Director of Accounting

How You Will Help

• Lead and oversee all corporate accounting functions, including general ledger, general accounting, technical accounting, company consolidation and rebate accounting.
• Manage and continuously improve the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes to ensure accurate, timely financial reporting.
• Own the consolidation process, including elimination entries, foreign currency translation, and integration of international entities.
• Direct the preparation of external financial statements and footnotes in compliance with U.S. GAAP.
• Establish, implement, and maintain accounting policies, ensuring alignment with GAAP and evolving regulatory requirements. Monitor emerging accounting standards, assess business impact, and lead adoption and implementation. 
• Oversee technical accounting research and documentation, including development of white papers on complex or unusual transactions.
• Ensure strong internal controls and compliance; work with external auditors to support efficient audit processes.
• Serve as the primary liaison with external auditors and manage the annual audit process.
• Partner cross-functionally to analyze financial results, identify key drivers, and provide insight to executive leadership.
• Support M&A activities, including post-close integration and purchase accounting in collaboration with valuation teams.
• Direct and implement accounting policy development and communication.
• Drive process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of accounting operations.
• Act as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on accounting matters, financial risks, and policy implications.
• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing accounting organization, including managing managers, succession planning, and talent development.
• Lead or contribute to ad hoc projects, including business analysis and evaluation of significant transactions.
• The duties listed above are representative of the position and are not exhaustive. Additional duties may be assigned as necessary.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership responsibility.
• Proven experience managing and developing teams, including leading through subordinate managers.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting requirements.
• Demonstrated experience with financial close processes, consolidation of international results, general ledger management, and corporate accounting operations.
• Experience working with external auditors and leading audit engagements.
• Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive initiatives across the organization.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience in a private equity–owned or high-growth environment.
• Background in manufacturing, distribution, or similarly complex operational environments.
• Experience with financial consolidations, including multinational entities and foreign currency.
• Prior involvement in mergers and acquisitions, including post-close integration and purchase accounting.
• Demonstrated success in driving process improvements and implementing scalable accounting practices.
• Experience with technical accounting research and preparing formal documentation (e.g., white
• papers).
• Proven ability to lead organizational change and influence without direct authority.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes.

Compensation

About
Bringing together more than 175 years of innovation, quality, and customer commitment under one name and one promise.The company was forged in 1850, as American industry was being connected by pipe, valves, fittings, and the skilled people who knew how to put them in the right place. More than 175 years later, that heritage lives in ASC Engineered Solutions, a comprehensive pipe preparation, joining, hanging and flow-management portfolio supporting the people who build and maintain commercial buildings, industrial facilities, infrastructure, and critical systems. A house of brands, Anvil, Gruvlok, Sharpe, SCI, and ABZ, unified as ASC in 2019, and the portfolio has grown in the years since.In 1920, Reliable Automatic Sprinkler started doing one thing exceptionally well: building the fire safety systems that protect people and property. Sprinklers, valves, and accessories, made in the United States. More than a century later, the discipline has not changed. A century of American-made fire protection products, with multi-generational customer relationships and multi-decade specifications. A century of protecting what matters the most.Two legacies. One Future.*Reliable Safety and Flow Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.*