Director Americas Accounting

TNM North America operations generate approximately 40% of TNM group’s revenue. There are about 17 people in our North America operations, which have manufacturing presence in Quebec City, State College and Waltham.

The candidate will manage the accounting and financial reporting function of Test and Measurement (TNM) North America entities, including accounting operations, managing internal team and BPO’s deliveries to support the North America business, month end close and cooperating with the finance/accounting teams of every region. Managing the annual and statutory audit processes, collaborating closely with the Corporate Accounting teams in Wabtec,. He/she will have 7 members team reporting to him/her. He/she is responsible for the preparation and presentation of financial reporting in accordance with US GAAP to the stakeholders, local statutory compliance, including corporate tax, transfer pricing etc. to Corporate Wabtec. He/she needs to ensure proper governance and quality of the accounting close process.

This role plans and manages accounting and finance processes to ensure the integrity of the accounting records, and partners with Operations teams and local senior executives. This person ensures that the recorded transactions comply with US GAAP. This senior level role is responsible for developing and improving operational accounting processes and working with global accounting teams to develop and deploy global systems for standardized reporting and providing data analysis and dashboard reporting.

The leader promotes teamwork and coaches direct reports and colleagues in order create a proactive team that delivers. He/She leverages his team members’ expertise and develops the individuals.

Job Duties

• Lead the Canadian and USA accounting teams, perform monthly closing and North America consolidation, reporting to Corporate Wabtec for global consolidation within stipulated timelines.
• Support BPO teams in North America business, including executing business process transformation. The BPO teams are located in Poland and India. He/She will collaborate with the Global Process Owners to manage the BPO teams.
• Solid knowledge of US GAAP and financial reporting, act as a resource for the accounting teams, and be able to liaise with external auditors and manage the annual and statutory audit processes.
• Ensure that US GAAP standards and internal policies are appropriately applied.
• Ability to draft and implement accounting policies and accounting memorandum.
• Ensure and establish effective accounting controls, processes, and tools to support efficient accounting activities provide stakeholders analysis and reports.
• Support the treasury activities during the integration and day-to-day operations (communication to be issued, credit cards, signatories).
• Strengthen and administer effective infrastructure to diagnose issues and manage progress against objectives.
• Improve and oversee accounting processes, financial systems design and implementation, and business process efficiency tools.
• Analyze and explain results and variances; identify and communicate main drivers of fluctuations between comparative periods. Find source of issues and recommend corrective actions.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems, including implementation or migration, and consolidation software is a big plus.
• Harmonization of processes in place across America's accounting teams (United States, Canada)
• Work closely with the Financial Planning & Analysis team regarding budgeting/forecasting to ensure efficient execution and submissions.
• Support potential M&A activities from accounting standpoint
• Collaborate to internal and external audit processes.
• Serve as lead and mentor to its direct reports and colleagues.
• Supervision of professional accounting employees.

Job Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree required in Finance or Accounting; CPA is strongly preferred. MBA is a plus.
• 10+ years of financial accounting and controllership experience, including direct report supervision, preferably in an international corporate setting interfacing with multiple divisions and overseas entities.
• Big 4 CPA experience at managerial level is a big plus.

Compensation will be commensurate with experience. $147,000 to $220,000 base salary plus 16.5% bonus and benefits.

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Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary rate for this role is currently $147,000 to $220,000. The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include annual bonus, if eligible.

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