P6P6 — Principal Professional
Director of Accounting
Sets the strategic direction for the accounting function. Establishes organization-wide accounting standards and reporting strategies.
What this level means
Top individual contributor; recognized authority with strategic impact, equivalent to a low executive level
- Scope
- Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems
- Autonomy
- Defines direction; minimal oversight
- Complexity
- Strategic, open-ended problems shaping the technical future
- Impact
- Organization-wide
- Decision rights
- Sets technical strategy for a major area
- Leadership
- Recognized authority; multiplies many teams
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Sets strategic direction for accounting
- Establishes accounting standards
- Manages a large team or multiple accounting groups
- Set strategic direction for accounting
- Establish and enforce standards
- Manage large teams or groups
- Drive innovation in accounting practices
- Collaborate across functions
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Visionary leadership
- Strategic direction setting
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Organizational adaptability
- Accounting standards establishment
- Team management
- Advanced strategic planning
- Innovation in accounting
- Strategic leadership in accounting
- Cross-functional collaboration techniques
- Organizational adaptability strategies
- Accounting standards development
- Team management in finance
- Advanced strategic planning
- Innovation in financial practices
- Organizational change management
- Visionary leadership
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Organizational adaptability
What good looks like
- Often 15+ years of cumulative finance experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred
Common titles
Finance – General Accounting VIFinance – General Accounting 6Principal Finance – General AccountingDirector of Accounting
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.