VP, Chief Accounting Officer

AGCO • Duluth, MN

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The VP, Chief Accounting Officer reports to the Chief Financial Officer and provides enterprise leadership for AGCO's global accounting and controllership function. The role is accountable for accurate and timely accounting and financial reporting, effective internal controls over financial reporting, consistent application of accounting standards, and the strategic direction and performance of the global controllership organization. As a member of the Finance leadership team, the VP advises senior leaders on significant accounting and financial-statement implications, supports strategic transactions, strengthens technical accounting capability and talent, and leads global process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement.

The role provides executive leadership for global accounting strategy, financial close and consolidation, technical accounting, internal controls and compliance, strategic transactions, process transformation, organization and talent leadership, and SEC external reporting and proxy disclosures. It leads a global controllership organization and partners with senior leaders, the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee, external auditors, Legal, Investor Relations, Human Resources, Executive Compensation, and other functions.

This role follows AGCO’s on-site work model, with employees primarily working from an AGCO location a minimum of 4 days per week. The position is on-site at AGCO’s Global Headquarters in Duluth, Georgia.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Certified Public Accountant designation required.
• 15 or more years of progressively responsible financial management experience in complex, global, publicly traded companies.
• Significant experience in corporate accounting, financial reporting, consolidation, technical accounting, SEC reporting, and internal controls over financial reporting.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing functional strategy, leading large global teams, and driving organizational change.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, divestitures, capital-markets activity, and post-acquisition integration.
• Executive-level experience working with C-suite leaders, Boards of Directors, external auditors, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, communication, and influencing capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the global accounting and controllership strategy in alignment with AGCO and Finance priorities.
• Establish enterprise accounting policies, governance standards, operating models, priorities, and resource requirements.
• Ensure consistent application of accounting standards, policies, and reporting requirements across business units, regions, subsidiaries, and legal entities.
• Advise executive leadership on accounting and financial-reporting implications of significant business decisions, proposed transactions, and regulatory developments.
• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual close and consolidation processes, including intercompany eliminations, journal entries, reconciliations, cash-flow reporting, and corporate-level accounting.
• Oversee preparation of internal and external financial statements, reports, and disclosures for accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and compliance.
• Direct accounting for complex and non-routine matters, including stockholders' equity, leases, goodwill, intangible assets, acquisitions, dispositions, and capital-markets activities.
• Ensure significant accounting, consolidation, reconciliation, and reporting matters are investigated, communicated, and resolved promptly.
• Direct technical accounting research and approve accounting analyses, position papers, policies, and implementation plans for significant or unusual matters.
• Assess new and proposed accounting standards and determine their impact on financial statements, disclosures, policies, systems, controls, and processes.
• Provide executive guidance on accounting treatment for proposed and completed transactions and communicate material developments to senior management and stakeholders.
• Build technical accounting acumen across the global controllership organization.
• Lead the design, maintenance, assessment, and continuous improvement of internal controls over financial reporting and strengthen the organization's internal-controls culture.
• Ensure Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and support management assessments and external attestation activities.
• Ensure control gaps are evaluated, remediation plans established, and corrective actions completed on time.
• Serve as the senior accounting contact for external auditors, oversee audit preparation, and resolve material accounting and reporting matters.
• Partner with Internal Audit, Legal, Tax, Treasury, Information Technology, and business leadership on financial-reporting integrity and compliance.
• Provide accounting, reporting, operational, and compliance support for acquisitions, divestitures, capital-markets activity, and other strategic transactions.
• Partner with business units, regions, and functions to support transaction execution and post-acquisition integration while minimizing financial-reporting and control risk.
• Build relationships with senior leaders and the Board of Directors, translating technical matters into business implications and recommendations.
• Set direction for global accounting process improvement, standardization, automation, and expansion of Enterprise Business Solutions and shared-services activities.
• Sponsor improvements to financial systems, consolidation, close management, reconciliations, controls, and reporting capabilities.
• Use emerging technologies to improve the quality, speed, efficiency, transparency, and reliability of accounting and reporting processes.
• Establish governance and accountability for adoption of approved global processes and standards, ensuring technology and process changes preserve financial-information integrity.
• Lead a global controllership organization with direct reporting lines and matrix relationships across businesses and regions.
• Select, develop, coach, and retain leaders and professionals; build high-performing teams and a succession pipeline for controllership and Finance.
• Set goals and performance expectations, conduct talent and succession reviews, and promote integrity, collaboration, knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and a speak-up culture.
• Provide executive leadership over SEC filings, annual reports, earnings disclosures, and accounting-related aspects of the annual proxy statement, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and consistency.
• Serve as the primary finance partner to Legal, Investor Relations, Human Resources, Executive Compensation, external auditors, and the Audit Committee on SEC reporting, proxy disclosures, governance, and shareholder communications.
• Ensure compliance with SEC, U.S. GAAP, NYSE, and other regulatory disclosure requirements and maintain governance over external reporting and shareholder-facing information.
• Advise executive leadership, the Audit Committee, and the Board on accounting standards, SEC regulations, disclosure requirements, and governance developments affecting external reporting and proxy disclosures.
• Lead evaluation and communication of significant accounting judgments, technical accounting matters, and financial-reporting risks to senior management, the Audit Committee, and external auditors.

Benefits

• Health care and wellness plans
• Dental and vision plans
• Flexible and virtual work options (where available)
• 401(k) Savings Plan with company match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan offering eligible employees the ability to purchase AGCO stock at a discounted price
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Reimbursement for continuing education
• Life insurance and other supplemental insurance plans

What This Job Offers

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