Director of Accounting
POST NUMBER: 400817
Location
New Bedford, MA | United States
Job description
Vaco Boston has partnered with a large public company in the New Bedford area that is seeking a Director of Accounting.
Responsibilities: - Lead the month-end and year-end closing and consolidation process, ensuring all financial activities are accurately recorded, consolidated and reported.
- Ensure all closing processes are consistently completed on time while placing an emphasis on maintaining and developing world class internal controls.
- Oversee the preparation of accurate and timely financial statements ensuring proper adherence to accounting standards (US GAAP, IFRS).
- Review and reconcile accounts, including accruals, prepayments, and transactions across all entities as well as ensuring intercompany transactions are properly recorded timely and / or eliminated in consolidation.
- Analyze financial data to identify trends, anomalies, and areas for improvement; close the books with substance, including flux analysis that helps drive a deep understanding of the results each period.
- Provide actionable insights to management regarding variances in budgets, forecasts, and actual results.
- Continuously assess and improve financial reporting and closing processes to enhance controls, efficiency, accuracy, and transparency.
- Implement best practices and automation solutions to streamline workflows. Be empowered to continuously improve areas by inventing or reinventing new processes.
- Collaborate with internal and external auditors
Requirements :
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field. MBA preferred
- CPA required.
- At least 8 years of experience in an Accounting leadership role
- Excellent knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Leadership, communication, and interpersonal abilities.
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Salary
$210k - $230k
