Director, Global Statutory Reporting Center Of Excellence

Job Summary Key Responsibilities Global Statutory Reporting Leadership

• Lead the Global Statutory Reporting COE and establish a scalable operating model supporting statutory reporting and compliance activities across EMEA, APAC, LATAM, India, and other global regions.
• Develop and execute the strategic roadmap for statutory reporting transformation, standardization, and process optimization.
• Drive consistency in statutory reporting practices, deliverables, methodologies, and governance across all supported jurisdictions.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex statutory reporting, compliance, and audit matters.

Statutory Reporting Compliance Management

• Oversee planning, coordination, and execution of statutory financial statement preparation and filing activities across multiple legal entities globally.
• Ensure compliance with local statutory reporting requirements, accounting standards, and regulatory deadlines.
• Partner with regional accounting teams to proactively identify reporting risks and ensure timely resolution of technical and operational issues.
• Maintain strong governance processes to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of statutory reporting deliverables.

Audit Governance Stakeholder Management

• Provide executive oversight of statutory audit activities across global regions from planning through final sign-off.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with external auditors, including Big Four audit firms and local statutory audit providers.
• Collaborate with regional finance and accounting teams, Corporate Accounting leadership, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Payroll, Fixed Assets, and other cross-functional teams to ensure efficient audit execution.
• Monitor audit progress, escalations, key findings, and remediation activities across jurisdictions.

Operational Excellence Transformation

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on process standardization, automation, and simplification.
• Develop and implement global KPIs, SLAs, dashboards, and reporting metrics to improve transparency and service delivery.
• Identify opportunities to leverage technology, workflow tools, AI, and automation solutions to reduce manual effort and improve scalability.
• Drive adoption of best practices and establish a culture of operational excellence across the COE.

Risk Management Controls

• Ensure effective internal controls are maintained across statutory reporting and audit processes.
• Partner with SOX, Internal Audit, and Compliance teams to strengthen governance and risk management frameworks.
• Monitor regulatory developments and evaluate potential impacts to statutory reporting requirements.
• Oversee remediation of audit observations and control deficiencies where applicable.

Talent Leadership Organizational Development

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team supporting global statutory reporting activities.
• Establish workforce planning, succession planning, and talent development strategies for the COE.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and customer service.
• Mentor and develop future finance leaders within the organization.

Required Qualifications Education Experience Global Scope Leadership Audit Transformation Core Skills

• Leadership: Strong people leadership skills with demonstrated success building and developing global teams; ability to influence and drive alignment across senior finance and business leaders.
• Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of statutory reporting requirements, financial reporting frameworks, audit methodologies, IFRS, US GAAP, local reporting requirements, internal controls, governance, and compliance.
• Stakeholder Management: Exceptional communication and executive presentation skills with demonstrated ability to manage complex relationships with senior finance leaders, regional controllership teams, and external auditors.
• Operational Excellence: Ability to manage multiple global priorities in a fast-paced environment; strong project management capabilities and experience implementing process improvements, shared-service models, and technology-enabled solutions.
• Personal Attributes: Strategic thinker with strong business acumen, high accountability, ability to navigate ambiguity, and a continuous improvement mindset.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading a Global Business Services (GBS), Shared Services, or Center of Excellence organization.
• Experience with Oracle ERP, EPM/FCCS, audit management platforms, and workflow automation tools.
• Experience supporting large multinational legal entity structures across multiple jurisdictions.
• Exposure to finance transformation, outsourcing, or centralization initiatives within a Fortune 500 environment.

Minimum Qualifications