Director, Accounting

kplace culture aligned with our core values of being inclusive, collaborative, customer centric, and socially responsible. We value work-life balance and flexibility, and as a result have introduced policies such as our hybrid office schedule, casual dress code, and flexible Fridays, which allow us to wrap up meetings for dedicated focus time or to start our weekends sooner, year-round. Our commitment to employee growth and development is demonstrated through our offering of facilitated courses and certificate programs and our investment in resources that enable self-paced learning.

The Role at a Glance

The Director, Accounting provides both financial leadership and oversight to ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial statements while aligning accounting practices with the Company's long-term financial strategy and leading change management initiatives to enhance operational effectiveness. This role provides leadership for cost accounting, inventory accounting, and operational finance, with a strong focus on driving efficiency, transparency, and financial insight across the manufacturing and supply chain functions. As a key business partner to leadership, this position provides strategic financial guidance, delivers actionable analysis, provides insights to influence decision-making, guides operational priorities, and shapes business strategies. This is a highly visible role reporting to the VP, Finance and Centers of Excellence while also leading, developing, and inspiring a team of accounting professionals, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and collaboration across cross-functional teams.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Financial Accounting

• Oversee daily activities of the general accounting and inventory accounting functions in Tennessee for assigned areas, including intercompany accounting, cash management/reconciliation, and fixed asset management

• Lead and manage monthly, quarterly and annual financial close processes ensuring all transactions are properly recorded for assigned areas

• Oversee preparation of accurately and timely financial statements, reports, and forecasts for assigned areas

• Analyze and review the monthly management reports for accuracy

• Lead budgeting and forecasting processes, working closely with management to align financial goals with operational processes

• Conduct in-depth financial analysis, identifying trends, discrepancies and potential areas of improvement for assigned areas

• Summarize corporate financial information and status to management and interpret ratios and metrics used in measuring financial stability

• Collaborate with management to develop and implement strategies in line with business objectives

• Establish and implement strategies for reconciling accounts and reporting financial results

• Develop, implement, document and maintain adequate and effective processes to improve the close and reporting cycles to ensure timely and accurate reporting

• Establish and maintain internal controls to monitor assets, capital investments and control costs

• Research and interpret IFRS guidance to solve complex accounting issues

• Actively streamline, automate and improve processes and implement best practices for accounting.

• Create and monitor metrics to ensure efficiency in accounting operations

• Participate in ad-hoc projects as needed

Manufacturing Accounting

• Manage the financial planning and analysis of the distribution centers including the capital budget, preparation of annual operations budgets, and monthly forecasts

• Identify and analyze the nature of the variances in monthly forecasts and recommend corrective actions to be taken to improve financial performance

• Partner with leaders to ensure accurate costing of products; drive accountability for maintaining inventory accuracy

• Recommend and develop costing systems, processes and procedures; manage operations accounting staff in monitoring costs and related financial systems for the identification of and recommendations for procedural and processing improvements required for effective operational support

• Review costing standards; monitor relevance of standards to actual environment; recommend periodic adjustments to standards

• Manage activities related to inventory accounting including physical inventory, physical inventory count procedures, reconciliation and adjustments to inventory records

• Drive analysis to determine cost drivers of business activities including purchase price, manufacturing and loss variances

• Monitor and update labor and overhead rates for product costing; develop reports to increase visibility into product costs and related profitability

• Develop and maintain robust internal controls over inventory and cost accounting processes

Leadership

• Provide guidance and mentorship to accounting staff and leadership, fostering a high-performance team environment while demonstrating a commitment to fostering and maintaining an environment of belonging

• Provide day-to-day leadership to staff and provide timely and candid feedback to enhance performance

• Actively coach and develop team members by assessing strengths and developmental needs

• Lead teams cross-functionally with teamwork as a core value, all while creating a positive working environment

• Manage department staffing; hiring, performance management, and terminations

• Articulate complex issues and solutions in a clear and concise manner, enabling effective understanding and alignment across the team or organizational levels

• Act as a change leader for finance transformation initiatives and cross-functional process enhancements

• Influence operational and long-term decision making to supply chain leadership across corporate and manufacturing functions to drive efficiency and business objectives

Key Experience & Qualifications

Education

• Required Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience) Accounting Finance, or related field

• Preferred Master's Degree MBA

Experience

Minimum 10 years; A combination of experience spanning the following areas: Required

• Progressive finance experience across multiple finance disciplines including but not limited to: Accounting, Reporting, Taxation, Capital Management, Change Management

