Director of Accounting, Axios
$145-185k
News media company
Posted today
News media company
501-1000 employees
Posted today
$145-185k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To get you smarter, faster on what matters.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including ownership of month-end close, audit, tax, treasury, internal controls, and accounting operations
- Strong knowledge of GAAP, accrual accounting, balance sheet management, AP, cash management, and financial reporting
- Experience managing accounting operations in a fast-paced, scaling organization
- Experience with ERP systems and finance process automation; Sage Intacct experience preferred
- Experience leading audits and managing relationships with external tax and accounting advisors
- Familiarity with sales and use tax, state filings, nexus considerations, and compliance workflows
- Strong analytical, project management, and process improvement skills, including leveraging systems, automation, AI, and workflow redesign to improve accounting operations
- Advanced Excel and Google Sheets proficiency
- Strong communication, cross-functional partnership, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience managing and developing team members
- High-accountability, execution-oriented mindset with comfort operating in a fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- Axios is seeking an execution-focused Director of Accounting to lead accounting operations, monthly close, treasury, tax, audit, compliance, and finance systems as our business and finance function continues to scale
- This role sits on our Finance team, manages one direct report, and partners closely with FP&A, Payroll, Revenue Finance, department leaders, and external partners
- Lead the monthly close process, including close timelines, journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, fixed assets, and close reporting packages
- Maintain accounting policies, procedures, controls, chart of accounts governance, and operational documentation to support accurate and scalable financial reporting
- Oversee AP, procurement, vendor management, contractor payments, cash management, bank reconciliations, 13-week cash forecasting, and treasury operations
- Manage bank access, fraud prevention, and accounting control processes to ensure strong financial governance and compliance
- Partner with Finance leadership to improve cash visibility, working capital management, and accounting operations
- Lead external audit coordination and oversee tax, sales and use tax, and related compliance processes with external partners
- Own and improve accounting systems, integrations, workflows, data integrity, SOPs, and business continuity documentation across finance operations
- Drive automation, AI adoption, and process improvements to improve efficiency, scalability, accuracy, and controls
- Partner cross-functionally with FP&A, Payroll, Revenue Finance, and business leaders to support forecasting, reporting, and operational decision-making
- Lead, coach, and develop accounting team members while fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture
Our take
Axios is a digital news site covering business, tech, politics, and media trends, with a focus on smart and efficient coverage. Much like rival comparable sites The Economist and Politico, it’s also diversified its media to include podcasts, newsletters, and a mobile app. Whilst it remains a major national and international news outlet, it’s also pursuing a new avenue to help shore up its position: local news.
Local news outlets have been in sharp decline over recent years: it’s too costly, with too little revenue. Axios’ plan is to opt instead for local newsletters. They’re highly advertiser-friendly, and the model itself is exceptionally scalable. So Axios may succeed where traditional efforts by other outlets like The Huffington Post (and countless local outfits) have failed.
Axios was previously held up as an exception to the mergers and acquisitions that other news outlets were enduring to weather the decline of print media. However, in order to fund the expansion into local news, Axios has been acquired by the global conglomerate (and previous investor in the company) Cox Enterprises. This is good news - Cox Enterprises owns and protects local newspapers in Ohio, and looks set to be a hands-off and values-aligned new Axios owner. In 2025, it was announced that OpenAI would be funding Axios's expansion into new US territories, suggesting even more growth on the horizon.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
60% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2019
$27m
SERIES C
Nov 2017
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $57m
Company benefits
- 401(k) with employer match
- Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
- Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
- Dental and vision coverage
- Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
- Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
- One mental health day per quarter
- Annual learning and development stipend
- $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
- Tele-mental health services through Headspace
- OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
- Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate
- Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
- Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies
- Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
- Virtual company-sponsored social events
- A strong and positive work environment
- A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture
Company HQ
Radnor - Fort Myer Heights, Arlington, VA
Leadership
Jim VandeHei
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, they then went on to found Politico and serve a decade as its CEO.
Mike Allen
(Co-Founder & Executive Editor)Spent nearly a decade as Politico's Chief White House correspondent before co-founding Axios in 2016.
Roy Schwartz
(Co-Founder & President)CEO of Axios HQ. Spent time as a partner at The Gallup Organization, then as VP and ultimately CRO of Politico.
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