Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Weight Watchers is hiring a Senior Manager, Accounting to lead the day-to-day execution and ongoing transformation of its North America accounting operations. The role oversees operating expense and close activities, ensures accurate financial reporting and strong internal controls, and develops the accounting team and scalable processes.
Responsibilities
- Lead the day-to-day execution of North America general accounting and operating expense close activities, including managing the close calendar, dependencies, status reporting, issue escalation, and delivery against the company’s close timeline
- Oversee the preparation and review of journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, account analyses, and supporting schedules, with a strong focus on completeness, accuracy, and clear audit trails
- Maintain a detailed understanding of key accounting flows across U.S. and Canada operations, including payroll and benefits, leases, fixed assets, prepaids and accruals, marketing and other operating expenses, intercompany, cash, franchise arrangements, and other assigned general accounting areas
- Drive disciplined variance and flux analysis and partner with FP&A and business stakeholders to explain results and identify emerging risks early
- Act as the day-to-day escalation point for accounting issues, making sound decisions, documenting conclusions, and bringing material or complex matters to the North America Controller with a clear recommendation
- Lead and develop a multi-level accounting team that includes managers and individual contributors across general accounting, revenue, and accounts receivable operations
- Establish clear roles, decision rights, performance expectations, and review standards; ensure work is appropriately assigned and that accountability sits at the right level
- Provide timely, direct feedback and meaningful coaching, while building technical depth, business understanding, cross-training, and succession coverage across the team
- Create an environment that values ownership, transparency, curiosity, collaboration, and continuous improvement, while maintaining high standards for execution and follow-through
- Balance leadership with hands-on involvement: step into complex work when needed, but build durable processes and team capability rather than becoming a single point of dependency
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting
- 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including meaningful experience leading accounting teams and owning a complex monthly and quarterly close
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and experience overseeing general accounting areas such as accruals, operating expenses, payroll, leases, fixed assets, intercompany, and balance sheet accounting
- Demonstrated experience reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, financial analyses, and audit support with a high standard for completeness, accuracy, and documentation
- Strong understanding of internal controls and SOX requirements in a public company environment
- Experience driving process improvement, clarifying ownership, and strengthening team capability in an environment with changing systems, processes, and priorities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate accounting issues into clear decisions, actions, and risks for both finance and non-finance stakeholders
- Strong judgment, organization, and follow-through
- Ability to manage competing deadlines, challenge work constructively, and escalate issues early with proposed solutions
- CPA strongly preferred
- Combination of public accounting and public company industry experience
- Experience with subscription, digital consumer, healthcare or clinical, marketplace, or other high-volume transaction environments
- Experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, familiarity with Workday, Looker, FCCS, or similar systems a plus
Benefits
- Annual bonus program
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Hybrid work environment
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