• We are hiring an Accounting Director to own our financial reporting and lead an accounting function that is fast, accurate, and audit-ready
• You will run the monthly financial close, own the annual audit, and build the controls that let us scale effectively
• This role also optimizes our general ledger and brings AI proactively into how accounting gets done
• It offers the opportunity to partner with key business owners across Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering, Operations, and Customer Success
• This role will report to our VP Finance
• Our clients, investors, and auditors rely on our numbers
• You will make sure they can trust them
• Location: This is a hybrid role based in NYC; candidates must be willing and able to work in-office three days per week
• Own the financial close and consolidated reporting: Run the monthly, quarterly, and annual close. Make it faster and cleaner each quarter, with few post-close adjustments
• Make accounting AI-first: Build and run a roadmap for using AI and automation in reconciliations, anomaly detection, and control testing. Your goal is to have AI in at least half of our accounting processes by the end of your first year
• Strengthen our general ledger: Clean up and optimize our books in QuickBooks, then run the selection of the ERP that will carry us through our next stage of growth
• Build the team and controls behind our books: Manage our accounting team with clear service levels and documented processes, and decide what we should bring in-house as we grow. Work with our Finance Manager to improve cash reporting and tighten cash controls and processes
• Scale billing: Work with Engineering, Product, Client Success, and Sales so billing and revenue data flow cleanly across our enterprise clients and broker partners. Fewer errors and disputes, and less manual rework
• Lead the annual audit: Manage the audit from start to finish and own the auditor relationship. Build a control framework that fits a growing private company: key controls, reconciliations, and segregation of duties
• Deliver investor, tax, and external reporting: Make sure reporting is accurate, on time, and ties to the books. Oversee federal and state tax reporting requirements with the support of our external tax advisors

Benefits

• Equity in the company
• Company paid medical premiums for employee-only plan (3 out of 4 medical plans)
• Dental, vision, voluntary life, short term disability and long-term disability
• Commuter assistance
• Company paid Wagmo pet wellness and insurance plans through monthly reimbursement
• Unlimited paid time off
• 12 weeks parental time off
• 401k
• Company wide open feedback model

• Deep US GAAP expertise. You know revenue recognition, consolidations, and accruals well. Experience in insurance, insurance-adjacent, or subscription and benefits businesses is a plus. You can take a position and defend it to auditors
• Hands-on curiosity about AI. You have picked tools, chosen use cases, measured the payoff, and managed risks like data privacy and accuracy
• A builder’s mindset. You have led an external team, and you have led people through big changes like a new system or process
• 8+ years in accounting roles with increasing responsibility, including experience leading people. CPA required
• Strong cross-functional partnership. You can explain accounting needs to Engineering and Product in their terms, and you earn trust with Sales and Client Success
• Experience with QuickBooks is preferred
• Experience building controls and leading audits. You have built documentation and controls that scale, and you balance rigor with speed