Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale. With its robust three-sided technology platform, Ethos is transforming the life insurance experience for consumers, agents, and carriers alike. Ethos offers instant, accessible products and a seamless online process that requires no medical exams and just a few health questions; it eliminates traditional barriers, making it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families. Ethos is redefining how life insurance is bought, sold, and underwritten.
Ethos is growing and evolving. This isn’t a role for someone looking to inherit a finished accounting organization and simply maintain it. We are seeking a hands-on, solution-oriented Director of Corporate Accounting to own, build, and optimize our day-to-day corporate accounting function.
Reporting to the Senior Director of Corporate Accounting, you will combine tactical execution with strategic oversight—bringing a positive, can-do attitude to solving complex accounting challenges rather than just pointing them out.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Operational & Tactical Ownership: Stay close to the details. While guiding team strategy, you will actively own core workflows—personally investigating transaction-level variances, managing close schedules, and untangling complex reconciliations alongside your team.
- Month-End Close & Consolidations: Drive day-to-day accounting operations, including month-end/quarter-end close cycles, multi-entity global consolidations, and intercompany transactions with accuracy and velocity.
- Automation & Process Improvement: Love efficiency and constantly ask, "Why are we still doing this manually?" Evaluate and implement modern tech stack tools, automation, and AI workflows to streamline close timelines and scale our operations.
- Technical Accounting & Compliance: Act as our subject matter expert on complex accounting treatments, coordinate external audits, and maintain a robust SOX 404 internal control environment.
- Team Leadership & Bench Building: Manage, mentor, and elevate a global accounting team across domestic and international time zones, developing talent and building a strong bench underneath you.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with FP&A, Legal, and Operations to deliver accurate financial insights and support ad-hoc operational initiatives (such as NetSuite enhancements and system integrations).
- Experience: 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, with leadership roles in fast-growing corporate environments (3+ years in public or pre-IPO companies preferred).
- Technical Mastery: Deep working knowledge of US GAAP, multi-currency consolidations, financial reporting, and SOX 404 frameworks.
- Systems & Automation Savvy: Strong proficiency with NetSuite (or similar enterprise ERP). Hands-on experience with, or a strong desire to adopt, AI and automation tools to optimize workflows.
- Mindset: A proactive problem-solver who moves comfortably between the transactional details and the big picture, thrives in high-growth ambiguity, and takes true ownership from Day 1.
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The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $190,000 -$210,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include applicable bonus, equity, or benefits.
You can find further details of our US benefits at https://www.ethoslife.com/careers/
Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records.
To learn more about what information we collect and how it may be used, please refer to our California Candidate Privacy Notice.
Recruitment Notice: Please be aware of recruitment scams. All legitimate communication from our team will only come from email addresses ending in @ethos.com or @getethos.com.
We will never ask for payment, banking details, or sensitive personal information during the hiring process. If you are contacted by someone claiming to represent us from a different email address, please treat it as fraudulent.
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