Director of Accounting

For more than 65 years weve turned big ideas into solutions that help protect homes strengthen businesses and build a more resilient efficient sustainable energy future.

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As Director of Accounting youll serve as a senior finance leader and strategic business partner for Generacs Power Generation business group. Youll lead the month-end close financial reporting and analysis primary working capital management budgeting forecasting and decision support that helps leaders improve cash flow profitability cost efficiency and execution.

Youll lead a team and partner with the President of Power Generation the CFO and leaders across engineering product management operations supply chain strategic sourcing and commercial functions. This is an opportunity to shape financial discipline and insight across one of Generacs largest business groups while developing a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Month-End Close: Lead and manage the month-end close process ensuring timely and accurate financial statement preparation. Coordinate deliverables across the finance team and cross-functional partners review key judgments and account activity resolve issues and strengthen close discipline controls and continuous improvement.
• Financial Reporting & Analysis: Oversee monthly financial reporting ensuring accuracy and compliance with internal policies and U.S. GAAP. Analyze actual results compared with budget forecast and prior periods; identify key drivers risks and opportunities; and communicate monthly financial results and recommendations to the CFO and business group executive leadership.
• Primary Working Capital Management: Lead analysis of accounts receivable and inventory including production costs and variances. Partner with operations supply chain strategic sourcing and commercial leaders to identify root causes and provide actionable insights that improve cash flow management profitability inventory efficiency and cost performance.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Drive the budgeting and forecasting processes for product costs operating expenses and primary working capital. Establish assumptions challenge inputs evaluate risks and opportunities ensure alignment with business group goals and identify cost control and productivity opportunities.
• Team Leadership: Lead coach and develop a team of four direct reports. Set clear priorities and expectations build technical and business-partnering capabilities provide timely feedback support succession and development planning and foster a culture of accountability high performance collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Collaboration & Support: Serve as a trusted finance partner to leaders in engineering product management operations supply chain and strategic sourcing. Provide financial insights scenario analysis and recommendations to support decision making resource allocation product and cost initiatives and operational improvements.
  
  

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 10 years of progressive finance or accounting experience including significant responsibility for financial reporting planning analysis and business partnership.
• 5 years of experience leading and developing finance professionals.
• Demonstrated experience leading month-end close budgeting forecasting management reporting and executive-level financial analysis.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial statements.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• MBA CPA CMA or other relevant advanced degree or certification.
• Experience in a complex manufacturing consumer products or multi-channel business environment.
• Public-company experience and knowledge of internal controls and financial governance.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills; experience with SAP Power BI and OneStream.
• Experience analyzing inventory accounts receivable production costs standard costs and manufacturing variances.
• Demonstrated success influencing executive and cross-functional leaders through financial insight and recommendations.
• Experience leading process improvement reporting automation and finance transformation initiatives.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.