Associate Controller (Accounting & Reporting)

Schneider Electric has an opportunity for an Associate Controller (Accounting & Reporting) in Foxboro/Boston, MA.  Remote Flexibility: Hybrid environment (few days in the office)

Team: Finance - North America Hub

Company: Schneider Electric | Life Is On

Make a Bigger Impact. Own More Than the Close.

At Schneider Electric, finance isn’t a back-office function. It’s a business enabler. We’re looking for a sharp, driven Financial Analyst who thrives at the intersection of accounting rigor, process transformation, and digital finance. If you're ready to stretch beyond month-end and become a key player in shaping how finance supports a rapidly scaling $40B global energy leader, read on.

What You’ll Own

You’ll be part of a team that ensures financial integrity while driving continuous improvement and automation in how we work. Your scope includes:

· Participate in month-end, mid-year, and year-end close cycles including journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations and external audits.

· Prepare monthly financial reporting packages (HFM) and analyze balance sheet and P&L variances, partnering with controllers to explain what’s really driving the numbers

· Review and own key account reconciliations while working across teams to validate balances and ensure audit readiness

· Oversee and review Competency Center (CoCe) accounting activities, and partner with CoCe to adapt its activities and procedures as the business evolves.

· Support internal and external audit processes with schedules, analysis, and documentation

· Get the opportunity to lead and partner with a number finance transformation projects including automation, simplification, and standardization of accounting processes

· Build and document strong internal controls that scale with the business

· Gain exposure to technical accounting under IFRS and contribute to policy development

Why This Role Stands Out

· You'll work in a tech-forward environment using ERP and analytics tools like Oracle, SAP, HFM, Tableau, and Alteryx

· You'll help scale finance to support a business growing double digits, including digital and recurring revenue models

· You'll join a globally empowered finance team with opportunities to learn and contribute across our four global hubs

· You'll collaborate with leaders who see finance as a partner, not just a processor

We know skills and competencies show up in many different ways and can be based on your life experience. If you do not necessarily meet all the requirements that are listed, we still encourage you to apply for the position.  

What You Bring

· Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

· CPA or MBA

· 3 or more years of audit assurance experience in public accounting

· Strong technical and analytical foundation

· Clear communication skills and a proactive work style

Preferred Qualifications

· Big 4 Audit Assurance experience,

· ERP system experience (Oracle, SAP, HFM, etc.)

· Relevant Accounting experience in global or matrixed company

· Interest in systems, process improvement, and data

· Internal Audit experience in a large multi-national manufacturing company.

What’s in It for You:

Schneider Electric offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees, inclusive of medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks (credits to apply towards your benefits) flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, 401(k) match, well-being and recognition (including service anniversary) programs, 12 holidays per year, 15 days of paid time off per year (pro-rated in the first year of employment based on start date), opportunity to purchase company stock (eligibility depends on start date), and military leave benefits.

The opportunity to work with a company that has was recognized among 2024 Best Places to Work

Let us learn about you! Apply today.

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our  IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

€36 billion global revenue
13% organic growth
150 000 employees in 100 countries
#1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.

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