VP, Chief Accounting Officer

AGCO • Duluth, GA

8d • 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, Chief Accounting Officer 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.

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 accounting standards, policies, and reporting requirements are applied consistently across business units, regions, subsidiaries, and legal entities.
• Advise executive leadership on the 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 activities.
• Oversee preparation of internal and external financial statements, reports, and disclosures, ensuring accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and compliance with U.S. GAAP, SEC requirements, statutory laws, and company policies.
• 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 other 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 compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and support management assessments and external attestation activities.
• Ensure control gaps are evaluated, remediation plans are established, and corrective actions are completed on a timely basis.
• Serve as the senior accounting contact for external auditors and oversee preparation for audits and resolution of material accounting and reporting matters.
• Partner with Internal Audit, Legal, Tax, Treasury, Information Technology, and business leadership on matters affecting 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 disciplined transaction execution and seamless post-acquisition integration while minimizing financial-reporting and control risk.
• Build effective relationships with senior leaders and the Board of Directors, translating complex technical matters into clear business implications and recommendations.
• Set the 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 with the technical skills, business acumen, and leadership capability required for current and future needs.
• Create high-performing, accountable teams and a strong succession pipeline for controllership and the broader Finance organization.
• Set clear 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 AGCO's external financial reporting processes, including SEC filings (Form 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K), annual reports, earnings disclosures, and all accounting-related aspects of the Company's annual proxy statement, ensuring the completeness, accuracy, and consistency of all public filings.
• 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 matters, and shareholder communications.
• Ensure compliance with SEC, U.S. GAAP, NYSE, and other regulatory disclosure requirements while maintaining strong governance over external financial reporting, proxy statement disclosures, and shareholder-facing information.
• Advise executive leadership, the Audit Committee, and the Board on emerging accounting standards, SEC regulations, disclosure requirements, and governance developments that may impact the Company's external reporting obligations and proxy statement disclosures.
• Lead the 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