Accounting Center Of Excellence Leader

About the role

Barry-Wehmiller (BW) is a value-added operator of businesses in the Industrial & Packaging Automation (I&PA), Professional Services, and Life Sciences Technology segments. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, BW has become a $4 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common purpose: to build a better world through business.

BW's vision is to redefine success in business by demonstrating how human and economic vibrancy work in harmony. BW's strategy is to achieve this vision by scaling our platforms because scale amplifies our vision, and performance proves it can be done.

Overview

BW's Finance strategic plan is to deliver significant increases in productivity within the I&PA segment by leveraging the intersection of two "Power of Scale" transformational initiatives: 1) The transformation of finance transaction processing from a highly decentralized model to a global shared services model, which will be unlocked and accelerated by 2) the design, development, and rollout of a modern, robust ERP solution that automates high volume transaction processing.

The Accounting Center of Excellence Leader is a key member of the Finance leadership team and supports the Global Controller in executing the Record to Report elements of these two transformational initiatives and BW's Finance strategic plan more broadly.

Summary of Job

The objectives of BW's Finance strategy are to leverage technology to simplify and standardize processes, improve team member experience, reduce risk, and modernize our functional structure while reducing transactional costs. The Accounting Center of Excellence Leader provides strategic and business leadership in establishing procedures, standardizing and digitizing transactional processing, and supporting efforts to implement a Finance shared services delivery model for general ledger and transactional accounting activities throughout BW's global I&PA segment.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and drive the general ledger record to report processes for Barry-Wehmiller's business units that utilize D365, ensuring consistency and standardization across all regions.
• Oversee, including designing and/or optimizing monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing processes, including balance sheet reconciliations and journal entries
• Responsible for planning and designing the record to report processes to accommodate changes in legal entities, technology, resources, and business unit operations
• Establish service-level agreements (SLAs) with business units; track and report monthly performance against SLA metrics
• Lead the performance of a geographically dispersed record to report team, while creating a supportive organizational structure that encourages collaboration, growth, and development opportunities for all record to report team members across Barry-Wehmiller's global footprint
• Work closely with financial systems, including Wells Fargo, Concur, Dayforce and LeaseCalcs and other finance team members to drive standardization and automation in processing, and efficiencies and accuracy in system interfaces and reporting
• Develop and enforce internal controls, finance policies, and global standards in compliance with US GAAP requirements
• Assist with the global consolidation financial reporting process, including Barry-Wehmiller's annual reports and quarterly debt compliance, to ensure they are compliant with US GAAP and statutory requirements
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with business unit finance leaders and corporate functions, while modeling a culture of accountability and innovation
• Develop routine and ad-hoc analyses to support business decisions
• Collaborate with external auditors to facilitate smooth and efficient audits

The following are required for success in this role

• Bachelor's degree in accounting
• Minimum 10 years of experience with increasing responsibility in accounting leadership roles
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred
• Previous experience leading global accounting teams preferred
• Experience with D365 F&O, OneStream, and Concur preferred but not required
• Proven experience building and establishing scalable operations in a shared services role (or similar position) at a high-growth company
• Demonstrated ability in setting strategy, driving performance, consistently producing superior results, cultivating ownership while enforcing company policies and relevant accounting requirements
• Excellent business acumen and strong working knowledge of the relevant business processes, accounting principles, and internal control concepts
• Strong project and change management skills with experience implementing large scale process changes in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communicator with the ability to artfully influence, persuade and drive action; a collaborative management style and a strong customer service orientation
• Ability to effectively interact with all levels within the organization in a professional manner
• A solid understanding of accounting and financial reporting software tools, and the ability to communicate and work well with IT personnel to implement changes and improvements
• Superior work ethic, intellectual curiosity, diplomacy, sound independent judgment, and strong problem-solving skills
• Previous experience in manufacturing preferred

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