Director, Financial Reporting & Global Consolidations

Job Description

Director, Financial Reporting & Global Consolidations

(Hybrid)

What We're Looking For:

Michael Baker International is seeking a Director, Financial Reporting & Global Considerations to lead all aspects of financial reporting and global consolidation across multiple entities and ERP systems.

What You'll Do:

You will oversee technical accounting, external reporting to private equity stakeholders and lenders, and internal reporting to executive leadership. The Director will lead and manage complex global consolidation processes for newly acquired businesses, ensuring compliance with GAAP and establishing robust governance and controls across all entities. You will have extensive visibility with the CFO and senior leadership, serving as a key strategic partner on complex accounting, consolidation, and reporting matters, and will provide direct leadership and oversight of the Technical Policy & Financial Reporting function.

• Lead the external reporting process, including preparation and review of lender and private equity reporting packages, ensuring compliance with GAAP and debt covenant requirements.
• Oversee internal reporting to executive management and Board of Directors, delivering accurate and timely consolidated financial statements and analysis.
• Direct technical accounting research and author technical accounting memos for complex transactions, including acquisitions, profit interest arrangements, and other strategic initiatives.
• Manage global consolidation of multiple entities operating on different ERP systems, ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial data.
• Drive integration efforts for newly acquired businesses, including coordination of internal and external accounting and valuation specialists, and implementation of governance and control activities post-close.
• Develop and maintain corporate accounting policies, ensuring alignment with GAAP and best practices.
• Serve as primary liaison with external auditors for consolidated financial reporting and technical accounting matters.
• Oversee key areas of the monthly close process, including intercompany eliminations and consolidation adjustments.
• Support internal controls activities, including documentation, testing, and reporting for consolidated processes.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and development for direct reports, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

What You Need to Succeed:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including significant exposure to technical accounting, consolidations, and financial reporting
• Active CPA License
• Prior leadership experience required (Big Four public accounting experience strongly preferred)
• Deep knowledge of GAAP and technical accounting principles
• Expertise in consolidation processes and ERP systems (experience with multiple platforms preferred)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other reporting tools
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively interact with all levels of management and external stakeholders
• Highly motivated self-starter with demonstrated leadership capabilities

Compensation:

The approximate compensation range for this position $145,000-$180,000 per year. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.


Why Choose Us:

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability
• Professional and personal development
• Generous paid time off
• Commuter and wellness benefits

About Us

Michael Baker International, a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction and program management, has been solving some of the world's most complex infrastructure challenges for more than 85 years with a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation and integrity.

Based in Pittsburgh and with over 100 offices nationwide, we partner with clients on everything from roads, bridges, tunnels, mass transit, and airports, to water treatment plants, arctic oil pipelines, environmental restoration and specialized overseas construction. We serve as a trusted adviser to the communities we serve, making them safer, more accessible, more sustainable and more prosperous.

We provide visionary leadership in facilitating transformational change for our clients. Our work delivers differentiating innovations and dedicated experts who challenge the status quo and share a world of diverse experience and an impassioned entrepreneurial spirit. We deliver quality of life.

We Make a Difference.


Michael Baker International is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Michael Baker International provides equal employment opportunity for all persons, in all facets of employment. Michael Baker International maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified and all will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, familial status, pregnancy or childbirth, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, status with regard to public assistance, or membership or activity in a local human rights commission, or any other legally protected status.


EEO is the Law. Applicants to and employees of Michael Baker International are protected under Federal law from discrimination.


*It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.


*There is no current application deadline. Michael Baker will continue to accept applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or no longer needed.

About the Team

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Michael Baker International understands that people require choices in where they want to begin to build a sustainable future. For more than 80 years, Michael Baker International has maintained an entrepreneurial work environment that fosters great careers, which ultimately has brought great success to the organization. Michael Baker offers many opportunities to help you grow professionally to build your career. Whether it is in Finance, IT, Human Resources, Technology, Communications, Proposal Development, Legal or our National Practice and Market segments, take your next step with us and help make a difference in the lives of those you work with and those we serve.