Director, Accounting Operations (Global Consolidations)

Lead the end-to-end global financial consolidation process for monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting, including the collection, validation, consolidation, review, and reporting of financial results. Own and coordinate the companywide close calendar, key milestones, dependencies, submission requirements, and escalation protocols in partnership with regional and functional finance teams. Apply U.S. GAAP and company accounting policies to evaluate whether consolidated financial statements are complete, accurate, and supported by appropriate analysis and documentation. Review consolidated balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, and equity activity, including period-over-period analytics, unusual items, and completeness of consolidation adjustments. Oversee top-side, post-close, and corporate consolidation entries, ensuring each entry is appropriately supported, approved, recorded, and assessed for its impact on the consolidated financial statements. Lead preparation and review of consolidated equity roll-forwards, cash flow consolidation support, ownership and noncontrolling interest schedules, and other consolidated schedules required for internal management and external reporting. Own the consolidated statement of cash flows process, including movement and variation reporting, noncash activity, intercompany cash flow eliminations, cash flow adjustments, estimated reporting, system pushdowns, and resolution of reporting-calendar timing differences. Partner with External Reporting and FP&A to support quarterly and annual reporting, management reporting, variance analysis, and alignment of consolidated results across reporting outputs. Establish clear ownership and issue-resolution protocols for late submissions, out-of-balance conditions, mapping issues, data quality concerns, and other matters that could affect the close. Define and enforce close cutover, data-lock, and pencils-down protocols across source and consolidation systems, including treatment of late entries, repeated interface loads, post-close adjustments, and significant changes after reporting deadlines. Maintain governance over unusual items, non-GAAP adjustments, addback classifications, and related system mappings to ensure consistent treatment across consolidated, external, and management reporting. Lead, develop, and engage a team responsible for consolidation, corporate accounting, intercompany accounting, and related processes, with responsibilities refined based on the final operating model. Establish clear goals, accountability, service expectations, and development priorities through regular conversations, one-on-one discussions, performance reviews, and talent calibration processes. Provide coaching, technical guidance, and career development while building a culture of trust, collaboration, wellbeing, continuous improvement, and high performance. Influence cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams through clear governance, disciplined follow-through, and effective stakeholder management. Build organizational capability and succession depth for critical accounting and financial systems responsibilities. Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required. Master's degree preferred. Active CPA license required. 12+ years of progressive accounting and controllership experience, including significant experience with financial consolidations, corporate accounting, intercompany accounting, and financial close processes. Demonstrated knowledge of U.S. GAAP, consolidated financial statements, foreign currency matters, intercompany eliminations, cash flow reporting, equity accounting, internal controls, and financial systems. Prior experience leading, managing, and developing accounting professionals and influencing teams across functions and geographies. Experience operating in a complex, multinational, and deadline-driven environment. Experience with a Big 4 public accounting firm and additional experience with a large accelerated SEC filer, Fortune 500 company, or large multinational organization. Experience in consumer products, CPG, food, retail, coffee, beverage, or related industries. Experience with SAP and a leading consolidation platform such as Tagetik, OneStream, Hyperion Financial Management, or SAP Group Reporting. Experience with BlackLine, Trintech, or comparable account reconciliation and close management tools. Experience supporting external reporting, statutory reporting, global shared services, finance transformation, and enterprise system implementations. Working knowledge of IFRS and international statutory reporting considerations. Experience supporting acquisitions, carve-outs, separations, integrations, or major organizational transformations. Enterprise mindset with strong understanding of accounting relationships across the balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, equity, and legal entity reporting. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills, with strong attention to detail and an ability to identify issues within complex financial data. Organized, project-minded approach to scheduling, coordinating, and executing close and reporting processes. Strong executive presence and the ability to communicate complex accounting and process matters clearly to senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders. Proven ability to lead change, manage organizational transitions, and translate strategy into disciplined execution. Excellent communication, presentation, relationship-building, and coaching abilities. Advanced proficiency with Excel and strong competency with PowerPoint and enterprise financial systems. Ability to work independently, accept and incorporate feedback, prioritize competing demands, and operate effectively under tight deadlines. Hands-on leadership style with a commitment to accuracy, accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement Ensure corporate accounts are reconciled timely, reconciling items are investigated and resolved, and aged or unusual balances are escalated with clear action plans. Support legal entity and statutory reporting needs by providing reliable corporate accounting information, consolidation schedules, and related documentation. Provide functional ownership and governance for the consolidation platform and related close and account reconciliation tools, in partnership with IT and system administrators. Establish and oversee recurring reconciliations between the consolidation platform and source, planning, and predecessor systems, including trial balance, financial statement movements, and post-pushdown tie-outs. Ensure established procedures and controls are appropriately designed, documented, and operating effectively, with timely remediation of identified deficiencies. Prepare, review, and explain consolidation and corporate accounting schedules requested for quarterly reviews, annual audits, internal audit procedures, and other assurance activities. Process Improvement and Transformation Develop and execute a roadmap to standardize, simplify, automate, and strengthen consolidation, corporate accounting, and intercompany processes across the global organization. Establish meaningful close, quality, and control metrics and use those metrics to drive decisions and continuous improvement. Build strong relationships with regional and business unit controllers, Global Business Services, External Reporting, Technical Accounting, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, IT, Internal Audit, Legal, and other stakeholders. Provide clear, timely communication regarding close status, key judgments, financial statement impacts, unresolved issues, risks, and required actions. Prepare and present analyses, close updates, issue summaries, and decision materials for senior accounting and finance leadership. Support special projects and ad hoc analyses as directed by accounting and finance leadership.