Job Summary:
The Silent Aire Accounting Manager will lead the review of financial results and continuous improvement from end to end for the Silent Aire Business Unit (PBU) for Global Products & Solutions (GPS). This role, will report through Controllership under the Chief Accounting & Tax Officer organization, will serve as an advisor to the PBU and Functional Center of Excellence (FCOE) to ensure accounting and reporting integrity and effective controls and compliance, confirming consistency to US GAAP and Company policies This strategic individual will lead the reporting and monitoring of actual results and control of financial results consistent with long-term business objectives. This person will provide direction, training and counseling to its various stakeholders on a wide variety of accounting/financial/business issues to ensure achievement and alignment of business processes across the enterprise.

Principal Duties:

• Proactively works with the finance stakeholders to oversee, review and sign-off on the monthly, quarterly and annual closing processes. This includes review of journal entries, key reserves and account reconciliations and overall balance sheet, cash flow and financial metric trends to ensure accuracy and potential gaps.
• Ensure that strong controls are implemented and maintained for key projects that include functional centers of excellence migrations and IT implementations. Identify opportunities and drive movement of activities to the Company’s centers of excellence (e.g. Record to Report), including standardization. Liaison with cross functional teams (Technical Accounting, Governance, Business Unit Finance, etc.) and peers to ensure a harmonized environment throughout the Controllership organization.
• Monitors and supports the internal audit function to ensure SOX controls in the assigned PBU are adequate, efficient and in line with the Company’s and locally managed policies.
• Collaborates with Governance and PBU to ensure timely responses to external auditor’s requests.
• Participate on cross-functional teams that will include the HVAC/R Controller to support financial accounting, reporting and control activities for complex transactions within the assigned PBU (supplier contracts, M&A, integrations, leases, etc.).
• Collaborate with, coach and monitor the Record to Report (RTR) teams that support the underlying or transactional details of the PBU. Create talent pipeline through the Company’s functional centers of excellence to strengthen finance functions.
• Engage and collaborates with Financial Planning & Analysis surrounding the plans and forecasts for alignment with business objectives, market opportunities and the ability to execute. Provides recommendations and direction to the management team.
• Develop and review monthly financial results and KPI metrics specific to the assigned PBU.
• Ensure FCOE and entities outside FCOE scope are reconciling account timely and properly and that FCOE is following policy.
• Oversight over SEC footnote reporting pack schedule completion and accuracy for reporting to Reporting & Governance. Proactively identifies business/financial opportunities and corrective actions and implements them or communicates them to management for implementation.
• Provides financial leadership, training and direction to the financial and operating team to improve their financial and business skills so they can more effectively manage their responsibilities.
• Identifies best business practices and facilitates the propagation of these practices throughout and indirectly impacting the PBU.
• Provides support for development and enhancement of IT financial and business systems, including supporting ERP implementations.
• Performs contract reviews to ensure proper revenue recognition methodology in accordance with Company policies and US GAAP.
• Collaborates with Project Accounting and Project Managers to ensure proper recognition of revenue / cost for long-term contracts which supports the Company’s percentage of completion determination.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or other quantitative related fields.
• ~8 years progressive finance and accounting experience.
• Demonstrated ability to add value to business performance.
• Demonstrated leadership and management experience.
• Advanced computer skills including Microsoft Office products and financial reporting software (SAP, Oracle, OneStream, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and the ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization

Desired Qualifications:

• Public accounting and global manufacturing industry experience including percentage of completion accounting application.
• CPA or Masters in Accounting, Finance or other quantitative related fields.
• Management of a team with remote members.