Director of Accounting – Financial Operations

Location: New York, NY | Hybrid Working Model
Compensation: $180,000-$236,000 Base + Bonus

We’re partnering with a rapidly growing insurance organization to recruit a Director of Accounting.

This is a unique opportunity for a hands-on accounting and financial operations leader to build and scale financial infrastructure, streamline processes, and partner with executive leadership to support new acquisitions, emerging revenue streams, and continued business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and oversight of accounting and financial operations for newly acquired and expanding business lines.

• Drive post-acquisition financial integration, establishing scalable accounting processes, systems, and controls.

• Oversee core accounting functions, including month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, financial reporting, and variance analysis.

• Develop and implement infrastructure supporting accounts payable, accounts receivable, commission accounting, revenue recognition, and subledger operations.

• Partner with executive leadership to support strategic initiatives, emerging revenue streams, and business expansion.

• Identify opportunities to streamline accounting workflows, improve data integrity, and enhance financial reporting capabilities.

• Build and lead a team of accounting and financial operations professionals, fostering accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with finance, technology, and business stakeholders to support organizational growth.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant accounting experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

• Experience leading accounting close processes, reconciliations, journal entries, or financial reporting for a business line, subsidiary, platform, or acquired business.

• Experience with accounting systems, subledgers, AP/AR accounting, revenue or receivables accounting, financial operations integrations, or data/process design.

• Experience preparing or reviewing flux and variance analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with M&A accounting, purchase accounting support, acquired-company integration, or post-close financial operations integration.

• Experience designing or managing insurance agency management systems (AMS), ERP, billing, receivables, payables, or subledger accounting processes.

• 4+ years of experience with U.S.-based insurance companies or insurance-adjacent businesses (health insurance expereince is a plus!)

• Experience leading teams and collaborating across accounting, finance, technology, and business functions.

• A hands-on, entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to navigate and build structure within an evolving organization.

Apply Today

If you’re an experienced accounting & financial operations leader with a passion for building scalable processes, driving transformation, and making a measurable impact within a growing organization, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today or contact [email protected] for a confidential conversation about the opportunity.