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It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.\n Position Purpose:\nThe Senior Director of General Accounting is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing and\ndirecting the company's general accounting, regulatory accounting, and management & services (M&S)\naccounting functions. This role will serve as a strategic partner to senior finance leadership, ensuring\nthe integrity of accounting records, compliance with regulatory requirements, and the continuous\nimprovement of accounting processes. The ideal candidate brings deep technical accounting expertise\nin both US GAAP and IFRS, strong leadership capabilities, and a forward-thinking mindset toward digital\ninnovation and process transformation.\nPrimary Duties/Responsibilities:\nProvide day-to-day leadership, direction, and oversight to the General Accounting, Regulatory Accounting, and M&S Accounting teams, ensuring accurate and timely execution of all accounting activities.\nMonitor and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and transactional activity to ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP, IFRS and applicable regulatory accounting standards.\nEnsure timely and accurate completion of regulatory accounting entries, regulatory assets and liabilities roll-forward, and deferred cost tracking in accordance with ASC 980 and applicable regulatory requirements.\nReview M&S cost allocations and inter-company billings to ensure proper recording and compliance with cost allocation methodologies.\nReview and approve balance sheet account reconciliations, ensuring all reconciling items are properly documented and resolved within established timelines.\nSupport Rates and Regulatory Affairs (RRA) during rate case proceedings, providing financial data, testimony support, data requests and accounting analysis as required.\nOversee the preparation and submission of annual regulatory reports and support RRA for any other required regulatory filings.\nPartner with FP&A, Tax and business unit leaders to provide accounting insights and historical data analysis to support budgeting and forecasting, business decision making, and process optimization.\nServe as a point of contact for external auditors during the annual audit, managing the preparation of audit schedules, responding to auditor inquiries, and ensuring timely resolution of audit findings.\nConduct periodic performance reviews for direct reports, establish individual development plans, and identify training and growth opportunities to build team capabilities.\nIdentify, champion, and lead process improvement initiatives across the general accounting, regulatory accounting, and M&S accounting functions to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.\nPartner with Internal Control and Compliance to strengthen the internal control environment and proactively address control gaps or deficiencies.\n Education/Experience/Background:\nBachelor’s degree desired in Accounting, Finance or related field.\nMasters in Business Administration or CPA license is a plus.\n10-15 years of progressive accounting experience with experience managing accounting teams.\nDemonstrated experience managing month-end and year-end close processes in a multi-entity environment.\nProven ability to lead, develop, and retain high-performing accounting teams.\nExperience with the implementation of State Public Utility Commission Rate Orders.\nKnowledge and Expertise in:Regulatory accounting of regulated utilities in the United States\nGenerally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) requirements\nIFRS accounting requirements\n\nKnowledge/Skills/Abilities:\nExceptional strategic thinking with ability to translate complex financial data into executive insights that drive enterprise decision-making and long-term value.\nDeep expertise in U.S. GAAP and specialized mastery of ASC 980 - Regulated Operations, with ability to advise on emerging standards and regulatory implications.\nProven ability to influence C-suite, Board members, and diverse stakeholders on strategic financial matters.\nLeader with a track record of building high-performing teams, developing future leaders, and driving organizational excellence.\nStrategic change agent with proven success leading enterprise-wide finance transformations, system implementations, and organizational restructuring.\nAdvanced knowledge of enterprise risk management, internal controls (COSO, SOX), and governance, with the ability to design control environments that balance risk and efficiency.\nTrusted business partner to senior leadership, aligning finance operations with enterprise strategy to drive competitive advantage.\nProven ability to build cross-functional relationships and influence outcomes across organizational boundaries.\n Pay Range: $200000 to $225000 Per Year.\nBenefits: Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.\nSick leave - 56 hours; Observed Holidays - 11 days; Vacation - Flexible Time Off\nEligible for up to 20% Annual Performance Bonus.\nWe are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.\nDisclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. 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