The Global Director of Accounting is responsible for overseeing and optimizing the management of the shared service Accounting team. This role plays a critical part in ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and compliance with global financial standards. The Global Director will collaborate to streamline end-to-end accounting processes globally, enhance data governance, and support strategic financial initiatives. They are a key member of the Finance Operations Global Shared Services leadership team.

• Defining the process vision, strategy, and governance model for Accounting
• Taking ownership and responsibility for standardization and improvement of accounting processes globally from a process, people and technology perspective.
• Responsible for shaping and designing the process and controls needed whilst simultaneously creating a culture of continuous improvement for record to report (processes, systems, data, training, people).
• Involved in managing business process transformations and have ownership for the delivery of key record to report programs (on-going and future projects) across multiple global entities.
• Recommending liquid solutions and consolidation of platforms to improve integration
• Identifying areas of improvement and opportunities to advance key accounting process metrics. Establishes and executes plans that drive accounting performance & optimization. Ensures delivery by setting & tracking KPI’s and benefits realization.
• Continuously assess and report on data quality and process performance, also aligning opportunities and priorities within SSC, Global and local Finance teams and other functional teams respectively.
• The GPO will be working closely with the CAO office and Controllership Leaders to design and implement end to end Accounting Policies and Procedures.
• This person will be aligning with SOX and control specialist team to mark the internal controls as a part of end-to-end process design and ensure a standard suite of R2R metrics is available to compare the industry benchmarks to establish productivity mapping and cost metric functionality.
• The GPO should help design and create an environment that will lead to both a high Employee Experience (EX) and Engagement as well as a superior Customer Experience (CX)
• Design and implement procedures and operational ways of work in a standardized, efficient, and effective manner for all markets in the region in the realm of the OTC and general financial accounting stream.

• Proven experience in Accounting leadership and finance operations.
• Qualified CPA or equivalent
• Action-oriented and on a mission, they should have an ability to build strong, long term strategic relationships with stakeholders, partners, and internal functions.
• Executive presence, experience working effectively with critical stakeholders in a complex structure, and the ability to make sustainable change through global process are a must.
• Has exemplary leadership skills, driving teams to top tier performance.
• The GPO should have experience in designing stronger End-to-End Process Governance, including.
  • Greater transparency into end-to-end processes
  • Higher process standardization globally
  • More sustainable process improvements
  • Improved process controls
  • Streamlined and faster decision making
  • Greater transparency and clarity in enterprise-wide communication/collaboration
  • Better managed system and technology strategies
  • Consistent data structure and improved quality
  • Must have healthy understanding of US GAAP
  • Exposure to Statutory Financial Statement preparation as well as Direct/Indirect Tax is desirable