The Senior Director, Accounting is responsible for overseeing all accounting and payroll functions within the organization. This role ensures the accuracy, completeness, and compliance of financial reporting, annual statutory and consolidated external audits, procure to pay cycle, and internal controls.
This role will lead a team of accounting and payroll professionals, manage financial audits, and work closely with senior management to support strategic financial decision-making. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in accounting and payroll leadership and a strong background in using NetSuite ERP and Payroll systems (experience with payroll systems such as ADP and UKG is an asset).
**Please note this is a hybrid role (3 days a week in our Toronto, Canada office) and we are NOT able to offer sponsorship now or in the future**
What you will Do
Financial Close & GAAP Reporting: Direct the global G/L close process and deliver timely, accurate financial statements (B/S, P&L, Cash Flows) in strict compliance with U.S. GAAP.
Global Payroll Operations: Lead domestic and international full-cycle payroll execution, ensuring cross-functional alignment, regulatory compliance, and scalable system infrastructure.
Treasury & Cash Forecasting: Oversee cash flow reporting, weekly rolling liquidity forecasts, debt compliance, intercompany funding balances, and global banking relationships.
Global Tax Strategy & Compliance: Partner with the CAO and external tax advisors to execute multi-jurisdictional corporate tax strategies, statutory reporting, and Sales/Use tax compliance.
External Audit Management: Lead the annual global financial audit process, serving as the primary liaison to external auditors and driving the resolution of audit recommendations.
ERP Optimization (NetSuite): Manage and enhance NetSuite ERP capabilities to automate financial workflows, shorten close cycles, and support strategic business analysis.
Team Leadership & Development: Mentor and manage the accounting department, setting performance targets, conducting reviews, and cultivating a high-performance operational culture.
Internal Controls Framework: Establish and maintain robust internal control structures to safeguard company assets, mitigate financial risk, and ensure reporting integrity.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with executive leadership, FP&A, HR, and legal to align accounting workflows with broader business priorities and growth initiatives.
Strategic Financial Analysis: Evaluate operational data and financial trends to provide executive leadership with actionable insights for long-term strategic decision-making.
Policy & Process Improvement: Continuously review and modernize accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls to keep pace with global corporate expansion.
Statutory & Regulatory Reporting: Ensure error-free, timely quarterly and annual regulatory filings across all local, state, federal, and global jurisdictions.
What you will Bring
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field OR equivalent work experience (Masters degree preferred)
Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license required.
12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 7+ years in a Senior Director, Controller, or managerial leadership role.
Hands-on proficiency with NetSuite ERP required.
Demonstrated experience with enterprise systems including Avalara, Stripe, and ADP or UKG.
In-depth knowledge of global payroll operations, multi-jurisdictional compliance, GAAP, and external audit management.
Proven track record of scaling and transforming accounting and payroll operations through automation and process optimization.
Demonstrated ability to mentor, build, and retain high-performing, cross-functional accounting teams.
Thrives in hyper-growth environments, managing tight deadlines, multi-project critical paths, and competing priorities under pressure.
Exceptional financial analysis, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field OR equivalent work experience
- Master's degree
- Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license
- 12+ years progressive accounting experience, including 7+ years in a Senior Director, Controller, or managerial leadership role
- Hands-on proficiency with NetSuite ERP
- Experience with Avalara and Stripe
- Experience with payroll systems (ADP or UKG)
- In-depth knowledge of global payroll operations, multi-jurisdictional compliance, GAAP, and external audit management
- Proven track record of scaling and transforming accounting and payroll operations through automation and process optimization
- Demonstrated ability to mentor, build, and retain high-performing, cross-functional accounting teams
- Experience in hyper-growth environments managing tight deadlines and competing priorities
- Exceptional financial analysis, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills
What We Do
Emburse humanizes work by empowering business travelers, finance professionals and CFOs to eliminate manual, time-consuming tasks so they can focus on what matters most. Emburse brings together some of the world’s most powerful and trusted expense and AP automation solutions, including Abacus, Captio, Certify, Chrome River, Nexonia and Tallie. The company’s innovative offerings, which are uniquely tailored for specific industries, company sizes, and geographies, are trusted by more than 4.5 million users in more than 120 countries. Over 14,000 customers, from start-ups to global enterprises, including Boot Barn, Grant Thornton, Telefónica, Lufthansa Systems, and Toyota rely on Emburse to make faster, smarter decisions, empower business travelers to recapture lost nights and weekends spent doing tedious expense management, and help make users’ lives -- and their businesses -- better.
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