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Wagmo is a modern pet healthcare company partnering with employers to provide comprehensive pet and pet-parent wellbeing solutions, including preventive wellness plans, emergency coverage, and 24/7 telehealth guidance. Founded in 2017 and female-founded, Wagmo is headquartered in NYC and trusted by leading employers nationwide.
As Accounting Director, you will own the complete financial reporting function and lead a fast, accurate, audit-ready accounting team. You will report to the VP Finance and partner across Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering, Operations, and Customer Success.
Core responsibilities include: running monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closes with continuous improvement; building an AI-first accounting roadmap with automation in reconciliations, anomaly detection, and control testing (targeting 50% of processes by end of year one); optimizing the general ledger in QuickBooks and leading ERP selection for next-stage growth; managing the accounting team with clear service levels and documented processes; scaling billing and revenue data flow across enterprise clients and broker partners; managing the annual audit from start to finish and building a control framework appropriate for a growing private company; and delivering accurate, timely investor, tax, and external reporting.
Wagmo operates in a $200 billion US pet spending category that remains early in its lifecycle. The company is female-founded, Inc. 5000 recognized, and performance-driven. The team is described as exceptionally smart, curious, and kind, led by transparent, low-ego leadership. The role offers genuine ownership equity, flexibility, and autonomy alongside real dedication and impact.
This is a hybrid role based in NYC requiring in-office presence three days per week.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 8+ years in accounting roles with increasing responsibility, including people leadership experience
- CPA required
- Deep US GAAP expertise including revenue recognition, consolidations, and accruals
- Experience in insurance, insurance-adjacent, subscription, or benefits businesses is a plus
- Hands-on experience with AI tools: you have selected tools, chosen use cases, measured payoff, and managed risks like data privacy and accuracy
- Experience building controls and leading audits with documentation and processes that scale
- Strong cross-functional partnership skills; ability to explain accounting needs to Engineering and Product in their terms
- Builder's mindset with experience leading external teams and people through major changes (system migrations, process overhauls)
- QuickBooks experience preferred
