and operational leaders worldwide to standardize processes, strengthen internal controls, enhance financial reporting, and support the Company's continued growth strategy.

 

The successful candidate is a strategic and collaborative finance executive with deep technical accounting expertise and a proven track record leading finance transformation, mergers and acquisitions, and organizational change. This individual will serve as a trusted business partner, balancing long-term strategic initiatives with operational excellence in a fast-paced, private equity-backed manufacturing environment.

 

Success in this role requires exceptional leadership, sound judgment, accountability, and execution. The Vice President, Accounting will provide oversight of corporate accounting operations, direct the preparation and consolidation of internal and external financial reporting, ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements, evaluate and strengthen internal controls, and develop a high-performing accounting organization.

This leader will foster a culture of integrity, continuous improvement, collaboration, and operational excellence while challenging the status quo, driving process innovation, and influencing change across the organization. The ideal candidate demonstrates urgency, practicality, and accountability, with the ability to inspire teams and deliver results in a complex, global environment.

 

This role is fully onsite,  based at our headquarters in either Woburn, MA or Holt, MI.  

 

Principle Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Finance Integration & Transformation

• Lead the finance integration of the recently merged organizations, ensuring the successful harmonization of accounting organizations, policies, processes, controls, reporting, and governance.
• Develop and execute a multi-year finance transformation roadmap focused on standardization, scalability, automation, and operational excellence.
• Lead the integration and standardization of ERP systems, accounting workflows, financial reporting, and close processes across the enterprise.
• Partner with IT to implement finance system enhancements and automation initiatives.
• Implement and maintain a standardized global chart of accounts, accounting policies, and financial governance framework.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that reduce close cycle time, automate manual processes, and improve financial data quality.

U.S. Accounting Leadership

• Lead all U.S. accounting operations, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Direct the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process for U.S. operations while improving efficiency and quality.
• Build, develop, and mentor a high-performing U.S. accounting organization.
• Ensure compliance with corporate accounting policies and a strong internal control environment.

Global Consolidation & Financial Reporting

• Lead the global financial consolidation process across all legal entities.
• Partner with international finance teams to ensure timely, accurate, and consistent financial reporting.
• Prepare consolidated financial statements and executive reporting for senior leadership, lenders, owners, and the Board of Directors.
• Oversee foreign currency translation, consolidation adjustments, and intercompany accounting.
• Maintain enterprise-wide accounting policies and ensure consistent application across all global operations.

Technical Accounting & Acquisition Integration

• Serve as the Company's technical accounting leader for complex accounting matters.
• Lead purchase accounting, opening balance sheet validation, and post-acquisition accounting integration.
• Research and implement new accounting standards and provide accounting guidance on significant business transactions.
• Maintain accounting policy documentation and ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP.

Treasury & Debt Reporting

• Lead the Company's treasury function, including cash management, liquidity planning, and short-term cash forecasting.
• Manage banking relationships and optimize global cash management processes.
• Own all lender reporting, borrowing base certificates, debt covenant compliance, and related financial reporting requirements.
• Coordinate asset-based lending audits and support financing transactions, refinancing activities, and due diligence efforts.
• Partner with the CFO on capital structure, liquidity planning, and treasury strategy.

Internal Controls, Audit & Tax Oversight

• Design, implement, and continuously improve the Company's internal control framework.
• Standardize accounting processes and controls across the enterprise.
• Lead all external financial statement audits and maintain strong relationships with external auditors.
• Ensure timely completion of annual audits while driving continuous improvements in audit quality and efficiency.
• Provide executive oversight of the Company's tax function, including transfer pricing, income tax, indirect tax, and external tax advisors.
• Oversee corporate insurance programs and financial risk management activities.

Business Partnership & Leadership

• Partner with executive leadership to evaluate strategic initiatives, acquisitions and operational improvement opportunities.
• Support enterprise initiatives focused on productivity, working capital optimization, and profitability improvement.
• Build strong relationships across Operations, Procurement, IT, Treasury, Tax, and international finance organizations to promote collaboration and consistency.
• Develop talent, establish succession planning, and build organizational capability within the accounting organization.
• Perform other duties and strategic initiatives as assigned by the Chief Financial Officer.

 

Qualification Requirements

Credentials/Experience:

• Active CPA required.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• MBA or other advanced degree preferred.

 

Experience/Educational/Training Preferred:

• Minimum of 15 years of progressive accounting and finance leadership experience.
• Significant experience leading U.S. accounting for a multinational manufacturing organization.
• Demonstrated success leading finance integration following mergers and acquisitions.
• Extensive experience with acquisition accounting and purchase accounting.
• Experience leading ERP implementations, accounting system integration, and finance transformation initiatives.
• Public accounting experience required; Big Four experience strongly preferred.
• Private equity-backed company experience strongly preferred.
• Experience partnering with international finance organizations and managing global consolidations.

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Expert knowledge of U.S. GAAP, technical accounting, financial reporting, and consolidations.
• Extensive experience with acquisition accounting, purchase accounting, and post-merger integration.
• Strong understanding of multinational consolidations, foreign currency translation, and global financial reporting.
• Experience managing treasury operations, lender reporting, debt covenant compliance, and banking relationships.
• Proven ability to lead organizational change and large-scale finance transformation initiatives.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and executive presentation skills.
• Strong project management and cross-functional leadership capabilities.
• Highly analytical with outstanding business judgment and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive leadership and build collaborative relationships across a global organization.
• Results-oriented with a passion for continuous improvement, automation, and building world-class finance organizations.
• Highest standards of integrity, accountability, and professional ethics.

 

Other Requirements

Work Environment

This is an onsite position. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee will encounter while performing the essential functions of this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position requires a regular onsite presence to effectively collaborate with executive leadership, finance teams, and cross-functional business partners. Periodic travel may be required to support business operations, integration initiatives, and leadership meetings.

 

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee could be required to stand. The employee could frequently be required to walk; use hand to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee could be required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee could occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by the job could include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.  

Travel Requirements: up to 25%

 

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.  Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the Company.