Director, North America Controller

Position Summary

Reporting to the Sr. Director of Finance, the North America Regional Controller is a senior finance leader responsible for overseeing accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance activities across U.S. and Canadian operations. This role ensures accurate and timely financial reporting, a strong internal control environment, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance across a complex, multi-site manufacturing organization.

The Regional Controller leads and develops the regional accounting organization, establishes clear accountability, and partners closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial, FP&A, and shared services. The ideal candidate brings deep manufacturing accounting experience, strong technical accounting capabilities, and the confidence and agility to challenge existing processes and drive issues through resolution.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Reporting & Compliance

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for North America, ensuring timely and accurate financial results.

• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and IFRS, where applicable, as well as company accounting policies and reporting requirements.

• Oversee consolidation and financial reporting across multi-plant and multi-entity operations.

• Coordinate external audits and manage relationships with internal and external auditors.

• Ensure appropriate accounting treatment and reporting for significant or complex transactions.

2. Internal Controls & Risk Management

• Establish, maintain, and continuously strengthen the regional internal control environment.

• Ensure compliance with company policies, financial governance standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.

• Identify and mitigate financial and operational risks across the region.

• Lead internal audit activities, balance sheet reviews, and remediation efforts.

• Establish clear ownership and accountability for control execution and timely resolution of identified issues.

3. Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, coach, and develop regional accounting teams, including Assistant Controllers and other accounting leaders.

• Establish clear roles, priorities, and accountability across the accounting organization.

• Build scalable processes and foster a culture of continuous improvement, disciplined execution, and willingness to challenge the status quo.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Supply Chain, HR, Engineering, Commercial, and FP&A.

• Effectively navigate the shared services organization, driving accountability and ensuring the business receives the support and service levels required.

• Develop organizational capability and succession plans to strengthen the accounting organization over time.

4. Strategic & Operational Support

• Provide financial insight and accounting leadership to support capital investments, expansions, and other significant business decisions.

• Partner with FP&A on budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, trend analysis, and profitability drivers.

• Drive ERP optimization and finance transformation initiatives, challenging existing processes and driving issues through resolution.

• Lead efforts to simplify, standardize, and automate accounting processes across the region.

• Partner with business and finance leadership on cross-functional initiatives that improve financial performance, controls, and scalability.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting; CPA strongly preferred.

• Minimum 12-15 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including 5 years in a senior accounting leadership role such as Controller, Assistant Controller, or Regional Controller.

• Significant experience within a large, multi-site manufacturing environment; public accounting experience is a plus.

• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, internal controls, audit, and manufacturing accounting.

• Demonstrated experience leading teams and operating effectively across a complex, matrixed organization.

• Experience with ERP systems; Oracle preferred, with SAP or comparable platforms also relevant.

• Proven ability to drive process improvement, finance transformation, and organizational change.

• Inquisitive, agile, and confident leader who demonstrates sound judgment, strong accountability, and the ability to constructively challenge existing processes.