Manager Accounting Consolidation & Compliance

Location: Cleveland, OH

Cleveland-Cliffs Steel has an immediate opening for a Manager, Accounting Consolidation & Compliance at our corporate headquarters in Cleveland, OH. The Manager, Accounting Consolidation & Compliance leads the Company's global financial consolidation process and drives accounting process standardization, governance, and continuous improvement initiatives across the organization. The position serves as the primary owner of consolidation activities, including intercompany eliminations and consolidation governance, ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of consolidated financial information. In addition to consolidation responsibilities, the Manager leads initiatives to improve accounting processes, strengthen internal controls, and increase operational efficiency across the Company’s global accounting department. The role also oversees fixed asset and lease accounting, including developing, implementing, and enforcing capitalization policies and related governance processes.

Summary of Responsibilities: 

• Own and manage the Company's global consolidation process, ensuring accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial reporting.
• Lead consolidation governance activities, including legal entity structures, account mappings, reporting hierarchies, and consolidation controls.
• Oversee global intercompany accounting and elimination processes, including the management of investigation and resolution of intercompany differences.
• Lead the aggregation and reconciliation of certain company-wide financial information and supporting schedules to ensure accurate reporting and disclosure activities.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance policies, procedures, and controls supporting the consolidation process.
• Support any potential acquisition integration activities, legal entity restructuring initiatives, and related consolidation and reporting requirements.
• Monitor new accounting standards and reporting requirements and assess impacts on the Company's consolidation and reporting processes.
• Support internal and external audit activities related to consolidated financial reporting.
• Lead initiatives to strengthen accounting processes, governance frameworks, and internal controls across the global accounting organization.
• Identify and implement process improvements that enhance efficiency, standardization, scalability, and control effectiveness.
• Support system enhancements, automation initiatives, and reporting improvements impacting accounting and financial reporting processes.
• Oversee fixed asset accounting activities, including capitalization policy governance, asset lifecycle management, and related financial reporting requirements.
• Manage lease accounting processes and ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards and Company policies.
• Partner with Internal Audit and business stakeholders to identify control enhancements and ensure compliance with Company policies and reporting requirements.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• CPA required
• Minimum 5 years of progressive accounting experience, including experience in financial consolidation, reporting, and internal controls.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting requirements.
• Experience with complex, multi-entity consolidation environments.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications
• Applicants for this position must be currently legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.  The company generally does not sponsor candidates for temporary visas or permanent residency for this position.    

Preferred Qualifications:

• Public accounting experience with a Big 4 or nationally recognized accounting firm.
• Demonstrated project management and change leadership experience.
• Experience within manufacturing, metals, mining, or other capital-intensive industries.
• Experience with fixed asset accounting, lease accounting, and process transformation initiatives.
• Experience with HFM, or comparable consolidation platforms.

The salary range for this role is $105,000-$135,000.  An employee’s pay within the salary range will be based on numerous factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs. 

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is the largest flat-rolled steel company and the largest iron ore pellet producer in North America. The Company is vertically integrated from mined raw materials, direct reduced iron, and ferrous scrap to primary steelmaking and downstream finishing, stamping, tooling, and tubing. We offer an excellent total compensation package including competitive pay with variable compensation opportunity, health insurance, retirement, paid time off, and more. 

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to careers@clevelandcliffs.com or call 1-(312) 899-3097 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Do not email your application materials to this email address. Application materials sent to this email address will not be considered.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is an equal opportunity employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability. We are a drug-free workplace and conduct pre-employment screening as a condition of employment.