Description

Linde Inc.
Director of Accounting & LGUS Shared Services
Tonawanda, NY, United States | req31578

The Director of Accounting & LGUS Shared Services is responsible for overseeing shared services operations across multiple functions and locations, ensuring efficient service delivery, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence. Provides strategic leadership to large teams, drives process improvement and automation initiatives, establishes performance metrics, and partners with cross-functional stakeholders to support organizational goals, financial integrity, and scalable business growth.
What you will enjoy doing*

• Lead a multi-location shared services organization with approximately 150 employees and seven direct reports across diverse functional areas
• Provide strategic direction, coaching, and performance management to develop leadership and foster a high-performance culture
• You will establish departmental priorities, service standards, and operating rhythms aligned with business and finance objectives
• Oversee general ledger, payroll, benefits accounting, customer financial services, collections, cash applications, and regional accounting functions
• Ensure compliance with SOX, sales and use tax, property tax, and support audit readiness and internal control remediation
• And you will drive process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement to enhance service delivery, reduce risk, and increase scalability
• Partner with senior leaders across Finance, Tax, Operations, IT, and business units to support enterprise priorities, system implementations, and transformation initiatives
• Further, you will dvelop and monitor key performance indicators and operational metrics to promote accountability and transparency
• Guarantee clear documentation of processes, procedures, roles, responsibilities, and controls across the shared services organization

What makes you great

• You have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field with 15+ years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, shared services, or related business areas
• Proven leadership of large, multi-functional teams within complex, matrixed organizations
• You have strong expertise in accounting operations, financial reporting, internal controls, compliance, and close processes
• A demonstrated ability to lead organizational change, implement automation, and deliver measurable operational improvements

Why you will love working with us
Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet. Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life-saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit linde.com
What we offer you!
Pay commensurate with experience. Open to salary range

$192,500.00 - $211,750.00.

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you're looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.

Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package. Enjoy access to health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, 401(k) matching, pension benefits, an employee discount program, and opportunities for educational and professional growth. Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level. Build your future with us while making an impact every day!
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We are looking forward to receiving your complete application.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

*The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Therefore employees assigned may be required to perform additional job tasks required by the manager.
#LI-PL1Lead a multi-location shared services organization with approximately 150 employees and seven direct reports across diverse functional areasProvide strategic direction, coaching, and performance management to develop leadership and foster a high-performance cultureYou will establish departmental priorities, service standards, and operating rhythms aligned with business and finance objectivesOversee general ledger, payroll, benefits accounting, customer financial services, collections, cash applications, and regional accounting functionsEnsure compliance with SOX, sales and use tax, property tax, and support audit readiness and internal control remediationAnd you will drive process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement to enhance service delivery, reduce risk, and increase scalabilityPartner with senior leaders across Finance, Tax, Operations, IT, and business units to support enterprise priorities, system implementations, and transformation initiativesFurther, you will dvelop and monitor key performance indicators and operational metrics to promote accountability and transparencyGuarantee clear documentation of processes, procedures, roles, responsibilities, and controls across the shared services organization