Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

8901 - Corp Office West Crk - 12800 Tuckahoe Creek Parkway, Richmond, Virginia, 23238

Car Max, the way your career should be!

Car Max seeks an experienced, strategic accounting leader to serve as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. This is the company’s senior‑most accounting executive, responsible for the full scope of the enterprise’s accounting operations, financial reporting integrity, and multi‑year accounting transformation agenda.

This role includes leadership of Corporate Accounting, Financial Reporting, Accounting Policy, Financial Controls & Compliance and Tax. In addition, Accounting Transformation (systems, process automation, and intelligent automation/robotics), Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Payroll.

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the VP/CAO will be a member of the senior finance leadership team and a trusted partner to the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, and executive leadership. This is a highly visible, enterprise‑shaping role for a leader who combines deep technical accounting expertise with the transformational mindset and operational scale required to lead a complex, growing public company.

• Own the accuracy, compliance, and timeliness of all external financial reporting, including quarterly and annual SEC filings (10-Q, 10-K, proxy, and other required reports) in compliance with GAAP and SEC regulations.
• Serve as the company’s foremost technical accounting authority; ensure accounting policies are established, executed, documented, and disclosed to minimize financial reporting risk.
• Proactively monitor and operationalize new FASB standards, SEC rules, and emerging regulatory requirements, advising executive leadership and the Audit Committee on potential impacts.
• Serve as primary liaison to the company’s external auditors; lead all aspects of the annual audit and quarterly review process, including resolution of complex or non‑routine accounting matters.
• Present financial reporting updates, accounting policy matters, and controls status to the Board of Directors and Audit Committee, as required.

• Direct day‑to‑day accounting operations to ensure the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of financial statements and the monthly/quarterly close cycle.
• Oversee all Corporate Accounting functions including general ledger, intercompany, multi‑entity consolidations, fixed assets, lease accounting, inventory and cost accounting, and balance sheet management.
• Lead Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Payroll functions, ensuring operational excellence, policy compliance, and a strong control environment across high‑volume, high‑stakes transactional processes.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls over financial reporting and Sarbanes‑Oxley Section 404 requirements; own the design and operating effectiveness of the company’s internal control framework.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate financial reporting risks; maintain comprehensive accounting policies, procedures, and documentation across all functions.
• Partner closely with Internal Audit to strengthen the overall control environment, remediate deficiencies, and ensure alignment on risk priorities and audit findings.
• Provide critical data, analysis, and accounting insight to support budgeting, forecasting, and reporting to senior management.

• Lead the Accounting Transformation function, driving the multi‑year roadmap for ERP modernization, process automation, intelligent automation (RPA/AI), and data infrastructure that underpin the accounting organization.
• Serve as the senior accounting executive and key decision‑maker in ERP and financial systems initiatives, partnering with IT, FP&A, and other stakeholders to ensure accounting requirements are met and business value is realized.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement; identify and implement process redesigns that reduce close cycle time, increase accuracy, and scale the function efficiently.
• Evaluate emerging technologies—including AI‑assisted close processes, robotic process automation, and advanced…