[All remote jobs](https://jobicy.com/jobs.md)[![CAI logo](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/06/1df732fc-221.png)](https://jobicy.com/company/cai.md)[CAI](https://jobicy.com/company/cai.md) # Global Director – General Ledger Review the role, location requirements, compensation details, and application process before deciding whether this opportunity fits your next career move. [Apply for this job](#job-application)[View company](https://jobicy.com/company/cai.md)ShareRemote from[USA](https://jobicy.com/job-region/usa.md)SalaryUSD 125k–150k / yrDepartment[Finance & Accounting](https://jobicy.com/categories/accounting-finance.md)EmploymentFull TimeExperienceDirectorPublished7 Oct 2026Apply before6 Nov 2026Listing views61Application actions5Application toolkit ## Make your next move. Prepare your resume, explore your fit, and draft a cover letter for this opportunity. AI Summary ## The role, at a glance. CAI seeks a Global Director, General Ledger to lead its global Record-to-Report function across multiple entities and countries. The role owns monthly and annual close execution, journal governance, balance-sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting, fixed assets, and consolidation support. It also establishes global GL controls, chart-of-accounts governance, accounting policies, and close-quality routines. The director partners with FP&A, Tax, Audit, shared services, local finance teams, and acquisition-integration stakeholders. Candidates need at least eight years of relevant accounting or controllership experience, ideally with a professional accounting credential and multi-country ERP experience. ## Role DNA A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description. ### Job Complexity 5/5EasyHard ### Pace & Pressure 5/5RelaxedFast-paced ### Autonomy Level 5/5GuidedFull ownership ### Communication Load 5/5IndependentCollaborative AI insightThis is a senior global controllership role requiring technical accounting judgment, strong close governance, and leadership across complex multi-entity and multi-currency operations. The position must manage time-critical close deadlines while improving controls and integrating acquired companies. ## Salary analysis Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles. Estimated job medianHighly competitive$137,500US market range$125k–$150k0$165k AI insightThe disclosed base salary range is USD 125,000 to USD 150,000 per year, with a midpoint of USD 137,500. This range is used as the US market reference for this role; total compensation may differ based on benefits, location, credentials, and scope of global responsibility. ## Core skills Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity. 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I standardize checklists and reconciliation templates, establish escalation paths, and track close metrics such as timeliness, outstanding reconciling items, and post-close adjustments. This creates accountability while reducing variability among entities. How do you maintain control over manual journal entries? I use clear journal-entry policies requiring documented business purpose, appropriate support, preparer-reviewer segregation, and approval thresholds based on risk. I also review recurring entries regularly, analyze unusual or late-posted journals, and ensure journals are retained in an auditable workflow. Describe your approach to intercompany accounting and reconciliation. I establish standardized intercompany account mappings, transaction coding rules, settlement schedules, and ownership for each counterparty relationship. I reconcile balances at both entity and consolidated levels, investigate timing and currency differences promptly, and use aging reports to prevent unresolved balances from carrying across periods. How would you support the finance integration of an acquired company? I would assess the acquired company's chart of accounts, accounting policies, opening balances, close process, systems, and control environment. From there, I would develop a phased conversion plan covering ledger mapping, data validation, policy alignment, reporting requirements, and ownership of post-acquisition close activities. How do you apply technical accounting standards to non-routine transactions? I first clarify the transaction's economic substance and gather complete contractual and operational facts. I research the applicable accounting guidance, document the conclusion and alternatives considered, consult relevant specialists when needed, and translate the conclusion into journal entries, disclosures, controls, and stakeholder communication. Opportunity details ## About this role. Are You Ready? CAI is a professional services company established in 1996 that has grown year over year to nearly 800 people worldwide. For mission-critical and regulated industries that need to deliver critical solutions in high-stakes environments, we provide accelerated operational readiness and unparalleled performance at the highest standard through our rigorous approach, field-tested processes, and elite expertise developed over 30 years. Our approach is simple because our Purpose informs everything we do: We exist to be the trusted solution for our clients as they strive to build a better working world and improve the human experience. Our Foundational Principles: * We act with integrity * We serve each other * We serve society * We work for our future At CAI, we believe in a relentless dedication to excellence, pushing boundaries and surpassing expectations. From the beginning, we’ve challenged ourselves to do what others wouldn’t. Not just setting industry standards, but redefining them entirely. We are bold in our thinking and creative in our approach. We operate at the intersection of wisdom and technology and thrive when they come together with humanity. For us, operational readiness isn’t simply a goal—it’s a way of life. Tomorrow demands to be at the forefront of today. We get there through tireless effort, precision, efficiency, and an unwavering belief that there is always room for advancement. We’re not interested in how it used to be done. We’re obsessed with how it will be done. The Global Director, General Ledger leads the global Record-to-Report process and is responsible for the monthly close and year end close, journal entry governance, balance sheet reconciliations, consolidation support, intercompany accounting, fixed asset accounting, account structure governance, close controls, and GL integration for acquired companies. This role ensures that the company’s books are complete, accurate, timely, and consistently maintained across all legal entities and countries. Key Responsibilities: * Own the global Record-to-Report process, including close calendar management, journal entry standards, account reconciliations, accruals, allocations, intercompany accounting, fixed assets, and consolidation support. * Establish global GL policies, procedures, account ownership standards, reconciliation templates, close checklists, certification requirements, and quality review routines. * Provide technical accounting expertise on the interpretation and application of accounting standards, monitor changes in accounting standards and reporting requirements, and ensure relevant changes are appropriately implemented across the organization * Lead monthly and annual close execution across countries, shared services, and local finance teams, ensuring deadlines, review standards, issue escalation, and reporting dependencies are met. * Maintain governance over the chart of accounts, legal entity structure, department and practice coding, cost centers, intercompany accounts, and reporting attributes. * Partner with FP&A to ensure actual results are reported in ways that support management reporting, KPI analysis, profitability views, and decision support. * Partner with the Tax & Audit to support compliance requirements and audit activities by ensuring accurate and timely financial information, reconciliations and supporting schedules are available * Support acquisition integration by mapping acquired company ledgers, converting chart of accounts, opening balance sheet support, standardizing close processes, and aligning accounting policies. * Strengthen controls over manual journals, reconciliations, account ownership, recurring entries, intercompany settlements, fixed assets, accruals, and close certifications. Qualifications: * Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required; CPA, ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CMA, or equivalent preferred. * 8+ years of accounting, general ledger, controllership, consolidation, or record-to-report experience, including leadership in a multi-entity or multi-country environment. * Strong technical accounting knowledge and experience applying accounting standards to complex or non-routine transactions is preferred. * Experience with ERP systems, close management tools, multi-currency accounting, intercompany processes, acquisition integration, and internal controls is preferred. #LI-MV1 ### Compensation Average base salary range – not including benefits. ### Additional Information We are an equal opportunity employer; we are proud to employ veterans and promote diversity and inclusion in our workplace. Diversity is a strength for our global company. We pledge that CAI will be operated in a way that is fair and equitable to all – our employees, our customers, and the broader society. This job description is not all inclusive and you may be asked to do other duties. CAI will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance Act (FCA) / Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO). 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