Director, Global Consolidations - Mobility

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

13

Director, Global Consolidations - Mobility

Location: Reston, Virginia

S&P Global has recently announced the intent to separate our Mobility Segment into a standalone public company. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/mobility. 

Position Overview

Mobility Global is seeking a highly technical and strategically minded Director of Global Consolidations to lead all corporate-level consolidation activities, oversee global Record-to-Report governance, and serve as the primary owner of financial information flowing to the External Reporting function. Operating across 22 countries with accounting activities in 17 jurisdictions and 27 legal entities, Mobility Global maintains a significant global footprint across APAC, EMEA, and North America.

This role will centralize and elevate consolidation discipline, ensure integrity of the global Chart of Accounts (COA), manage the relationship with the third-party provider handling international accounting, and deliver timely, accurate, and audit-ready consolidated financial results.

Core Responsibilities

Global Consolidation Ownership

• Lead and manage the full monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidation process across all 25+ legal entities.
• Review and approve elimination entries, intercompany eliminations, equity roll-forwards, and consolidation adjustments.
• Ensure accurate foreign currency translation and compliance with ASC 830.
• Validate subsidiary trial balances prior to consolidation.
• Own consolidated financial reporting packages provided to the External Reporting team for SEC filings.
• Ensure all corporate-level reporting is accurate, complete, and audit-ready prior to submission to External Reporting.

Relationship Management – Third-Party International Accounting Provider

• Serve as primary corporate liaison to the third-party firm handling international accounting.
• Establish SLAs, close expectations, quality standards, and escalation protocols.
• Review international financial packages for completeness, consistency, and GAAP compliance.
• Ensure timely delivery of foreign subsidiary results to support corporate close calendar.
• Drive performance management and continuous improvement with outsourced partner.

Global Chart of Accounts (COA) Governance

• Own and maintain the global Chart of Accounts structure.
• Ensure COA alignment across all jurisdictions and entities.
• Govern account creation, deactivation, and structural changes.
• Drive standardization to support consolidation efficiency and transparency.
• Partner with systems teams on ERP and reporting optimization initiatives.

Close Management & Internal Reporting

• Own the corporate month-end close calendar and deliverables inventory.
• Oversee the integrity of ledger close across all entities.
• Ensure consistent application of corporate accounting policies globally.
• Provide internal consolidated reporting packages used as the foundation for:
  • SEC reporting
  • Statutory filings
  • Regulatory reporting
  • Executive leadership reporting

Transfer Pricing & Intercompany Coordination

• Collaborate with Intercompany Accounting leadership on elimination accuracy and intercompany true-ups.
• Monitor consolidation-level impacts of cross-border transactions.

SOX & Controls

• Ensure consolidation processes are supported by effective SOX-compliant controls.
• Maintain documented consolidation procedures and review controls.
• Support external auditors during consolidated financial statement audits.
• Partner with SOX leadership to remediate any consolidation-related deficiencies.

Leadership & Transformation

• Provide leadership and oversight to the consolidation team and country controllers.
• Foster a culture of accountability, accuracy, and process discipline.
• Collaborate with Technology and Finance partners to modernize and automate reporting processes.
• Identify and implement best practices to enhance close speed and reporting quality.
• Support ad hoc corporate initiatives requiring consolidation expertise.

Qualifications

• CPA required; Master’s degree strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Significant experience managing consolidations in a multinational, publicly traded company ($1B+ revenue).
• Deep expertise in:
  • U.S. GAAP consolidation principles
  • Foreign currency translation (ASC 830)
  • Intercompany eliminations
  • Equity accounting
  • Chart of Accounts governance
• Experience overseeing outsourced accounting providers strongly preferred.
• Strong executive communication skills.
• Proven ability to operate in a dynamic, high-growth, transformation environment.

Leadership Competencies

• Highly technical with strong analytical rigor.
• Operates with executive presence and governance mindset.
• Detail-oriented with commitment to audit-quality reporting.
• Strategic thinker who can scale processes in a global public company environment.
• Strong cross-functional collaborator across Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Systems, and External Reporting.

Right to Work Requirements:

This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

About S&P Global Mobility

At S&P Global Mobility, we provide invaluable insights derived from unmatched automotive data, enabling our customers to anticipate change and make decisions with conviction. Our expertise helps them to optimize their businesses, reach the right consumers, and shape the future of mobility. We open the door to automotive innovation, revealing the buying patterns of today and helping customers plan for the emerging technologies of tomorrow.

For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/mobility.

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

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