Director of Accounting
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Job Summary
Director of Accounting
Salary / Classification: Exempt
Reports To: VP of Finance Americas
Job Summary
The Director of Accounting is responsible for leading and overseeing all accounting operations to ensure accurate timely and compliant financial reporting. This role provides strategic and handson leadership across general accounting close and consolidation statutory and audit support internal controls and continuous process improvement. The Director of Accounting partners closely with Finance leadership FP&A Tax AR/AP Treasury and external auditors to support business growth acquisitions and operational excellence.
This role requires a strong technical accounting background proven people leadership and experience operating in a multientity ERPenabled environment.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Reporting & Close
- Own the monthly quarterly and annual close processes ensuring accuracy timeliness and compliance with US GAAP and local statutory requirements
- Review and approve journal entries account reconciliations and financial statements
- Oversee balance sheet integrity and ensure timely resolution of reconciling items
- Lead consolidation and intercompany accounting activities across multiple legal entities
Accounting Operations & Controls
- Establish maintain and enhance accounting policies procedures and internal controls
- Ensure compliance with SOX internal control standards and corporate accounting policies
- Partner with Internal Audit and external auditors to support audits and resolve findings
- Drive consistency and standardization of accounting processes across entities
Leadership & Team Development
- Lead mentor and develop accounting managers and staff fostering a strong controlfocused and collaborative culture
- Provide clear direction performance management and succession planning for the accounting organization
- Support recruiting onboarding and training to build scalable accounting capabilities
Systems & Process Improvement
- Act as a key finance stakeholder for ERP and systems initiatives (e.g. SAP AX NetSuite BlackLine)
- Drive automation efficiency and best practices across close reconciliations and reporting
- Partner with IT and Finance transformation teams on system implementations and upgrades
CrossFunctional & Strategic Support
- Collaborate with FP&A Tax Treasury AR AP and Business Unit Finance on reporting and operational initiatives
- Support M&A activity including due diligence opening balance sheets and postacquisition integration
- Provide accounting guidance on complex transactions and new business initiatives
- Prepare and present accounting updates to senior leadership as needed
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance
- CPA required
- 10 years of progressive accounting experience including leadership roles
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP and internal controls
- Experience managing multientity accounting environments
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial systems
Preferred
- Big 4 or public accounting experience
- Experience in a multinational or matrixed organization
- ERP implementation or transformation experience
- Strong working knowledge of consolidation intercompany and statutory reporting
Key Competencies
- Proven people leadership and coaching ability
- Strong technical accounting judgment
- Ability to operate at both strategic and handson levels
- Processoriented with a continuous improvement mindset
- Strong communication skills with the ability to partner crossfunctionally
Why This Role Matters
The Director of Accounting plays a critical role in safeguarding the integrity of the companys financial records while enabling growth scalability and operational efficiency. This position is a key partner to Finance leadership and helps ensure the organization maintains strong governance while evolving with the business.
We are the ASSA ABLOY Group
Our people have made us the global leader in access return we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces physical and virtual safer more secure and easier to access.
As an employer we value results not titles or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions supporting them with regular feedback training and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact and we encourage them to grow their role locally regionally or even internationally.
As we welcome new people on board its important to us to have diverse inclusive teams and we value different perspectives and experiences.
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About Company
Let’s create a safer and more open world – together! ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in access solutions with sales of 11.4 billion euros and 52,000 employees. The Group has operations in over 70 countries and sales worldwide. ASSA ABLOY’s innovations enable safe, secure and convenie ... View more
