Accounting Manager - North America

Company Description

TOMRA Food is a multinational organization and a leading provider of sensor-based sorting, peeling and integrated post-harvest solution for the food industries. Transforming global food production to maximize food safety and minimize food loss by making sure Every Resource Counts™, has been our strength for over 50 years.​ 

We seek individuals who live our core values of innovation, responsibility, and passion. At TOMRA, we boost innovation, encouraging our team members to take calculated risks that can lead to groundbreaking solutions, challenging the status quo. We value passion in our workforce; it's the driving force behind customer commitment and a relentless pursuit of success. 

We believe in fostering a responsible, inclusive, and safe mindset among our employees, one that prioritizes our customers, products, and each other. We encourage every team member to take responsibility for their actions and decisions, contributing to a culture of accountability and trust. 

Join the resource revolution! 

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Finance & Accounting Leader to provide strategic and operational oversight for TOMRA Food’s US and Canadian entities. This visible leadership role will manage a team of accounting professionals while fostering a high-energy, positive, and collaborative team culture.

This position is responsible for ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of all financial data, driving the month-end close process, overseeing internal controls, and coordinating external audits, tax filings, and insurance processes. The leader will guide daily accounting operations, monitor team workflow, and serve as the go-to accounting authority for both internal stakeholders and external partners.

This is a unique opportunity to combine hands-on technical expertise with strategic leadership, influencing the success of TOMRA Food in North America while cultivating a motivated and results-driven finance team.

Primary Job Functions

• Accounting oversight for both US and Canadian entities
• Manage the daily activities of the accounting department
• Implement, monitor, and enhance accounting and internal control procedures; assure internal control compliance
• Manage operational financial data and ensure data integrity and accuracy
• Audit team workflow to assure that accounting transactions are appropriately authorized, complete, and properly reflected in the accounts
• Review and reconcile General Ledger detail through IFS Applications; prepare and post proper adjusting journal entries
• Drive periodic closing and reporting process into Cognos
• Ensure periodic financial reporting is accurate, complete, and timely
• Reconcile and maintain capital asset records through IFS Applications
• Reconcile and maintain vehicle fleet lease records
• Work on special projects, including annual audit preparation
• Coordinate with external tax advisors regarding federal and state income tax, including issuing payments and maintaining records
• Coordinate with external insurance providers regarding corporate insurance benefits, including issuing payments
• Provide accounting system support to internal users
• Respond to queries and requests from various departments
• Support Finance Director Americas as needed
• Execute other duties as assigned
• Promote a “Safety First” culture throughout the company, our customers, and our industry

Financial and Business Management

• Meet financial targets by owning the assigned budget
• Develop and implement the business short-, medium- and long-term priorities in accordance with the business strategy, to achieve short- and long-term success
• Accurately plan and forecast the assigned business to include performance, resources and finances

People Management & Communication

• Manage performance, career and succession plans for direct team
• Develop a high performing & accountable team and facilitate team’s achievement of goals & objectives
• Develops productive relationships and maintain an atmosphere of trust
• Effectively communicates using TOMRA Values and leadership principles as the foundation
• Fosters an environment of teamwork and collaboration
• Promotes a culture of feedback to ensure understanding

Qualifications

• University degree in Business, with concentration in Accounting; or a related field 
• 7+ years of hands-on managerial accounting experience, providing requisite general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, tax, and business analysis skills