Manager of Accounting & Controls - Filtration Group Corp

Filtration Group is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier, and more productive. With a passionate workforce, global footprint and world class engineering and manufacturing capabilities, we are driving innovation and developing solutions across a broad spectrum of applications in the fast-growing global filtration industry.   We are committed to maintaining an entrepreneurial culture built on a foundation of trust and in which our leaders exhibit a strong bias for action.   Please visit www.filtrationgroup.com

The Company began in 2009 and has rapidly grown to be a global leader in the highly attractive filtration industry.  With over $2.0 billion in revenue, Filtration Group is consistently recognized as the fastest growing and one of the largest filtration businesses in the world.   With 7,000+ employees, the Company serves its customers from a global footprint of 105 facilities in over 25 countries.  Filtration Group operates across a wide variety of attractive end markets and produces mission critical products with high replacement rates.   Over 80% of the Company’s revenue comes from replacement / consumable products, many of which are specified into customer’s products or processes.

We are seeking an individual with a strong accounting, financial controls and processes background that can lead us on a journey to enhance procedures, processes, policies, and internal controls across the organization.  Likewise, this person will support the organization in ensuring that our financial accounting and reporting are not only consistent and compliant with GAAP but has the accuracy, reliability and integrity needed for an entity that has designs to go public.  This Accounting and Controls Manager role will require close interactions with financial leaders in our local businesses, segments and the broader corporate functions like FP&A, Tax, Treasury and HR.  This role will be a key element of our corporate finance team and will report directly to the Chief Accounting Officer. 

• Lead as the technical accounting point person, working with the Chief Accounting Officer to ensure the company’s financial accounting and reporting are accurate and in-line with accounting standards and reporting requirements across the enterprise.
• Oversee and drive corporate and entity level processes, controls and reporting to ensure the company will be SEC and regulatory compliant in the medium term and be ready for a potential future IPO.
• Work closely with the Chief Accounting Officer to drive internal controls compliance across the enterprise, ensuring processes and controls are designed properly and operating effectively.
• Work closely with the consolidations and reporting team to ensure financial statements and disclosures are compliant with GAAP and regulatory requirements.
• Drive compliance and monitoring of the overall accounting policy by working closely with Operations Controllership team as it relates to “on the ground” policy requirements.
• Lead the enterprise’s efforts to comply with ESG reporting requirements, specifically as it relates to European requirements which the company must comply with in the near time.
• Identify and assist in implementing process improvements together with the Operations Controllership team to standardized, simplify and streamline financial reporting processes and controls.
• Assist the Chief Accounting Officer in managing the external audit process.
• Work with various corporate and business functions to address Internal Audit findings, ensure that risks are accordingly assessed and that actions are developed and implemented
• Work closely with the corporate accounting team to drive regular finance and accounting trainings and updates to the broader finance and accounting group.
• Assist in the preparation of presentations and updates to the Audit Committee of the Board, and to the enterprise’s executive leadership team.

• BS Degree in Accounting; CPA required
• Requires minimum 4-6 years of accounting experience, including a Big 4 public accounting firm and persons with a combination of public accounting and industry experience with financial reporting experience preferred
• Solid working knowledge of US GAAP and SEC reporting requirements
• Solid understanding of financial reporting processes and controls, and in a manufacturing setting preferred
• Superior organization skills, ability to multi-task and re-arrange priorities as needed, monitor workflow in meeting critical deadline and project timetables
• Strong work ethic and sense of personal responsibility for work outcomes
• Excellent system and computer skills, with strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, experience with Consolidation Software;
• Requires strong communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to work effectively with all levels and functions in the organization
• Must be flexible, organized and able to accurately work under time constraints and deadlines
• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Self-motivated, strong attention to detail and ability to work both independently and in a team environment
• Excellent problem solving, communication, interpersonal, analytical and time management skills required
• Effective writing, presentation and communication skills