Director, Accounting Global Process Owner

Collaboration drives Nordson’s success as a market leader in Industrial Precision Solutions and Advanced Technology. Our employees thrive in an environment where we help each other reach our personal best and enable our company to continuously improve and grow, and our customers to succeed. You will find Nordson employees sharing our success by giving back in the communities around the world where we live and work. Reporting to the Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, the Director, Accounting Global Process Owner serves as the enterprise thought leader and primary point of accountability for global accounting process strategy, governance, and continuous improvement.   The Director shapes the long-term evolution of Nordson’s global accounting processes and controllership capabilities. This position establishes the vision, strategy, architecture, and governance required to create scalable, integrated, technology-enabled accounting processes that support business growth, operational effectiveness, regulatory compliance, and a strong internal control environment.   Operating across organizational, functional, and geographic boundaries, the Director advises senior finance leadership, anticipates emerging accounting and business challenges, and translates internal and external developments into enterprise strategies and innovative solutions. The position leads highly visible, multidisciplinary initiatives and influences senior leaders to align priorities, allocate resources, remove organizational barriers, and adopt new ways of working.   This is an enterprise professional leadership position. The Director achieves results primarily through strategic influence, subject matter leadership, governance, and cross-functional direction rather than direct managerial authority. Key Responsibilities Enterprise Accounting Strategy and Governance Serve as a strategic advisor to the Chief Accounting Officer and senior finance leaders regarding global accounting processes, governance, technology capabilities, and controls. Develop and maintain a multiyear global accounting strategy aligned with enterprise priorities, business needs, regulatory requirements, and emerging capabilities. Establish enterprise-wide process standards, policies, decision rights, documentation requirements, and exception protocols. Lead governance forums that address strategic priorities, process decisions, risks, performance, and competing stakeholder requirements. Strategic Portfolio and Value Realization Translate the global accounting strategy into a prioritized portfolio of initiatives with clear outcomes, ownership, milestones, resource requirements, and success measures. Prioritize initiatives based on enterprise value, business risk, control impact, scalability, implementation complexity, and organizational capacity. Develop and sponsor business cases for major accounting investments and influence related resource and investment decisions. …