Vice President, Global Accounting
About the role
Responsibilities
Corporate Accounting & Financial Reporting
• Provide leadership and oversight across corporate accounting, general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, lease accounting, consolidations, and related accounting operations.
• Lead consolidated financial reporting ensuring timely and accurate financial results in accordance with U.S. GAAP .
• Establish and maintain accounting policies, governance, and processes and lead the evaluation and implementation of new accounting standards.
• Deliver meaningful financial information and insights to support executive decision-making.
Public Company & SOX Readiness
• Support the design and implementation of a scalable SOX compliance framework, including strong business-process controls, governance, documentation, and accountability.
• Strengthen the accounting organization's infrastructure across close and consolidation, SEC-quality financial reporting, accounting policies, technical accounting, internal controls, systems, documentation, and audit readiness.
Accounting Operations & Transformation
• Lead the standardization and optimization of accounting processes globally, establishing clear ownership, performance expectations, service levels, and measurable outcomes.
• Champion continuous improvement and identify opportunities to reduce manual effort, simplify processes, accelerate cycle times, and improve the quality and accessibility of financial information.
• Bring a technology-forward mindset to Accounting, identifying opportunities to leverage automation, AI, standardized workflows, and modern financial systems to improve speed, accuracy, scalability, controls, and insight.
Treasury & Cash Management
• Strengthen processes supporting cash visibility, liquidity management, cash positioning, and working capital optimization.
• Develop recommendations that support effective capital deployment, liquidity management, and financial risk management.
Leadership & Business Partnership
• Lead, develop, and scale a high-performing accounting organization building organizational depth, leadership capability, accountability, and opportunities for professional growth.
• Create an environment that attracts, develops, engages, and retains exceptional accounting talent.
• Build strong partnerships to drive alignment and successfully execute cross-functional initiatives.
What Success Looks Like
Success in this role will mean building upon Lyra's accounting foundation and transforming the organization for its next stage of growth. This leader will help create:
• A scalable, high-performing global accounting organization with strong leadership depth and clear accountability.
• A faster, more predictable, and increasingly automated financial close.
• Standardized global accounting processes supported by strong systems, data, and controls.
• Financial reporting and accounting infrastructure capable of operating at public-company standards.
• A robust and sustainable SOX and internal-control environment.
• Greater use of technology, automation, and AI across accounting workflows.
• An accounting organization recognized as a trusted, strategic partner to the business.
Qualifications
• Strong executive presence and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, navigate complex issues, resolve escalations, and drive alignment across functions.
• 15+ years of progressive accounting experience with demonstrated success leading and developing complex accounting organizations in a global environment.
• Public-company accounting experience; a deep understanding of U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements, SOX and audit requirements.
• Demonstrated success leading accounting transformation, process standardization, automation, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA required.
• A collaborative, pragmatic leadership style and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, high-growth environment.
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