Senior Director, Global Controller
Videojet is seeking a dynamic and strategic Senior Director, Global Controller to lead our global controllership, compliance, and financial reporting functions. As a key member of the Finance Leadership Team, this individual will serve as a trusted advisor to the CFO and executive teamdriving financial integrity, operational rigor, and process excellence across our worldwide operations. This is a high-impact leadership role requiring strong technical expertise, a passion for continuous improvement, and the ability to lead and influence teams across North America, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM.
Global Financial Integrity
Ensure compliance with US GAAP and SOX across all entities. Lead timely and accurate financial closings, consolidations, and reporting, including statutory and regulatory requirements.
Controls & Audit Leadership
Champion a strong internal control environment. Oversee all SOX, internal, and external auditsdriving audit readiness, transparency, and remediation.
Global Process Ownership
Harmonize accounting policies, controls, and processes across geographies. Identify and lead initiatives to streamline operations, reduce manual work, and improve data integrity.
Finance Transformation
Drive the global finance transformation agendamodernizing tools, digitizing workflows, and scaling automation across accounting, reporting, and control functions. Serve as a change agent for simplification, speed, and strategic enablement.
Technical Accounting & Policy Governance
Serve as the global subject matter expert on complex accounting topics. Partner with Corporate on interpretation and implementation of new standards.
Finance Operations Oversight
Direct month-end and year-end close processes globally, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and timeliness. Drive standardization through ERP and reporting tool optimization (SAP, HFM, OneStream).
Business Partnership & Decision Support
Collaborate with FP&A and cross-functional leaders to support business initiatives, analyze trends, and provide financial insights that drive performance.
M&A Support
Lead accounting due diligence and post-acquisition integration. Ensure timely alignment of accounting processes and controls for acquired entities.
Talent & Culture Leadership
Build and inspire a high-performing, globally distributed controllership team. Promote a culture of continuous improvement, Kaizen, and professional development.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance; CPA required, MBA preferred. 15+ years of progressive finance and controllership experience in global, matrixed, and manufacturing environments. Strong command of US GAAP, SOX, and public company compliance. Proven experience leading shared service centers and optimizing cross-border processes. Knowledge of tax provisioning, intercompany transactions, and transfer pricing. Hands-on expertise with SAP, Oracle, HFM, and / or OneStream. Demonstrated success driving finance transformation and digital enablement initiatives.
The compensation range for this role is $210,000 - $240,000 USD per year. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical / dental / vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.
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