Director of Accounting

About the Role

Roo is seeking a Director of Accounting to join our Finance & Accounting team and help scale our financial operations in a thoughtful, efficient, and compliant way. This role will report to the VP of Finance and will directly manage and mentor members of the accounting team, including our Manager of Accounting. It’s an ideal fit for someone with strong accounting fundamentals, audit experience, and a desire to help build systems that keep pace with operational growth.

Following the company’s first external audit, the Director of Accounting will own future audit cycles, manage core accounting processes, and act as a cross-functional partner to ensure accounting supports and reflects evolving business operations. While this role does not lead the finance function at large (as a Controller would), it plays a key leadership role in execution, team development, and process scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the monthly and quarterly close processes, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of financial reporting.
• Own the coordination and execution of annual external audits, acting as the primary point of contact for auditors.
• Oversee tax policy and administration, including coordination with external advisors on compliance, filings, and the development of scalable processes to support growth and changing regulatory requirements.
• Maintain and improve internal controls and accounting policies to support a strong compliance posture and readiness for future scale.
• Oversee operational accounting areas including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and revenue recognition.
• Supervise and develop accounting team members, including the Manager of Accounting, to support a collaborative, high-performing function.
• Partner closely with functional departments to align accounting processes with the company’s business model and operating evolution.
• Contribute to technical accounting research and documentation; support implementation of new standards as needed.
• Collaborate with FP&A to support financial planning, variance analysis, and reconciliations.

Qualifications

• CPA required.
• 10+ years of total accounting experience, including tenure at a Big 4 public accounting firm and in-house roles in dynamic or high-growth environments.
• Proven experience managing or playing a significant role in external audits, ideally beyond the first audit cycle.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and operational accounting best practices.
• Demonstrated success managing accounting teams or mentoring junior staff.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and scaling processes from startup to more mature infrastructure.
• Exceptional organizational, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills, including executive stakeholder management.
• Detail-oriented with sound judgment and a proactive, ownership mindset.

While we are a remote first company, if you are based in San Francisco this will be a hybrid role. Please see below for examples of compensation ranges based on state averages.