Overview

Job Overview: The Director, Accounting will be a senior leader within the Global Coffee Company's Controllership organization, responsible for the integrity, timeliness, and continuous improvement of the global consolidation process, corporate and intercompany accounting activities. The role will lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidation of the company's financial results, oversee corporate ledger activities, and establish governance over intercompany accounting, settlement, reconciliation, and elimination processes. This leader will partner closely with business unit and regional controllers, Global Business Services, External Reporting, Technical Accounting, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, IT, Internal Audit, and external auditors. The Director will help ensure consolidated financial statements are complete and accurate under U.S. GAAP, close activities are well coordinated, corporate and intercompany balances are appropriately recorded and eliminated, and supporting controls operate effectively. Director will also lead implementation of Global Coffee Company consolidation platform. The ideal candidate is a hands-on accounting leader with deep knowledge of consolidations, corporate accounting, intercompany accounting, financial systems, and internal controls. The candidate should combine strong technical judgment with disciplined execution, process ownership, team leadership, and the ability to operate effectively in a complex, global, and evolving organization. Key Responsibilities Global Consolidations and Close Leadership Lead the end-to-end global financial consolidation process for monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting, including the collection, validation, consolidation, review, and reporting of financial results. Own and coordinate the companywide close calendar, key milestones, dependencies, submission requirements, and escalation protocols in partnership with regional and functional finance teams. Apply U.S. GAAP and company accounting policies to evaluate whether consolidated financial statements are complete, accurate, and supported by appropriate analysis and documentation. Review consolidated balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, and equity activity, including period-over-period analytics, unusual items, and completeness of consolidation adjustments. Oversee top-side, post-close, and corporate consolidation entries, ensuring each entry is appropriately supported, approved, recorded, and assessed for its impact on the consolidated financial statements. Lead preparation and review of consolidated equity roll-forwards, cash flow consolidation support, ownership and noncontrolling interest schedules, and other consolidated schedules required for internal management and external reporting. Own the consolidated statement of cash flows process, including movement and variation reporting, noncash activity, intercompany cash flow eliminations, cash flow adjustments, estimated reporting, system pushdowns, and resolution of reporting-calendar timing differences. Partner with External Reporting and FP&A to support quarterly and annual reporting, management reporting, variance analysis, and alignment of consolidated results across reporting outputs. Establish clear ownership and issue-resolution protocols for late submissions, out-of-balance conditions, mapping issues, data quality concerns, and other matters that could affect the close. Define and enforce close cutover, data-lock, and pencils-down protocols across source and consolidation systems, including treatment of late entries, repeated interface loads, post-close adjustments, and significant changes after reporting deadlines. Maintain governance over unusual items, non-GAAP adjustments, addback classifications, and related system mappings to ensure consistent treatment across consolidated, external, and management reporting. Corporate Accounting Lead corporate accounting activities and corporate ledger processes, including review of journal en