Global Director – General Ledger

🔥 17 hours ago

🇮🇪 Ireland – Remote

💵 $125k - $150k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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CAI

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501 - 1000 employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🏭 Manufacturing

Consulting • Healthcare • Manufacturing

CAI is a global company that provides comprehensive engineering and consulting services. Specializing in commissioning and qualification, building commissioning, asset management, quality and compliance, digital transformation, and automation, CAI focuses on helping clients in highly regulated industries such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare. Their services are designed to enhance operational readiness, increase efficiency, and ensure regulatory compliance, thereby accelerating clients' paths to success. With a vast global presence, CAI serves a variety of sectors, offering expertise in projects ranging from biotech facilities to data centers.

📋 Description

• Lead the global Record-to-Report process • Manage monthly and year-end close, journal entry governance, balance sheet reconciliations, consolidation support, intercompany accounting, fixed asset accounting, account structure governance, close controls, and GL integration for acquired companies • Establish global GL policies, procedures, account ownership standards, reconciliation templates, close checklists, certification requirements, and quality review routines • Provide technical accounting expertise and implement changes in accounting standards and reporting requirements • Lead monthly and annual close execution across countries, shared services, and local finance teams • Govern the chart of accounts, legal entity structure, department and practice coding, cost centers, intercompany accounts, and reporting attributes • Partner with FP&A on management reporting, KPI analysis, profitability views, and decision support • Partner with Tax & Audit on compliance requirements and audit activities • Support acquisition integration by mapping ledgers, converting charts of accounts, supporting opening balance sheets, standardizing close processes, and aligning accounting policies • Strengthen controls over journals, reconciliations, recurring entries, intercompany settlements, fixed assets, accruals, and close certifications

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required • 8+ years of accounting, general ledger, controllership, consolidation, or record-to-report experience, including leadership in a multi-entity or multi-country environment • Strong technical accounting knowledge and experience applying accounting standards to complex or non-routine transactions preferred • Experience with ERP systems, close management tools, multi-currency accounting, intercompany processes, acquisition integration, and internal controls preferred • CPA, ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CMA, or equivalent preferred