Vice President, Justworks
Global Controller
$300-330k
2-5 days a week in office
Business operations platform
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Business operations platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$300-330k
2-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
Justworks' mission is to help entrepreneurs and businesses grow with confidence.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience, with at least 5 years of progressive accounting experience in an SEC-compliant organization or as an auditor for an SEC-filer at a top tier accounting firm
- BS Degree in Accounting or related field (MBA/MSA a plus); CPA certification is required
- Experience managing and building out a team, and
- Experience in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- Justworks is looking for a VP Accounting with a proven track record of building and leading an exceptional accounting organization, being the executive lead to champion and execute accounting-related initiatives, communicate and obtain buy-in across the leadership team, and oversee the SEC-readiness process to ensure Justworks is set up for success in the event of a public offering
- The successful candidate will adapt quickly to change and will champion the advancement of processes and controls across the entire accounting organization that will enhance the accounting and overall finance function at Justworks, reporting to the CFO
- Build out a top-tier Accounting team to support Justworks becoming an SEC compliant public company. This includes appropriate leveling/staffing for Controller’s Group, Financial Reporting, Tax, and Financial Systems
- Develop strong communication cadence with CFO and VP Finance to ensure all critical accounting matters are raised with the appropriate level of urgency and forethought
- Work closely with senior leadership across the organization to monitor ongoing and upcoming business transactions to identify any that require a technical accounting assessment or new corporate accounting procedures
- Prepare executive accounting summaries to address any new items or identified issues as well as concise action plans to provide to CFO and executive team, and prepare quarterly communication to Audit Committee related to pertinent accounting matters
- Work closely with Internal Audit function and key Accounting team leaders to develop and implement a formal control framework around month-end close, financial reporting, tax reporting and systems management in compliance with SOX 404 to ensure proper internal controls over financial reporting
- Responsible for review of consolidated financial statements and related disclosures and analytics for accuracy and compliance with US GAAP and Regulation S-X and S-K
- Ensure the company’s internal and external reports consistently reflect the Justworks story and messaging while remaining in compliance with SEC regulations and required disclosures
- Prepare strategic analyses on income statement presentation, non-GAAP disclosures, including free cash flow and net revenues, and other disclosed KPIs
- Maintain annual and quarterly project plans for organizational planning and key team objectives, including resource allocation and communication plans to be shared with CFO, within Accounting team, and with any cross-functional PMOs
- As a VP of Accounting, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following:
- Accuracy and attention to detail. You will be tasked with reviewing and communicating technical accounting matters. You have strong communication and organizational skills allowing you to manage multiple priorities while meeting deadlines
- Proactiveness. You’re eager to contribute and learn, ask thoughtful questions, and provide solutions before we even know there are issues. You are excited about making ongoing process improvements
- Problem-solving. You identify challenges, analyze the root causes, seek to understand rationale behind current processes before proposing solutions
- Collaboration. You have a positive attitude and the desire to provide impeccable support to Justworks team members. You’ll regularly interact with team members within and outside of the accounting team, providing high levels of customer service and motivating them to make changes. You have an ability to communicate directly, concisely and with a balanced tone, on paper and verbally, formally and informally
Our take
Justworks operates in an increasingly crowded space of all-in-one business operation suites, that include tools like human resources, payroll, employee management, benefits, and others that businesses critically need to operate as they scale.
Globally, human resource management has become an extremely fertile field, worth over $20 billion annually and predicted to grow to over $50 billion annually by 2030 - creating great opportunity for Justworks to continue to grow. The company is regarded as a market leader, but does see competition in the shape of Paychex Flex, Rippling, Paylocity, and TriNet, among others.
Solutions delivered by Justworks have proven to be extremely popular with SMEs, and this has not gone unnoticed by investors, with the company picking up exceptional amounts of funding. Justworks is known to have sights on going public, though action towards this end has been delayed until global mass-market conditions have settled from a period of volatility. However, the company's 2024 acquisition of the international employment-of-record (EOR) company Via is a promising sign of it's continued strength.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2023
$16.9m
LATE VC
Jan 2020
$50m
SERIES E
Total funding: $159.9m
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer work.
- Paid parental leave.
- Work from home opportunities.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus access to One Medical, Kindbody, and Teladoc.
- Premium access to Headspace, ClassPass stipends, and webinars to support your overall wellness on topics like nutrition, budgeting, mindfulness, and more.
- All Justworks offers include equity, and Justworkers can continue to earn more over time with promotions and tenure.
- Extensive learning & development opportunities through workshops, ExecOnline, Udemy, and BetterUp coaching.
- Engineering Apprenticeship program that supports internal movement and growth
Company HQ
Fulton Ferry District, NY
Leadership
Isaac Oates
(Founder & Directive)Experience as a Senior Product Manager at Amazon before founding Adtuitive and serving as COO for a year. Left this position to spend 3 years as a VP at Etsy, before founding Justworks.
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