Director, Technical Accounting

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.

With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

Company Overview

IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX) is a publicly-traded, US-headquartered creator of highly engineered industrial and technology solutions serving high-growth specialized markets.  IDEX was founded in 1988 with three small, entrepreneurial manufacturing companies.  We’re proud to say that we now call over 50 diverse businesses around the world part of the IDEX family.

IDEX is a high- performing, global company committed to making trusted solutions that improve lives.  The company manufactures and markets an extensive array of pumps, valves, flow meters and other fluidics systems and components, as well as other engineered products and solutions to customers in a variety of markets around the world. IDEX is well-known for their expertise in highly engineered fluidics systems and components, as well as for their depth in fire and safety products.

With over 100 locations across 20 countries, IDEX employs nearly 9,000 people and generated annual revenues of over $3.2 billion USD in 2024. All business activities are carried out through wholly-owned subsidiaries, with individual businesses run as full, standalone P&Ls. The Company attributes its strong financial performance to its ability to design and engineer specialized quality products and to manufacture and market them in an efficient manner, coupled with its ability to identify and successfully execute and integrate strategic acquisitions.

Position Summary

The Director of Technical Accounting is responsible for partnering with IDEX businesses and Group Controllership on technical accounting topics and accounting policy, ensuring compliance with US GAAP, including accounting for acquisitions.  This position allows for excellent exposure and growth within the organization and reports to the VP, Corporate Controller.  The position will be based out of our corporate office located in downtown Chicago, with a current hybrid schedule of collaborative office days on Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. 

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve IDEX as the technical accounting expert; provide guidance and expertise to the organization; document accounting treatment in whitepapers as appropriate
• Partner with the Group Controllership on policy updates and policy exceptions as needed
• Partner with Financial Solutions on new acquisitions and integrations to ensure compliance with ASC 805
• Research all new accounting standards; determine if new pronouncements impact IDEX and document treatment and adoption of new standards; partner with the Group Controllership and/or SEC Reporting teams as appropriate to coordinate timelines and necessary changes to business processes
• Proactively communicate the potential impact of transactions to the organization to senior management to ensure all accounting impacts are considered in transactions
• Liaise with external auditors on technical accounting matters

Experience

• 10+ years accounting experience,
  • Minimum of 5 years in public accounting, with public clients
  • Minimum of 3 years of management experience
• CPA is required
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s Degree in Accounting
• Manufacturing experience highly desirable

Required Skills

• Excellent technical accounting skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to research new issues, synthesize information and fact patterns and provide appropriate guidance to organization
• Influencing Skills
• Strong Audit / Controllership
• Strong Leadership Skills / Executive Presence
• Strong communication skills, oral and written
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization including senior management

  

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

Total Rewards

The compensation range for this position is $154,700.00 - $232,100.00, depending on experience. This posi