Senior Director, Accounting - Artera.io
San Francisco, CA 94102
About the Job
ABOUT ARTERA
Our Mission: Make healthcare #1 in customer service.
What We Deliver: Artera (formerly WELL Health®) is the patient communication platform that delivers happier staff, healthier patients, and more profitable organizations. We enable two-way conversations between patients and their healthcare teams through secure, multilingual messaging across multiple channels – including text, email, and telephone. By unifying disjointed touchpoints into a single, intuitive channel, Artera fuels connected patient experiences and empowers organizations to deliver the best customer service imaginable.
Our Impact: Artera helps 500+ healthcare providers facilitate more than 1 billion messages for 40+ million patients annually.
Our award-winning culture: In 2021, Artera was named #10 on the Forbes list of America's Best Startup Employers, as well as being named one of Deloitte's Fast 500 (#133). Artera was also recognized as one of the Best Midsize Companies to Work for in Los Angeles by Built In in 2022, and has been ranked on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies for three consecutive years.
Artera's Accounting team is seeking a new Senior Director of Accounting. You will directly report into our VP of Finance, and will be responsible for leading and growing the Accounting team. You will have a wealth of experience leading talented Accounting teams for software companies and you are looking for your next challenge. This role will own this function and will have many opportunities to implement meaningful changes. This is a complex role that will present you with many opportunities to work on engaging projects.
Responsibilities
- Establish accounting organization as the source of truth for financial and business metrics / performance
- Identify and implement process improvements within the Accounting team that drive faster and more accurate reporting, closing processes, and annual audit process
- Close monthly financial reports in <7 days, including three statement financial reporting on a GAAP basis
- Complete annual audit on public company timeframe (<3 months)
- Support the implementation of an ERP system and drive the maximum benefit from that system
- Implement dashboards and other application-based methods for reporting key financial and accounting metrics
- Own acquisition integration across accounting functions
- Implement acquisition accounting including the required adjustments to financial statements
- Develop risk management and mitigation strategy
- Implement industry standard accounting and financial controls
- Scale, mentor, coach and develop accounting team
- Proactively engage in constructive conversations with senior leaders
Requirements
- 10+ years of corporate accounting experience with SaaS / technology companies
- Experience scaling accounting teams to $100M+ in SaaS revenue
- Extensive experience moving key accounting reports and schedules out of Excel / Google Sheets into NetSuite and other applications to improve operational controls and efficiency
- Proven track record of implementing systems / applications that increase process automation and efficiency across accounting functions to achieve greater scalability
- Deep understanding of NetSuite and experience using NetSuite to drive operational improvements
- Experience integrating acquisitions
- Experience completing annual audits in <3 months
- Deep understanding of ASC 606 and other SaaS accounting standards
- Strong knowledge of GAAP accounting standards and deep experience with monthly GAAP financial reporting, including consolidating multiple entities
- Passionate about developing and supporting the Accounting team
- Operates with a high level of integrity, equity, and accountability
- CPA License
- Experience with different exit strategies (M&A, IPO, etc.)
- If not already in the Santa Barbara area: available to travel to our Santa Barbara, CA headquarters 2-4 times per year
Bonus
- Public company reporting experience
- Experience managing SOX audit
- Tax expertise
- Experience working with international subsidiaries
- Big 4 experience
- Healthcare experience
30/60/90
- 30 Days - Start to build relationships with your team and understand the business
- 60 Days - Identify opportunities for improvement and present recommendations
- 90 Days - Develop workstreams, set clear project implementation plan(s)
The compensation for this role will be based on level of experience and location. This position also comes with equity and a variety of benefits.
SPECIFIC NOTE ON LOCATION: We are only open to candidates based in Santa Barbara, CA, Los Angeles, CA, San Francisco, CA, Kansas City, MO, or Philadelphia, PA. If you are based in Santa Barbara, CA this is a hybrid role.
LOCATION
Artera HQ is in Santa Barbara, CA and we are remote friendly, unless otherwise noted in the job posting. If you are located outside of the Santa Barbara area and located within the United States and are interested in working remotely, APPLY TODAY.
WORKING AT ARTERA
Company benefits - Full health benefits (medical, dental, and vision), flexible spending accounts, company paid life insurance, company paid short-term & long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, company equity, voluntary benefits, 401(k) and more!
Career development - Manager development cohorts, employee development funds
Generous time off - Company holidays, Winter & Summer break, and flexible time off
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) - We believe that everyone should belong at their workplace. Our ERGs are available for identifying employees or allies to join.
Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Artera is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to fair and equitable hiring practices. All hiring decisions at Artera are based on strategic business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All candidates are considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexuality, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other protected status.
With that said, research shows that women and other underrepresented groups apply only if they meet 100% of the criteria. Artera is committed to leveling the playing field, and we encourage you to apply for positions even if you do not meet 100% of the criteria. We would love to connect with you and see if you would be a great fit for our role!
We're dedicated to creating an inclusive, equitable, and diverse workplace, where everyone feels safe to be themselves and diversity is a strength. Artera is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment; Artera will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind.
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Source : Artera.io