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Pfizer

Director, Global Operational Accounting

Pfizer

. Provide strategy, performance oversight, and transformation leadership for Pfizer’s global cash, bank, payroll, and intercompany accounting activities .

Posted 10/26/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $176,600 - $294,300 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in global accounting leadership, including U.S. GAAP compliance, financial close management, and process transformation. Proven ability to lead diverse teams and drive automation and digital enablement in accounting operations.

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U.S. GAAP KnowledgeFinancial Close ManagementProcess StandardizationPeople LeadershipStakeholder Management

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Hard Skills
AccountingFinance OperationsAudit SupportAccount ReconciliationFinancial ReportingInternal ControlsProcess AutomationTransformation LeadershipAnalytical ReviewsDigital Enablement
Soft Skills
Executive CommunicationProblem SolvingTeam LeadershipStakeholder EngagementTime Management
Tools & Technologies
BlackLineAI-Enabled Accounting Systems
Industry Keywords
Cash ManagementPayroll AccountingIntercompany AccountingGovernanceSOX Documentation

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide strategy, performance oversight, and transformation leadership for Pfizer’s global cash, bank, payroll, and intercompany accounting activities
  • Establish and execute the global vision and strategy for Cash, Payroll, and Intercompany Accounting
  • Lead end-to-end global accounting and reporting for cash and bank accounts, payroll-related accounts, and intercompany transactions and balances
  • Maintain global process ownership, governance, accountability, and performance expectations
  • Serve as the senior escalation point for complex accounting, operational, control, technology, and service-delivery matters
  • Ensure accurate and timely accounting and reporting under applicable standards, policies, and close requirements
  • Govern bank reconciliations, cash journal entries, balance-sheet reconciliations, aged items, payroll accounting, and intercompany differences
  • Partner with Controllers, Finance, Treasury, Tax, People Experience, Digital, Global Business Services, regional teams, and external providers
  • Maintain internal controls, process documentation, work instructions, SOX documentation, audit support, and remediation activities
  • Lead a multi-year transformation toward an AI-enabled and increasingly AI-native accounting operating model
  • Drive process standardization, simplification, automation, analytics, intelligent matching, predictive insights, and exception-based management
  • Serve as business sponsor for BlackLine strategy and optimization across reconciliations, transaction matching, intercompany, journal entry management, and controls
  • Oversee readiness for system implementations, migrations, outsourcing, acquisitions, divestitures, integrations, separations, and organizational changes
  • Lead, coach, and develop a geographically dispersed global team and build succession and talent pipelines
  • Represent Global Accounting in cross-functional governance forums and translate complex matters into recommendations for senior leadership

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline
  • 8+ years of significant progressive experience in accounting, controllership, finance operations, or related areas
  • Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and internal-control principles
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex accounting or finance processes in a global organization
  • Demonstrated people-leadership experience, including leadership of geographically dispersed or multicultural teams
  • Experience managing financial close, account reconciliations, analytical reviews, audit support, and control compliance
  • Strong business-partnering and stakeholder-management capabilities
  • Demonstrated ability to lead transformation, process standardization, automation, digital enablement, continuous improvement, or financial-system initiatives
  • Ability to translate emerging technology into practical accounting outcomes
  • Strong written, verbal, presentation, and executive-communication skills
  • Ability to manage competing priorities, resolve complex issues, and deliver results within demanding financial-reporting timelines
  • Must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer
  • Permanent work authorization in the United States required
  • U.S. work visa sponsorship is not available now or in the future

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Global Performance Plan bonus target of 20.0% of base salary
  • Share based long term incentive program
  • 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions
  • Additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution
  • Paid vacation
  • Paid holidays
  • Paid personal days
  • Paid caregiver/parental leave
  • Paid medical leave
  • Medical coverage
  • Prescription drug coverage
  • Dental coverage
  • Vision coverage
  • Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility