Director, Corporate Accounting

Fort Worth, TX, United States

Job Description Job Description Company Description

AZZ Inc. is the leading independent provider of hot-dip galvanizing, spin galvanizing, powder coating, plating, and coil coating solutions to a broad range of end-markets. Collectively, our business segments provide sustainable, unmatched metal coating solutions that enhance the longevity and appearance of buildings, products and infrastructure that are essential to everyday life.

Job Description

AZZ has an exciting opportunity for a Director of Corporate Accounting at our Fort Worth Texas corporate office. Reporting into the Chief Accounting Officer you are responsible for overseeing the company’s accounting operations and financial accounting processes. This role manages and directs the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting, and compliance with accounting standards, applicable regulations, and company policies. The Director must exhibit strong leadership skills, a deep understanding of accounting principles, and the ability to collaborate effectively cross-functionally to achieve quality and accurate financial records. Leads process & system improvements, proactively and continuously seeking out areas to improve financial systems and processes, and gain efficiencies.

Duties and Responsibilities

Responsible for ensuring AZZ’s financial statements are prepared in compliance with U.S. GAAP, including proper assessment of new or changing business activities to ensure ongoing compliance. For complex and/or material activities, obtain guidance from Technical Accounting and implement procedures and controls accordingly.

Responsible for ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley 404 (SOX). Responsible for evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of the control environment and making recommendations for improvement. Must work collaboratively with Internal Audit and the segment finance teams to reach alignment on control improvements.

Responsible for maintaining balance sheet and income statement account structure in Oracle, including approval of new accounts or changes in classification of activity to ensure compliance.

Responsible for preparing balance sheets and income statements that are complete, accurate and timely. Responsibilities include ensuring proper classification of balance sheet activity, ensuring proper accruals, and evaluation of assets as valid and collectible. Includes ongoing review of balance sheet activity and establishing controls to ensure ongoing compliance. Also includes proper classification of income statement activity, including cost center and account.

Responsible for completeness and accuracy of account reconciliations, including FX impacts and intercompany activities. Includes establishing proper reports for account reconciliation process and continuous improvement of reports and procedures to resolve discrepancies.

Responsible for accurate & timely preparation of rollforward report for each balance sheet account or group of accounts. Reports must clearly identify cash vs non-cash activity and identify new or changed activity for the month, quarter, and year-to-date periods. Reports must be complete and made available to Financial Reporting for accurate and timely preparation of the Cash Flow Statement. Includes leadership oversight, training, and continuous improvement.

Responsible for oversight and/or preparation of balance sheet and income statement reports and analysis reporting for the purpose of identifying errors, new activities, or anomalies in the financial results. Reports will include monthly trending of expenses, tracking of significant and/or unusual items, balance sheet changes since year-end, and any other reports or analysis that are needed to ensure the accounting ledger will close on-time and without error. Includes leadership oversight, training, and continuous improvement.

Responsible for drafting and maintaining accounting procedures and controls to ensure ongoing compliance with established accounting policies.

Responsible for tracking passed adjustments to the financial statements, including timely and accurate resolution and inclusion in the financial statements.

Responsible for effective communication, both written and oral, across the organization (up, down, and across) as to business issues and proper accounting treatment.

Responsible for building and maintaining relationships across the corporate and business finance teams, executive management, and segment leadership, including collaboration and influence in arriving at decisions that ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and SOX.

Coordinate and liaison with external auditors and ensure timely and accurate completion of required actions.

Manage, hire, develop, and motivate a high-performing accounting team, providing direction and guidance to enhance their skills and drive results.

Proactively and continuously seek out areas to improve processes and gain efficiencies.

Lead initiates to implement process improvements while ensuring compliance with organizational policies and procedures.

Seeks accountability for assigned responsibilities in functional area.

Qualifications

7+ years of experience in finance, accounting, or related field required.

Proficiency in ERP systems, especially Oracle (EPBCS, FCCS, Service Management, Strategic Modeling, Financials), and Microsoft Office Suite required.

Experience in Public financial organizations preferred; Previous accounting experience in manufacturing or project-based job costing experience a plus.

Knowledge of US GAAP.

Must be able to travel internationally.

Minimum Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related field required.

Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Finance or related field is preferred.

CPA (Certified Public Accountant) preferred, or CMA (Certified Management Accountant), or other relevant certification a plus.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

AZZ Inc. is a Drug Free Workplace

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