Evident Industrial · 15 hours ago
Director Americas Accounting
Waltham, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$147K/yr - $220K/yr
10+ years expEvident Industrial, a Wabtec company, is focused on revolutionizing the way the world moves. They are seeking a Director of Americas Accounting to manage the accounting and financial reporting function for their North America operations, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and overseeing a team of accounting professionals.
Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Lead the Canadian and USA accounting teams, perform monthly closing and North America consolidation, reporting to Corporate Wabtec for global consolidation within stipulated timelines
Support BPO teams in North America business, including executing business process transformation. The BPO teams are located in Poland and India. He/She will collaborate with the Global Process Owners to manage the BPO teams
Solid knowledge of US GAAP and financial reporting, act as a resource for the accounting teams, and be able to liaise with external auditors and manage the annual and statutory audit processes
Ensure that US GAAP standards and internal policies are appropriately applied
Ability to draft and implement accounting policies and accounting memorandum
Ensure and establish effective accounting controls, processes, and tools to support efficient accounting activities provide stakeholders analysis and reports
Support the treasury activities during the integration and day-to-day operations (communication to be issued, credit cards, signatories)
Strengthen and administer effective infrastructure to diagnose issues and manage progress against objectives
Improve and oversee accounting processes, financial systems design and implementation, and business process efficiency tools
Analyze and explain results and variances; identify and communicate main drivers of fluctuations between comparative periods. Find source of issues and recommend corrective actions
Working knowledge of ERP systems, including implementation or migration, and consolidation software is a big plus
Harmonization of processes in place across America's accounting teams (United States, Canada)
Work closely with the Financial Planning & Analysis team regarding budgeting/forecasting to ensure efficient execution and submissions
Support potential M&A activities from accounting standpoint
Collaborate to internal and external audit processes
Serve as lead and mentor to its direct reports and colleagues
Supervision of professional accounting employees
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree required in Finance or Accounting; CPA is strongly preferred
10+ years of financial accounting and controllership experience, including direct report supervision, preferably in an international corporate setting interfacing with multiple divisions and overseas entities
Demonstrate forward-thinking, act with a change agent mindset to drive continuous improvement and with a sense of urgency to address short term issues and opportunities, but with a proactive approach for sustainable execution
Experience implementing / migrating ERPs, possess interest and work experience in collaborating with IT to drive software implementation
Experience and expertise in working with BPO teams
Ability to manage multiple priorities with overlapping deadlines, deliverables, and staff utilization in a fast-paced, ever-changing, and evolving work environment, in collaboration with multiple finance and operations teams
Results oriented, with a sense of quality
Deep knowledge and experience building Excel models and Business Intelligence tools
Proven track record of leading teams as a business partner through teamwork, collaboration, and open communication
Skill to develop and motivate employees
Excellent written, verbal, and visual presentation communication skills
International outlook, with ability to work across borders and cultures
Preferred
MBA is a plus
Big 4 CPA experience at managerial level is a big plus
Working knowledge of ERP systems, including implementation or migration, and consolidation software is a big plus
Benefits
16.5% bonus
Benefits
Company
Evident Industrial
Evident Industrial is a global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced inspection technologies and industrial products.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase