Director, Corporate Accounting

As the Director, Corporate Accounting, you will use your knowledge and experience to guide us on the road to success. Become a part of our dynamic team and we'll help you develop to a level that will exceed your expectations.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Responsible for the month-end close process of multiple business units
• Review monthly JEs (pre-paids, accruals, etc.)
• Conduct balance sheet reconciliation reviews
• Conduct detailed P&L reviews / analysis
• Collaborate with external auditors on information requests
• Research and document using U.S. GAAP technical experience
• Responsible for SOX compliance of the business units he/she supports
• Support preparation and distribution of monthly accounting management reports and statistical analysis
• Supervise, train, and develop accounting team; interact with multiple departments including Finance and Operations

What you need to succeed at XPO:

At a minimum, you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent related work or military experience
• 7 years of manager level experience in public accounting or industry, preferably for a Fortune 500 company
• CPA certification
• Experience with ERP systems (preferably Oracle G/L and HFM) and Microsoft Office, including the ability to create complex formulas in Excel
• Ability to work cross functionally – FP&A, Operations, Executive leadership

It’d be great if you also have:

• Experience accounting and reporting for self-insured reserves, including interacting with respective actuaries, third party administrators, and respective internal departments
• Accounting experience related to employee benefits:  Medical, Pensions, etc.
• Technical accounting experience managing intercompany transactions, ASC 606 revenue recognition transactions and lease accounting
• Transportation accounting experience
• Experience performing under tight deadlines in a rapidly changing environment; experience quickly learning and achieving proficiency in new software applications
• Experience developing insightful, valuable and actionable analyses with detailed explanations regarding drivers of the results; experience producing unambiguous, comprehensive and accurate interpretations