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Responsibilities:- Lead the monthly General Ledger close process for multiple U.S. legal entities, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely reporting.
- Partner with regional leadership to drive finance transformation initiatives, including process harmonization, automation, and system improvements.
- Support ERP enhancements, system implementations, and new business or project launches across the region.
- Manage and oversee month-end close activities within AS400, and SAP environments.
- Coordinate regional Finance and Accounting projects, ensuring successful execution and alignment with business objectives.
- Lead the accounting team providing guidance and motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced collaborative environment
- Prepare audit schedules and support internal and external audit activities, including year-end reporting requirements.
- Maintain and improve reporting processes to support operational and financial decision-making.
- Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, improve controls, and enhance financial reporting capabilities.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field required; CPA designation preferred.
- 7+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including significant General Ledger and month-end close responsibilities.
- Experience managing accounting activities for multiple legal entities within a manufacturing or multinational environment preferred.
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems such as SAP, AS400, or similar financial platforms.
- Strong knowledge of General Ledger accounting, financial reporting, account reconciliations, and audit support.
- Ability to lead an accounting team providing guidance and motivation to achieve results in a fast paced collaborative environment
The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Vibracoustic USA Inc.Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field
- 7+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience
- Significant General Ledger and month-end close experience
- Experience managing accounting activities for multiple legal entities
- Experience in a manufacturing or multinational environment
- Hands-on experience with SAP, AS400, or similar ERP financial platforms
- Strong knowledge of General Ledger accounting, financial reporting, account reconciliations, and audit support
- Ability to lead and motivate an accounting team
- CPA designation
Freudenberg Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Freudenberg Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Freudenberg Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is considered strong at many U.S. sites, with low‑cost options, HSA contributions, and on‑site clinics in some locations.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is standard across U.S. entities, though exact match mechanics differ by business group and year.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is often described as good, with some locations offering generous holiday schedules.
Freudenberg Group Insights
What We Do
Freudenberg is a global technology group that strengthens its customers and society long-term through forward-looking innovations. Together with its partners, customers and research institutions, the Freudenberg Group develops leading-edge technologies and excellent products and services for about 40 markets and for thousands of applications: seals, vibration control components, technical textiles, filters, specialty chemicals, medical products and the most modern cleaning products. Strength of innovation, strong customer orientation, diversity, and team spirit are the cornerstones of the Group. The 170-year-old company holds strong to its core values: a commitment to excellence, reliability and pro-active, responsible action. In 2022, the Freudenberg Group employed more than 51,000 people in some 60 countries worldwide and generated sales of more than €11.7 billion. Learn more about us and visit our digital home at freudenberg.com and read the stories that make us Freudenberg. Visit and follow us at www.freudenberg.com https://www.instagram.com/freudenberg.group/ www.youtube.com/FreudenbergGroup www.facebook.com/freudenberggroup *** Netiquette *** We look forward to receiving your comments and posts. On behalf of all users, we ask for constructive contributions, mutual respect, courtesy and tolerance. All contributions will be checked and we reserve the right to delete contributions. This applies in particular to unlawful content, incorrect statements, advertising for third parties, spam or slander. In addition, we reserve the right to remove comments that are otherwise inappropriate or incorrect. Contributions made by external users do not necessarily reflect Freudenberg’s opinion. Please find our data protect information here: https://www.freudenberg.com/fileadmin/downloads/english/2020-11_DataProtectionInformation_SocialMedia_EN.pdf
