Director, Accounting

Company Description:

Vistar customers are everywhere people work, play, and shop. Vistar is America's leading candy, snack, and beverage distributor with more than 25 distribution centers delivering everything from popcorn to healthy meal replacements anywhere in the U.S. The company has thrived by innovating, exceeding customer expectations, and fostering a collaborative culture built on teamwork, doing what's right, and giving back to the communities they serve.

Job Description:

Director of Accounting

The Director of Accounting provides strategic leadership for Field Accounting across Vistar. This role is accountable for the integrity, consistency, and scalability of accounting operations across regions and OpCos. Leads accounting managers and senior leaders, establishes governance and performance expectations and partners with executive, operational, and corporate functions to translate financial results into business actions.

Functions as a team member within the department and organization as required and performs other duties assigned to best serve the company. The Director of Accounting reports directly to the Vice President of Finance.

Key Responsibilities may include:

• Direct Field Accounting strategy, priorities, and performance across regions and OpCos.

• Lead and develop Accounting Managers, Area Accounting Managers, and staff, with a focus on succession planning, leadership development, and organizational capability.

• Establish and maintain a consistent Field Accounting framework across OpCos, including accounting standards, ownership, controls, review requirements, metrics, and accountability.

• Assess accounting and control risks, drive timely remediation, and maintain a strong SOX and internal-control environment.

• Lead the Area Accounting Manager best-practice framework, including deliverables, deadlines, accountability, training, and knowledge sharing.

• Own Field Accounting policies, standard operating procedures, governance standards, and process documentation, ensuring local procedures remain aligned with established standards.

• Provide executive-level financial analysis and recommendations related to profitability, productivity, working capital, controls, organizational design, and operational performance.

• Oversee the quality and timeliness of month-end close, financial reporting, balance-sheet governance, significant accounting matters, and issue escalation.

• Partner with OpCo and corporate leadership to ensure accounting requirements, controls, process changes, and best practices are consistently implemented and sustained.

• Establish consolidated reporting and review routines for key accounting areas, including accounts receivable, inventory shrink, capital expenditures, SOX compliance, P&L, balance sheet, and payroll; identify trends, exceptions, and risks requiring corrective action.

• Determine resource and talent priorities and deploy accounting leadership to address growth, vacancies, and performance risks.

• Represent Field Accounting in enterprise planning, governance, and cross-functional decision-making.

Additional Responsibilities may include:

• Perform other related duties and enterprise initiatives as assigned; travel to OpCos and corporate locations as required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Twelve or more years of progressive accounting or finance experience, including broad operational accounting and financial-statement responsibility.
• Eight or more years of leadership experience, including leadership of managers and multi-site organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to influence executives, lead enterprise change, manage risk, and develop senior leaders.

Preferred qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA strongly preferred; master's degree or MBA is also desirable.
• Experience in food distribution, wholesale distribution, or another large, high-volume multi-location organization.
• Experience leading accounting transformation, ERP implementation, acquisition integration, or shared-service strategy.

EEO Statement:

Performance Food Group and/or its subsidiaries (individually or collectively, the "Company") provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. Please click on the following links to review: (1) our EEO Policy; (2) the "EEO is the Law" poster and supplement; and (3) the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.