M4M4 — Director
Assistant Controller / Senior Manager
Leads the entire general accounting function for one entity or division. Designs and maintains internal control processes.
What this level means
Leads a function or department; owns strategy, budget, and outcomes for the area.
- Scope
- A function or department
- Autonomy
- Owns area strategy and budget
- Complexity
- Strategic priorities and cross-functional alignment
- Impact
- Function-level results
- Decision rights
- Owns strategy, budget, and org design for the area
- Leadership
- Leads managers; sets direction for the function
- Typical experience
- 10–15 yrs
What you'd do
- Coordinates intercompany accounting and consolidations across multiple entities
- Prepares board-level reporting packages with analysis
- Leads general accounting functions for a division
- Designs internal control processes
- Maintains financial integrity across entities
- Coordinate intercompany accounting
- Prepare board-level financial reports
- Design and maintain internal controls
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Intercompany accounting
- Board-level reporting
- Internal control design
- Strategic financial management
- Change management
- Intercompany accounting
- Internal control processes
- Board-level financial reporting
- Strategic financial management
- Biotechnology financial structures
- Strategic Orientation
- Change management
- Decision-making and judgment
- Intercompany accounting
- Internal control design
What good looks like
- ~9–12 years, including proven management of an accounting team
- Experience with system implementations or major process improvements
Common titles
Director, General Accounting ManagerGeneral Accounting Manager DirectorAssistant Controller / Senior Manager
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations (inferred)