Accounting Director

Join our team as an Accounting Director, where you will be responsible for financial reporting, leading the accounting function, and optimizing our general ledger. This hybrid role is based in NYC and offers the opportunity to partner with key business owners across various departments. You will report to our VP Finance and play a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy and trustworthiness of our financial numbers.

Manage the accounting team, establishing clear service levels and documented processes, and decide what functions should be brought in-house as the company grows.

About Wagmo

• 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

Responsibilities

• Own the financial close and consolidated reporting, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Build and run a roadmap for using AI and automation in accounting processes, aiming for AI integration in at least half of the processes within the first year.
• 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

Requirements

• 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 building controls and leading audits. You have built documentation and controls that scale, and you balance rigor with speed

Preferred

• Experience with QuickBooks is preferred

Pay

USD 170,000 - 200,000