Chief Accounting Officer

2 weeks ago


Chandler, Arizona, United States Ports America, Inc. Full time
Job Title: Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer

Ports America, Inc. is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer to lead and manage the financial reporting function across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:
  1. Oversee the company's accounting operations, ensuring compliance with accounting policies, procedures, and financial controls.
  2. Manage the financial reporting function to ensure timely and accurate reporting, including the supervision of credit and collections, accounts payable, and revenue services.
  3. Develop, implement, and enforce accounting policies and practices that align with corporate objectives, while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
  4. Partner with senior leadership to ensure financial priorities are aligned with the strategic goals of the company, focusing on maintaining robust financial controls and compliance across the organization.
  5. Support continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring that all accounting services and transaction processing adhere to best practices, operational excellence, and Ports America's commitment to safety, integrity, and innovation.
  6. Oversee and enhance the company's ability to leverage its systems for effective management reporting and decision-making support.
  7. Provide expert guidance on business development projects, including mergers and acquisitions, deal evaluation, purchase accounting, and due diligence.
  8. Ensure compliance with all financial regulatory requirements and manage external financial auditor and internal audit relationships through effective communication and coordination.
  9. Stay informed on regulatory and accounting pronouncements that impact the company's financial statements and position.
  10. Collaborate with executive leadership to define and improve corporate performance metrics and keep the CFO, CEO, and executive leadership team (ELT) informed of financial conditions, trends, and activities.
  11. Take on or lead special projects as directed by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Required Qualifications:

  1. Education & Certification: Bachelor's degree in Accounting required, CPA certification mandatory.
  2. Experience: A minimum of 10+ years of experience in the accounting profession, with recent financial leadership in a publicly held company or a medium to large private equity-backed company.
  3. Audit & M&A Expertise: Big 4 audit manager experience and audit committee experience are highly preferred.
  4. Technical Proficiency: Proficiency in MS Office and financial management software is essential; Oracle experience is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Education & Certification: MBA along with a CPA certification.
  2. Industry Experience: Prior experience working within industries such as marine terminal operations, shipping, logistics, transportation, distribution, or other asset-heavy businesses with revenues exceeding $1 billion.

Ports America, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex; sexual orientation; gender identity and/or expression; age; disability; genetic information, citizenship status; military service obligations or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.



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