Director, Corporate Accounting

About the role

We are seeking a Director, Corporate Accounting to lead the controllership function at Justworks through our next phase of scale, complexity, and global expansion. This role involves overseeing the integrity of the general ledger, the effectiveness of internal controls, and the accuracy and timeliness of financial data supporting audit, compliance, and internal reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the month-end and quarter-end close process, ensuring timely and accurate completion across all domestic and international entities through effective team oversight, review, and escalation.
• Set and maintain standards for the global chart of accounts and GL policy framework, ensuring consistency, compliance, and alignment with US GAAP as the business evolves.
• Oversee and review accounting outcomes across key balance sheet areas, including accrued liabilities, payroll, benefits passthroughs, and intercompany activity, ensuring appropriate judgment and documentation are applied.
• Provide leadership and direction over the Accounts Payable function, ensuring strong controls, clear ownership, and efficient execution across vendor onboarding, invoice processing, approvals, and payments.
• Establish and enforce corporate T&E policies and spend management practices, partnering with stakeholders to drive compliance, transparency, and operational clarity.
• Oversee daily corporate cash activity and related reconciliations, working closely with Treasury and the accounting team to ensure accuracy, liquidity visibility, and strong control practices.
• Lead and coordinate internal and external audit interactions for controllership-owned areas, ensuring teams are prepared, documentation is complete, and issues are identified and resolved proactively.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve scalable internal controls and approval frameworks across close, AP, and expense processes.
• Own the development and governance of global accounting policies, including review and approval of accounting treatment for new products, cross-border activity, and non-routine transactions.
• Directly manage and develop a global accounting team, setting clear expectations around ownership, quality, and accountability.
• Build a culture of excellence grounded in accuracy, judgment, continuous improvement, and professional growth. Ensure the team has the structure, tools, and guidance needed to support entity-level closes, intercompany accounting, statutory requirements, and coordination with local advisors.
• Serve as the accounting leader and thought partner to FP&A, Tax, Legal, Product, and other stakeholders by proactively assessing and advising on accounting implications of business decisions. Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to influence upstream system design and data integrity, improving downstream close quality and audit readiness.
• Support SOX-readiness and control maturity efforts by establishing clear process ownership, review standards, and scalable control documentation.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 5+ years in a senior leadership or controllership role.
• CPA required; public accounting + in-house controllership (ideally in high-growth or global environments) preferred.
• Deep knowledge of US GAAP and accounting operations; strong experience in AP, T&E, and cash reconciliations.
• Experience leading international teams and multi-entity accounting structures.
• Systems orientation — NetSuite, FloQast, and experience with close acceleration tools a plus.

Benefits

The base wage range for this position based in our New York City office is targeted at $198,000.00 - $237,600.00 per year. Actual compensation is based on multiple factors that are unique to each candidate, including and not limited to skill set, level of relevant experience, and specific work location.

For more information about Justworks’ Total Reward Philosophy, including all of the perks and benefits we are proud to offer our team members, please visit Total Rewards @ Justworks.