Director of Accounting, Perchwell

• The ideal candidate is a CPA with 6-10+ years of accounting experience, including work with a Big 4 and experience with scaling startups
• You drive crossfunctional partnerships and are a skilled player/coach and team leader
• Successful candidates are proactive, adaptable, customer-focused, solution-minded, detail-oriented, and effective communicators
• If you thrive in a fast-paced, exciting environment with a growing company, this is the role for you
• Experience with a Big 4 accounting firm
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Experienced in driving audits
• Proficient in Excel, Powerpoint, Google Workspace, Quickbooks, Bill.com, and Avalara
• Metrics-driven and focused on impactful results
• Strong understanding of and empathy for internal and external stakeholders and customers
• Team player who enjoys working cross functionally
• Self-starter who is wildly curious, comfortable with ambiguity, comfortable leading projects, and encourages a growth mindset

Desirable

• We are looking for a motivated Director, Accounting to build a world class accounting function at Perchwell
• This is an opportunity to play a key role across all things revenue & equity accounting, helping to build the function for a rapidly growing startup
• Own the accounting function at Perchwell
• Drive our Month End Close (MEC), quarterly, and year-end close processes and establish an accounting foundation to prepare for audit readiness
• Evaluate, ideate & implement mission critical systems and automation improvements to set the foundation for business scale
• Write technical memos and interpret guidelines on best in class accounting practices
• Ensure timely and accurate financial statements reporting
• Define optimal balance of in-house accounting and 3rd party support within first 90 days
• Ensure detailed accounting documentation is prepared and maintained in support of company policies and procedures
• Streamline accounting operations in partnering with the Sales & Customer Success teams to align with business goals
• Oversee domestic and international tax preparation, satisfying obligations for franchise, payroll, sales and business taxes
• Optimize spend processes, including ongoing vendor contract review