Director, Corporate Accounting and Controller

The Director, Corporate Accounting & Controller serves as the Company's senior accounting leader and is responsible for the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of financial reporting. Reporting to the CFO, this role owns the general ledger, monthly close, US GAAP compliance, technical accounting, internal controls, external audit, tax coordination, and employee payroll oversight. The Director leads and develops the corporate accounting team, including the Manager, Accounting, and partners closely with Financial Operations, FP&A, IT, Legal, Human Resources, and business leaders. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for building scalable, well-controlled accounting processes, leading the planned evaluation and implementation of a new ERP platform, and ensuring the organization is prepared for audits, financing activities, transactions, and other diligence-intensive events.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily; other duties may be assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed below represent the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Financial Reporting, Close & Technical Accounting

• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, establishing clear calendars, ownership, review standards, and reporting deadlines.
• Own the preparation and review of consolidated financial statements, monthly close reporting packages, and supporting schedules, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with US GAAP.
• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger, chart of accounts, intercompany activity, balance sheet reconciliations, and accounting policies.
• Research and resolve complex or non-routine accounting matters and prepare clear technical accounting memoranda and position papers, as appropriate.
• Monitor emerging accounting standards and regulatory developments, assess their applicability and impact to the Company, and lead timely implementation of required changes.

Internal Controls, Audit, Tax & Payroll

• Design, implement, document, and monitor a scalable internal control environment, including approval authorities, segregation of duties, system access, and master data controls.
• Lead external financial statement and employee benefit plan audits, maintain strong auditor relationships, coordinate audit requests, and drive timely resolution of findings.
• Coordinate federal, state, and local tax compliance and planning with external advisors, including income, sales and use, payroll, property, and information reporting requirements.
• Oversee employee payroll processing, payroll tax compliance, accounting, reconciliations, and controls in partnership with Human Resources and third-party providers.
• Maintain accounting policies, close controls, and compliance calendars; identify control deficiencies and lead timely remediation efforts.

Financial Operations Accounting Governance

• Partner closely with Financial Operations leadership, which owns the day-to-day execution of billing, collections, cash application, trade accounts payable, and driver settlement operations.
• Establish the accounting policies, close requirements, reconciliation standards, and internal controls governing Financial Operations, including billing, collections, cash application, trade accounts payable, and driver settlement.
• Review and approve key subledger-to-general-ledger reconciliations, revenue cutoff and recognition, customer reserves and write-offs, AP accruals, driver-pay liabilities, and related financial statement impacts.
• Support resolution of complex accounting and process issues while preserving appropriate segregation of duties and clear operational ownership.

Leadership, Systems & Continuous Improvement

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Manager, Accounting and broader accounting team; establish clear goals, accountability, succession planning, and professional development.
• Build a high-performing, service-oriented accounting organization that balances technical rigor, timeliness, business partnership, and practical execution.
• Lead the evaluation, selection, design, implementation, and post-go-live stabilization of a new ERP platform, partnering with IT, Financial Operations, FP&A, and business stakeholders. Own the finance and accounting workstreams, including process design, chart of accounts, financial controls, data conversion, system integrations, user acceptance testing, training, and close readiness.
• Own ongoing accounting system governance, including configuration, financial data integrity, user access, interfaces, master data, and control requirements.
• Standardize and automate close, reconciliation, reporting, and compliance processes to improve speed, accuracy, scalability, and transparency.

Strategic, Transaction & Cross-Functional Support

• Partner with the CFO and FP&A to provide accurate actual results and accounting insight for forecasting, budgeting, board reporting, lender reporting, and strategic decision-making.
• Lead accounting support for quality-of-earnings reviews, financing activities, acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, separations, and other transaction-related diligence.
• Ensure complete, accurate, and well-organized accounting support for data rooms, diligence requests, purchase accounting, opening balance sheets, separation activities, and post-transaction requirements.
• Lead or support special projects and other responsibilities as assigned by the CFO.

Qualifications:

Candidates must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Deep knowledge of US GAAP and the ability to research, document, and communicate complex accounting conclusions.
• Proven hands-on ownership of a disciplined monthly close process and the preparation of accurate, timely, GAAP-compliant financial statements.
• Strong understanding of multi-entity accounting, consolidations, intercompany activity, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting controls.
• Demonstrated ability to lead external audits and manage and maintain productive relationships with auditors, tax advisors, payroll providers, and other professional partners.
• Strong internal-control judgment, including process design, segregation of duties, access controls, documentation, and remediation.
• Experience supporting quality-of-earnings reviews, transaction diligence, financing requests, data rooms, or other deadline-intensive external reviews.
• Demonstrated experience leading or playing a significant leadership role in a successful ERP selection and implementation is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of ERP and financial systems; experience with Great Plains or a comparable platform is preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading and developing accounting teams while maintaining accountability in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication, executive presence, and business judgment, with the ability to explain accounting matters to non-accounting stakeholders.
• High level of integrity, ownership, resilience, attention to detail, and commitment to continuous improvement.

Experience, Education, Certificates, and Licenses:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required; Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field is a plus.
• Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license required.
• Minimum 8 years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 3 years in a leadership role with meaningful ownership of the close and financial reporting process.
• Public accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in a private equity-backed, multi-entity, or similarly fast-paced environment preferred.
• Experience with acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, financing transactions, or related diligence is strongly preferred.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

This position is generally performed in a standard office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for extended periods; use a computer keyboard, monitor, and telephone; and communicate effectively in person, in writing, and electronically. The employee must occasionally lift or move office materials weighing up to 15 pounds. Some travel may be required to support audits, financing activities, transaction diligence, or other business needs. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

US Pack Services, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment, promotion, and all other terms and conditions of employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.