• Experience partnering with senior executives as a strategic partner on their financial planning and forecasting

• Experience in change management/transformation

• Business partnering experience essential with a proven track record of negotiation and influencing

• Experience budgeting, planning, forecasting and management reporting experience

• Experience leading and coaching teams; track record of motivating and managing a group of professionals and taking interest in individuals' career development paths

Licenses and Certifications

• Preferred CPA - Certified Public Accountant

Software/Technical Skills

• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) Advanced Required

• In-depth technical knowledge and understanding of IFRS and local GAAP requirements Advanced Required

• Knowledge of SAP - S4 Intermediate Required

Other Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

Required

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret and convey data into simplistic logical story and influence long term planning

• Ability to thrive in an environment with short timelines and changing priorities

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of management

• Ability to identify and seek needed information/research skills

• Detailed oriented with ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to think creatively and learn quickly

• Leadership skills, ability to develop and mentor others

• Ability to work and lead teams cross-functionally with teamwork as a core value

• Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to work cross-functionally and establish strong relationships

• Exceptional business acumen within a complex environment and deep understanding of the financial implication of supply chain decisions

• Ability to balance technical precision with strategic understanding of business priorities

Compensation & Schedule for This Role

This role will be a hybrid role. Subject to business needs, employees may work remotely up to two days per week. Assigned office days will be determined by managers. #LI-Hybrid

• The salary (or hiring) range for this position is $ 165,000 - $ 185,000 per year

• Starting salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, location, and alignment with market data

• This position is eligible to participate in the relevant Brother variable pay incentive plan(s). Applicable bonus awards are discretionary and contingent upon 1) achievement of your individual objectives and 2) Brother achieving its corporate and business-level objectives

• Benefits include, but are not limited to, healthcare and wellness coverage, life and disability insurance, 401K, tuition reimbursement, and Paid Time Off. Details are available at https://mybenefits.nfp.com/Brother/2025/guidebook/

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package with diverse plan options to meet your family's needs, including health, vision, and dental insurance-all effective from day one of employment. Under our 401(k) retirement savings plan, we match up to 100% of the first 4% of employee contributions, with employer matches vesting immediately. Additionally, we offer an educational assistance program that reimburses up to 100% of tuition, lab fees, textbooks, and other related expenses for qualifying programs. To learn more, visit our benefits page: https://careers.brother-usa.com/benefits

Our Mission, Vision, & Culture

Our mission is to live our "at your side" promise to simplify and enrich the lives of our customers, employees, and communities. We aim to be where people and technology meet, providing products and solutions that enhance how people live, work, and create. We look to our strategic culture drivers - accountability, authenticity, boldness, and excellence - to enable us to consistently deliver on our vision, mission, and shared values. These drivers help us shape a culture that empowers the business to succeed. To learn more about our culture drivers and company culture, visit: https://careers.brother-usa.com/ourculture

About Where We Work

Brother's corporate headquarters for the Americas is in Bridgewater, NJ, across from the Bridgewater Commons Mall. This location houses key corporate functions, including HR, legal, finance, IT, and supply chain, and a significant presence of our business unit leadership and marketing teams. Our manufacturing and distribution facility in Bartlett, TN spans an impressive 1.5 million square feet - equivalent to 26 football fields - and is located on Brother Boulevard. In addition to the distribution center operations team, this facility hosts several other departments, including our customer service group. Brother also has employees based in other locations, such as Westminster, CO, where many of our marketing and product engineering team members from the mobile solutions division operate, as well as our distribution centers in Richmond, VA and Perris, CA. Additionally, our outside sales teams work remotely within their territories, staying geographically close to the accounts they support to ensure they are always "at your side" for our customers.

Links to Learn More

To hear more about our business and culture, visit these helpful links:

• Brother's Product Categories:
  https://careers.brother-usa.com/our-products

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs):
  https://careers.brother-usa.com/employee-resource-groups-diversity

• Corporate Social Responsibility:
  https://careers.brother-usa.com/our-corporate-social-responsibility-sustainability

• Work-Life and Flexibility:
  https://careers.brother-usa.com/lifeatbrother

• Growth and Development:
  https://careers.brother-usa.com/career-development

• Follow us on LinkedIn:
  https://www.linkedin.com/company/brother-usa/

Brother International Corporation ("Brother") is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or make employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state or federal laws. If you require any physical or other assistance in completing this application or any other aspect of the application or interview process, a reasonable accommodation will be made upon request.