Sr. Director - Accounting & Reporting

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Company Overview

With $5 billion in revenue and 3,800+ employees in the U.S. and Mexico, TBC Corporation is a leader in the mobility industry and one of North America’s largest marketers of automotive replacement tires through wholesale and franchise operations. TBC serves wholesale customers in the United States and Mexico through TBC Brands, NTW, TBC International, and TBC de Mexico. Additionally, TBC responds to the needs of consumers in search of total car care at more than 465 franchised tire and automotive service centers under Big O Tires®. TBC is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

TBC markets on a wholesale basis to regional tire chains and distributors serving independent tire dealers throughout the US and Mexico. TBC has 20 proprietary brands of tires specializing in passenger, commercial, farm and specialty tires. In 2005, TBC Corp. was purchased by Sumitomo Corporation of America (SCOA). SCOA is the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, one of Japan’s major integrated trading and investment business enterprises. In 2018 Michelin, the largest tire manufacturer in Europe, invested in the company which is now a 50:50, privately held joint venture between Sumitomo and Michelin.

Our values are the foundation of our work, how we interact with each other, and the strategies we employ to fulfill our purpose. These are the practices we use every day – in everything we do:

• Integrity - We act honestly because nothing is more important than our reputation.

• Teamwork - We are better together.
• People-Focused - We put people first – our Associates, customers, franchisees, and partners – and cultivate a respectful, collaborative, and inclusive culture, top to bottom, inside and out.
• Accountability - We own our actions and decisions; we do what we say we are going to do.
• Leave Everything Better - We innovate to improve everything we touch, and we take actions now to protect the future. 

Description

We are seeking an exceptionally bright, motivated, and high‑integrity Senior Director of Accounting & Financial Reporting who brings deep technical expertise, a passion for accounting excellence, and an unwavering commitment to getting the numbers right. This leader will serve as a strategic steward of our financial reporting environment while driving meaningful transformation across core accounting processes.

The ideal candidate is a CPA with mastery of both US GAAP and IFRS, a detail‑oriented operator who thrives in complexity, and a proactive change agent who elevates standards, inspires teams, and strengthens the integrity of the company’s financial foundation. This role will oversee the full close process, lead internal and external audit cycles, guide local and outsourced accounting teams, and play a critical role in advancing our accounting systems, processes, and capabilities.

This is a high‑visibility role that demands intellectual rigor, a sense of ownership, and the leadership capacity to transform how we operate today while building the accounting organization we need for tomorrow.

Job Responsibilities

Leadership & Oversight

• Lead, inspire, and develop a high‑performing accounting organization, including both internal teams and outsourced service providers.
• Build a culture of integrity, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. 

Financial Close & Reporting

• Oversee the full monthly, quarterly, and annual close process with precision and timeliness.
• Ensure the production of accurate, compliant financial statements aligned with US GAAP and IFRS.
• Maintain ownership of the general ledger and all core accounting operations, ensuring complete, accurate, and consistently applied accounting.

Technical Accounting & Policy Governance

• Serve as the company’s technical accounting authority; research, interpret, and apply complex accounting standards.
• Establish, refine, and reinforce robust accounting policies, internal controls, and governance frameworks.
• Prepare technical accounting memos and communicate conclusions effectively to executive leadership and external auditors.

Additional Job Responsibilities

Audit Leadership

• Lead the annual external audit process, including planning, coordination, deliverables, and issue resolution.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external auditors and parent company reporting teams.

Lease Accounting

• Provide oversight of ASC 842/IFRS 16 compliance, ensuring accuracy of lease data, calculations, and disclosures.
• Partner with Real Estate and Finance teams to align lease decisions with proper accounting treatment.

Continued Responsibilities

Cross‑Functional Partnership

• Partner across Sales, Supply Chain, Operations, HR, Legal, Real Estate, Treasury, and FP&A to ensure business decisions are supported by sound accounting analysis.
• Anticipate business needs and proactively design scalable processes that enhance organizational efficiency.

Process Transformation & Systems Enhancement

• Champion process optimization initiatives that elevate accuracy, speed, and scalability across the accounting landscape.
• Play a key leadership role in ongoing and future ERP, technology, or reporting system implementations.

Added Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Stewardship

• Provide insights and analysis to support decision‑making, mitigate risk, and strengthen financial discipline across the organization.
• Lead complex, cross‑functional strategic initiatives that require technical accounting judgment, operational coordination, and superior execution.

Enterprise Systems Transformation

• Serve as a key leadership voice and decision‑maker in the design, configuration, and implementation of the company’s new ERP system.
• Ensure accounting requirements, controls, reporting needs, and data integrity standards are fully embedded in system architecture.
• Partner closely with IT, Finance, Operations, and cross‑functional stakeholders to ensure the system enhances accuracy, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Lead accounting workstreams—including testing, validation, adoption, and change leadership—to ensure a successful system launch and long‑term optimization.
• Other duties as assigned 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required; MBA or Master’s in Accounting strongly preferred. 
• Active CPA required.
• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership roles.
• Expertise in US GAAP, IFRS, internal controls, and financial reporting.
• Deep working knowledge of ASC 842 and IFRS 16 lease accounting.
• Demonstrated success leading close processes, audits, and accounting teams.
• Experience managing outsourced accounting providers preferred.
• Strong technical accounting acumen with the ability to interpret, communicate, and apply complex standards.
• Proven change‑leader with a track record of driving process improvements and system enhancements.
• Bilingual in Spanish / English is a plus 

Benefits

• Market competitive compensation
• 401(k) and Roth with company match. Immediate 100% vesting
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental and vision
• Company paid short term disability and employer subsidized long term disability
• Company paid life insurance
• Discounted tire purchasing
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Generous paid vacation and paid time off
• Customizable voluntary benefits
• and More!!!

Mission Critical Competencies

TBC seeks team members who excel in demonstrating our critical competencies to drive organizational capability. In this spirit we view the following as mission critical for this role:

• Strategic Mindset: seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
• Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals.
• Ensures Accountability: Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Drives Engagement: Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Instills Trust: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Change Management: effective Sponsorship, Change Agent and influencing skills. Adaptive, agile, flexible, open minded. Proven ability to build cross-functional commitment, lead, simplify and scale complex dynamic organizations through transformational change.