Director of Corporate Accounting and Consolidations

Grant Thornton • Melville, NY

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About The Position

Grant Thornton is seeking a Director of Corporate Accounting and Consolidations to lead global financial consolidation and close activities. This newly created role supports the growth of Grant Thornton Advisory’s multinational platform and oversees the integrity of consolidated financial statements while driving the strategic development of consolidation processes, controls, and reporting capabilities. The position plays a key leadership role in acquisitions, finance transformation initiatives, and continuous improvement of consolidation and close processes.

The Director leads global consolidation processes and governance, ensures compliance with U.S. GAAP and applicable reporting standards, and maintains appropriate internal controls over consolidation, close, and reporting. The role also leads OneStream strategy and governance, partnering with Finance Systems and IT on platform administration and development. In addition, the Director modernizes and automates finance processes, advances data governance and reporting standards, and leads financial integration activities for acquisitions and business combinations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• CPA required.
• At least 10 years of progressive accounting, reporting, and consolidation experience.
• At least 5 years of leadership experience managing accounting or finance organizations.
• Significant experience overseeing global consolidations.
• Hands-on experience with OneStream or another leading EPM platform.
• Experience supporting multinational organizations and their consolidation processes.
• Expert knowledge of ASC 810 Consolidation and ASC 830 Foreign Currency Matters.
• Exceptional project and change management skills.
• Ability to influence across functions and geographies.
• Continuous improvement orientation.
• Strong risk and control mindset.

Nice To Haves

• Public accounting background preferred.
• Experience with acquisitions, including accounting under ASC 805, and post-merger integrations preferred.
• Understanding of OneStream Business Rules and VB.NET logic is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Direct monthly, quarterly, and annual global consolidation processes.
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of consolidated financial statements and supporting schedules.
• Oversee ownership structures, legal entity hierarchies, consolidation adjustments, and intercompany eliminations in the OneStream consolidation platform.
• Manage foreign currency translation and multi-entity reporting processes.
• Lead accounting close governance and coordinate activities across domestic and international finance organizations.
• Establish accounting close performance metrics and drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with Financial Reporting, Corporate Accounting, and Financial Operations teams to support their reporting requirements.
• Review consolidation support schedules and disclosures.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and applicable reporting standards.
• Support technical accounting analyses affecting consolidation conclusions.
• Ensure appropriate internal controls over consolidation, close, and reporting activities; support SOX compliance and management testing.
• Coordinate external audit requests related to consolidation and financial systems.
• Monitor compliance with established accounting policies and procedures.
• Establish OneStream application governance standards, policies, and controls.
• Partner with Finance Systems and IT on platform administration, upgrades, security, and support.
• Develop the OneStream development roadmap with stakeholders and prioritize and oversee enhancement efforts.
• Oversee metadata governance, chart of accounts management, dimension structures, and workflow design.
• Ensure the platform can scale to support growth, acquisitions, and changing reporting requirements.
• Lead initiatives to modernize and automate close and consolidation processes and drive adoption of OneStream capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual processes and spreadsheet dependencies.
• Establish data governance and reporting standards across the finance organization.
• Lead financial integration activities for acquisitions and business combinations, including onboarding acquired entities into OneStream and overseeing consolidation impact assessments.
• Develop integration playbooks and standard operating procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director