Director, Corporate Accounting

About the role

Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company that aims to protect families by making life insurance accessible and scalable. As part of Ethos, you'll be working on a mission to transform the life insurance industry.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary right hand and strategic partner to the Senior Director of Corporate Accounting.
• Lead and execute day-to-day corporate accounting functions with an exceptional level of self-direction, including the month-end close process, global consolidation, intercompany transactions, and financial reporting.
• Actively dive into the transactional data to investigate complex discrepancies, reconcile intricate accounts, and execute root-cause analytical resolution alongside the team.
• Identify, evaluate, and implement opportunities to leverage modern technology, automation, and AI workflows to streamline accounting cycles and scale the finance infrastructure.
• Serve as the internal subject matter expert on complex accounting treatments; ensure strict adherence to US GAAP, coordinate external audits, and maintain robust SOX 404 internal control environments.
• Implement new processes and improve financial controls to ensure the long-term health and stability of our increasingly complex business operations.
• Manage, mentor, and elevate a growing accounting team across multiple timezones, fostering a high-performance culture anchored in accountability, continuous learning, and rigorous attention to detail.
• Collaborate closely with FP&A, Legal, Operations, and Executive Leadership to deliver precise financial insights that drive strategic data-driven corporate decisions.
• Support critical ad-hoc projects (including system implementations, upgrades, integrations, and process improvements), providing strategic guidance and hands-on expertise across financial operations.

Qualifications and Skills

• Progressive career track with 10+ years of progressive, professional accounting experience, including 3+ years at publicly traded or late-stage pre-IPO companies.
• Prior experience building and leading accounting teams across multiple timezones successfully.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• Expert-level functional knowledge of US GAAP, advanced financial statement preparation, multi-entity consolidations, and comprehensive SOX 404 compliance frameworks.
• Strong familiarity with enterprise-grade ERP systems, specifically NetSuite.
• Hands-on experience with, or a demonstrable interest in, incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) tools to optimize traditional workflows is a significant plus.
• Exceptional attention to detail with a proven operational track record of isolating financial anomalies, implementing automated sanity checks, and enforcing ironclad data integrity across systems.
• Motivated self-starter with a track record of success and a proven ability to juggle multiple projects/tasks while hitting deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; highly effective cross-functional collaborator.
• An ambitious leader who excels within high-growth ambiguity, welcomes building structured mechanisms from the ground up, and naturally balances strategic direction with tactical execution.