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Accounting Director

Wagmo · New York City · Remote

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About Wagmo

Wagmo provides the best pet insurance and pet wellness plans that won't break the bank. We go above and beyond what other typical Pet Insurance Companies cover. Backed by Techstars.

About the role

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. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 8+ years in accounting roles with increasing responsibility, including experience leading people. CPA required
  • 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
  • Experience building controls and leading audits. You have built documentation and controls that scale, and you balance rigor with speed
  • 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
  • A builder’s mindset. You have led an external team, and you have led people through big changes like a new system or process
More about this role

Wagmo is a modern pet healthcare company built around how pet parents actually care for their pets. We partner with employers to provide a complete approach to pet and pet-parent wellbeing, from preventive wellness plans and emergency coverage to 24/7 pet telehealth guidance. Our purpose is to unlock every pet parent's potential to provide extraordinary care, and we do it by bringing the same intentionality to pet benefits that the best employers bring to human healthcare. Founded in 2017 and female-founded, Wagmo is headquartered in New York City and trusted by leading employers nationwide.

Our mission shapes everything we build and how we work together. We take fearless ownership of outcomes, collaborate with radical candor, and are always driven by the customers and pet parents who trust us. We think critically, follow through relentlessly, and find the extra 10% that turns good work into exceptional work. We keep it weird because the obvious answer is rarely the most interesting one. Our values aren't aspirational. We interview for them and hold each other accountable to them. If what you've read so far resonates with you and you want to be part of a team where every person...

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