Director, Accounting

About Odyssey Logistics

Odyssey Logistics is a global logistics and supply chain partner helping businesses optimize performance through fully integrated, end-to-end solutions. We connect transportation, technology, and expertise across a broad network of services including 3PL and 4PL managed services, multimodal and intermodal transport, warehousing, trucking, Jones Act Ocean, and customs brokerage, ensuring goods move reliably, efficiently, and intelligently around the world.

Today, Odyssey supports more than 6,000 customers globally, delivering scalable, data driven solutions across complex supply chains. What started with a single client has grown into a dynamic, evolving organization focused on performance, precision, and long term partnership.

What Sets Us Apart:

Our work is complex, fast moving, and highly collaborative. Success here requires people who think strategically, operate with urgency, and navigate across functions to solve real business challenges. We value individuals who take ownership, challenge the status quo, and turn insight into action.

Our culture is grounded in five core values: Win Together, Innovate Boldly, Drive Results, Customer Centric, and Guide with Care. These are not just principles; they shape how we make decisions, partner with customers, and show up for each other.

At Odyssey, you are not just part of a company; you are part of building what comes next.

The Role: Director, Accounting

Reports to VP, Controller

Onsite at our Charlotte, NC Office Monday through Thursday and Remote on Friday

Full-time, Salaried Exempt

*All applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

• No relocation allowance will be considered unless specifically addressed.

What You Will Do

Financial accounting and reporting

• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close for your business units under U.S. GAAP and corporate policy
• Oversee the general ledger, reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and significant estimates
• Manage complex matters including revenue recognition, intercompany transactions, leases, reserves, and foreign currency accounting
• Oversee multi-currency reporting, global consolidations, and local statutory requirements
• Work with Corporate FP&A and divisional leaders to explain variances and flag risks and opportunities

Audit, compliance, and internal controls

• Support the annual external audit, including planning, PBC coordination, supporting schedules, auditor communications, and resolution of findings
• Establish and maintain internal controls, accounting policies, and standard procedures across domestic and international operations
• Identify reporting risks and drive remediation of control gaps
• Support audited financial statements and reporting for lenders and private equity stakeholders

Lead onshore, international, and offshore teams

• Coach and manage performance for domestic, international, and offshore accounting teams
• Directly manage offshore operations with clear expectations, KPIs, and service-level standards
• Oversee staffing, workload, training, and development
• Drive process standardization and knowledge transfer between onshore and offshore teams while keeping controls intact

Partner with the business

• Advise divisional presidents, operational leaders, Corporate FP&A, and the Controller
• Lead efforts to improve accounting processes, reporting efficiency, automation, and ERP effectiveness
• Support private equity reporting, acquisitions, due diligence, and post-acquisition accounting integration
• Work with Corporate Finance and Treasury on working capital, including receivables, payables, and cash flow
• Support budgeting and forecasting

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• Active CPA license in good standing
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 5+ years in a leadership role
• Experience managing accounting operations in a large, complex, multi-entity organization
• Experience leading annual financial statement audits and managing complex accounting matters
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, internal controls, and audit requirements
• Experience with Oracle or a similar enterprise ERP system, and advanced Excel skills
• Ability to lead geographically dispersed teams, partner with executives, and manage competing priorities

Preferred

• Experience in private equity-backed organizations and in transportation or logistics
• International accounting experience (foreign currency, global consolidations, statutory reporting)
• Direct management of offshore accounting teams
• Experience with acquisitions, accounting integrations, and process transformation

Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive and competitive compensation and benefits package, including:

• A choice of medical plans with FSA and HSA options
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Plan with Company Match
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Company Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Company Health & Wellness Program
• Discounts with Preferred Vendors

At Odyssey, we believe the best ideas come from people with different skills, experiences, and perspectives. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and evaluate every candidate based on the qualifications needed for the role, while also valuing the unique strengths, curiosity, and fresh thinking each person brings. Our commitment to inclusion helps fuel innovation and enables us to deliver smarter, more creative solutions for our customers. We are proud to be a workplace where everyone is treated with respect, given equal opportunity to succeed, and encouraged to contribute in meaningful ways. All employment decisions are based on merit, without regard to race or ethnicity, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Odyssey does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

Visit us at: www.OdysseyLogistics.com/careers

Odyssey does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.