SVP - Accounting

ProAmpac

$210K — $250K *
Legal & Accounting
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline
  • Active CPA designation
  • 15+ years of progressive accounting and finance leadership experience
  • Experience leading accounting within a large, multi-site, and/or global organization
  • Deep expertise in financial reporting and U.S. GAAP
  • Extensive experience managing external audits and complex accounting matters
  • Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing teams
  • Executive-level communication skills with the ability to influence across functions and levels

Responsibilities

  • Lead the enterprise accounting organization by establishing strategy, governance, and operating standards
  • Own the global close and consolidation process, ensuring disciplined reporting
  • Oversee preparation of consolidated financial statements and disclosures according to SEC-company standards
  • Serve as the senior technical accounting authority on acquisitions and complex transactions
  • Strengthen internal controls and financial governance, enhancing risk management
  • Lead relationships with external auditors for audits and compliance reviews
  • Develop and mentor a high-performing accounting and finance organization

Benefits

  • Remote or hybrid work options
  • Opportunity for significant executive influence at an organizational level
  • Engagement in strategic initiatives and growth priorities
  • Leadership in a fast-growing, private equity-backed environment
  • Participation in mergers and acquisitions related activities
Full Job Description
Senior Vice President, Accounting

Remote/Hybrid | Up to 50% Travel | Executive Leadership
Build the Accounting Infrastructure for What Comes Next

ProAmpac is seeking a Senior Vice President, Accounting to serve as the Company's senior accounting executive and lead the strategy, governance, and execution of accounting across a complex, multi-site organization.

Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this leader will have enterprise-wide responsibility for financial reporting, accounting operations, controls, consolidation, audit, tax, cash management, and shared services. The SVP will help shape the financial infrastructure required to support ProAmpac's continued growth and acquisition strategy.

This is an opportunity for an accomplished accounting executive to operate at the intersection of technical accounting excellence, enterprise transformation, operational discipline, and business growth.

The successful leader will bring the credibility to serve as the Company's senior authority on accounting matters, the executive presence to partner with the CFO, Audit Committee, lenders, auditors, and senior leadership, and the change leadership required to build scalable processes across a growing organization.
The Opportunity

As Senior Vice President, Accounting, you will:
  • Lead the enterprise accounting organization, establishing strategy, governance, operating standards, and accountability.
  • Own the global close and consolidation process, driving disciplined monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting.
  • Oversee preparation of consolidated financial statements and disclosures to SEC-company standards, ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP.
  • Serve as the organization's senior technical accounting authority on acquisitions, integrations, complex transactions, and emerging standards.
  • Establish and govern enterprise accounting policies, procedures, and the Company's chart of accounts.
  • Strengthen internal controls and financial governance, improving controls, risk management, documentation, and accountability.
  • Lead relationships with external auditors, including audits, compliance reviews, and technical matters.
  • Provide financial reporting, governance, and accounting leadership to the CFO, executive leadership, Audit Committee, lenders, and other stakeholders.
  • Provide executive oversight for Corporate Accounting, Tax, Shared Services, Cash Management, Consolidation, and related functions.
  • Lead through a matrixed environment, guiding divisional finance leaders and plant controllers.
  • Partner with the CFO and senior leadership on acquisitions, integrations, strategic initiatives, operational improvements, and growth priorities.
  • Develop, mentor, and retain a high-performing accounting and finance organization.
What You Bring

You are an accomplished accounting executive who combines deep technical expertise with business judgment and organizational leadership.

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline
  • Active CPA designation
  • 15+ years of progressive accounting and finance leadership experience
  • Experience leading accounting within a large, multi-site, and/or global organization
  • Deep expertise in financial reporting and U.S. GAAP
  • Extensive experience managing external audits and complex accounting matters
  • Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing teams
  • Executive-level communication skills with the ability to influence across functions and levels
Experience That Will Set You Apart

We are particularly interested in leaders with experience in:
  • Manufacturing, packaging, industrial, or similarly complex environments
  • Private equity-backed or high-growth organizations
  • Businesses with active M&A and integration strategies
  • Organizations undergoing growth, transformation, standardization, or financial process evolution
  • Environments requiring regular interaction with Boards, Audit Committees, lenders, auditors, and senior executives
Your Leadership Impact

Success in this role requires more than accounting expertise. The Senior Vice President, Accounting will bring:

Executive Presence & Influence Credibility to advise senior executives and external stakeholders on complex matters.

Strategic Thinking Ability to anticipate organizational needs and build the accounting infrastructure for scale.

Technical Accounting Leadership Judgment to navigate acquisitions, complex transactions, and evolving standards.

Change Leadership Skill in leading transformation across processes, systems, and structures.

Operational Excellence Discipline in close, reporting, controls, governance, and continuous improvement.

Talent Leadership Commitment to developing strong leaders and building organizational depth.
Location: Remote / Hybrid - Cincinnati, OH area preferred (not required)

Travel: Approximately 50%

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer

Employment Type: Full-Time, Exempt

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