Director, Accounting & Financial Reporting

Key Responsibilities

• Oversees monthly/quarterly/yearly close processes to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting, including the corporate consolidations, year-end closing and leading the year end external audit.
• Ensure compliance with and consistent application of internal accounting policies, external accounting standards US GAAP as well as Company’s internal controls framework.
• Monitor the evolving regulatory landscape and company growth plans and proactively assess the impact of new accounting standards and strategy and prepare / implement the necessary changes.
• Drive the overall project plan and necessary infrastructure build-out to operate similar to a public company, implementing new policies, procedures and controls as required and obtaining the necessary buy-in from all stakeholders.
• Promote a strong culture of control and compliance across the organization and ensure that control design supports the company’s growth trajectory.
• Lead post-acquisition integration activities including formulating integration strategy, ERP system conversions and accounting policy convergence.
• Implement projects that align to the finance transformation roadmap to enhance the overall controllership infrastructure and processes – including AI & automation.
• Seek continuing improvements to scale teams and processes while supporting overall business objectives.
• Partner and communicate with other finance and cross functional department leaders to achieve business objectives and resolve business issues.
• Lead and develop a best-in-class accounting team through coaching and mentoring finance professionals.

Required Skills & Experience

• Professional Accounting Designation (CPA)
• 10+ years of progressive experience in finance/accounting, with significant time spent in a Financial Reporting leadership role – US GAAP experience.
• Exceptional business acumen and understanding. Experience in US Health care or SaaS is an asset.
• Must demonstrate the ability to think critically and solve problems in a timely manner
• Strong leadership skills with an ability to motivate team members
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting complex financial information clearly and concisely to non-finance stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Ability to work with ambiguity in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Demonstrated experience in leading cross-functional projects and fostering collaborative partnerships among diverse teams.

Preferred Experience

• PCAOB standards
• Leading pre-IPO or IPO activities
• Implementing agentic and/or Gen AI solutions in accounting & financial reporting.