Cabot Corporation is seeking a Technical Accounting Director to join the Finance & Controls team at the Boston, MA location.
The Technical Accounting Director is a key leadership position within the Corporate Controller’s Group, functioning as the company's principal authority on U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting matters. This role is charged with safeguarding the integrity of Cabot’s global financial reporting by providing decisive technical accounting direction and governing the company's accounting policies. As a highly visible leader, you will partner with senior finance and business executives to assess the accounting implications of strategic initiatives and ensure compliance across all global operations. This position directs the technical accounting function and is critical to maintaining the company's reputation for financial accuracy and transparency.
This position directly supervises the Technical Accounting Manager and is responsible for their professional development and the performance of the function.
This role is based at the Boston, MA location, but is eligible to participate in the current Hybrid Working Arrangement program (Monday/Friday remote and Tuesday-Thursday in office).
How You Will Make an ImpactGlobal Accounting Leadership & Policy Governance:
Serve as the company's principal authority on U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting regulations. Direct the research and interpretation of new and complex accounting standards, ensuring timely and effective global implementation.Govern and maintain the company’s Global Accounting Policies. Direct the continuous review and update process to ensure policies remain relevant and are effectively implemented across all regions.Strategic Transaction & Business Partnership:
Provide decisive technical accounting direction for all significant corporate transactions, including business combinations, divestitures, debt and equity financing, derivatives, and restructuring initiatives.Partner strategically with the Corporate Controller, external reporting teams, and global business/regional finance leaders to provide expert consultation on the accounting implications of business strategies and support alternatives analysis.Direct the resolution of complex, non-routine accounting matters arising from business transactions and new operational activities, ensuring conclusions are well-documented and compliant.Financial Reporting Integrity & Compliance:
Review the company's financial statements and reporting processes to ensure rigorous compliance with Cabot’s global accounting policies, U.S. GAAP, and SEC rules.Prepare and/or review technical accounting memos that document and support the company's positions on complex accounting matters, citing relevant guidance and outlining areas of significant judgment.Support the preparation and critical review of the company’s quarterly (10-Q) and annual (10-K) SEC filings, including the disclosure checklist, to ensure accuracy and completeness.
Stakeholder Management & Team Leadership:
Direct engagement with external auditors, actuaries, and legal counsel to ensure the timely resolution of complex accounting matters in support of quarterly reviews and annual audits.Lead, mentor, and develop the Technical Accounting Manager, fostering a high-performance culture within the technical accounting function.Undertake special projects and support corporate-wide initiatives as a subject matter expert in accounting and reporting. What You Will Bring to Cabot Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting.Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation is required.8+ years of progressive technical accounting experience, with a strong preference for a background in a "Big 4" public accounting firm and/or a publicly traded multinational corporation.Experience in a manufacturing environment is a plus.Leadership: Proven managerial experience with a track record of developing talent and leading a functional area.Technical Expertise: Demonstrated expert knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting. Proven ability to research, interpret, and conclude on complex accounting matters and document positions effectively.Communication Skills: Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex accounting concepts to executive leadership and non-financial stakeholders in a clear, business-oriented context.Collaboration: Strong ability to lead and influence across a matrixed organization, building effective relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders at all levels.Systems Acumen: Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
How We’ll Support Your Success:
Dynamic, Flexible, Hard Working, Team Environment – We are busy, collaborative, growing, and we are doing really meaningful work.Hybrid Work Environment – The autonomy to both work from home 2 days a week and develop/sustain colleague relationships in the office 3 days a week.Growth –Training, great peer coaching and support, and the ability to personally grow your influence, your position, and your compensation.Meaningful Work that is Valued – Customers are demanding sustainable solutions without compromising quality or performance. The work we do is visible, and is helping to create a more abundant, affordable, and cleaner future. It is an awesome feeling to know you’re making a living by making a positive impact in the world; and to be able to say, “I was a part of that.”Benefits, Vacation, Etc. – We offer a competitive package of benefits. Benefits begin on first day of employment. Cabot BenefitsFeedback – We are committed to giving and receiving feedback in a direct and open fashion.
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Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.
Innovation that drives sustainability
Many of the world’s greatest sustainability challenges are fundamentally chemistry problems. We can convert the mobility sector from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, but this requires batteries with greater range and lower cost. This is fundamentally a chemistry challenge. We can have a zero-energy building, but this requires high performance insulation, efficient solar panels, and energy storage solutions. Each of these are fundamentally chemistry challenges.
At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.
Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.
EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled/RC14001
Realizing we function better together than individually, Cabot Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that embraces our differences and to empower employees to achieve exceptional results, without consideration of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employees’ and applicants’ disabilities or religious beliefs and practices, in accordance with applicable law.
Cabot is committed to supporting and maintaining a safe and environmentally focused working environment. All employees are expected to uphold this commitment in every position.
Nondiscrimination Policy with Respect to Discussion of Pay
This is to advise that it is the policy of Cabot Corporation not to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This policy, however, shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of that employee's essential job functions (such as in payroll or HR) discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless that disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or other action, including an investigation conducted by Cabot, or otherwise as required by law.
Pre-Employment Drug Testing and Background Checks
Cabot is proud to operate as a drug-free workplace. All applicants conditionally offered a position must (a) complete and pass a background check and (b) complete a drug test and receive an acceptable test result. For certain manufacturing, quality and production positions, a pre-employment physical may be required.
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