Vice President of Accounting

Location: Onsite — Buena Park, CA | Team Scope: U.S., Philippines, and China

UNISCO seeks a hands-on Vice President of Accounting to lead global accounting operations across fulfillment and transportation businesses. A core mandate is accelerating AI adoption and automation to improve accuracy, speed, control, and scalability across the transactional accounting stack.

Responsibilities

• Lead Pre-Audit, billing, invoicing, AR/collections, AP, GL, payroll oversight, and financial close.
• Own the AI adoption roadmap for Accounting, personally modeling use of GPT-based tools for analysis, reconciliation, reporting, and decision support.
• Identify, pilot, and scale automation for high-volume workflows, including pre-audit matching, invoicing, cash application, AP processing, journal entries, and reconciliations.
• Partner with IT and Automation Engineering to implement AI-enabled systems, RPA, integrations, dashboards, and control-oriented workflows.
• Lead a high-performing distributed accounting team across the U.S., Philippines, and China while improving DSO, billing accuracy, AP timeliness, and close-cycle time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including Controller-level ownership.
• Experience leading AP, GL, close, financial statements, billing, and AR/collections.
• Demonstrated success in high-volume transactional accounting environments.
• Working fluency with AI platforms and GPT-based tools, with experience applying them to accounting analysis or operations.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience leading offshore or distributed accounting teams, particularly in the Philippines and/or China.
• Background in 3PL, logistics, transportation, or supply chain.
• Experience implementing AI-enabled accounting platforms, RPA, intelligent document processing, or system integrations.
• Experience with TMS/WMS-adjacent billing tools and ERP/accounting systems.

Skills for Success

• AI adoption leadership and prompt-engineering fluency
• Accounting workflow automation and process redesign
• Strategic accounting and controllership leadership
• Billing, collections, and cash-flow management
• Global team leadership, financial analysis, and risk management