Associate Director, Technical Accounting

Job Description

Job Description

Ro is a direct-to-patient healthcare company with a mission of helping patients achieve their health goals by delivering the easiest, most effective care possible. Ro is the only company to offer nationwide telehealth, labs, and pharmacy services. This is enabled by Ro's vertically integrated platform that helps patients achieve their goals through a convenient, end-to-end healthcare experience spanning from diagnosis, to delivery of medication, to ongoing care. Since 2017, Ro has helped millions of patients, including one in every county in the United States, and in 98% of primary care deserts.

Ro has been recognized as a Fortune Best Workplace in New York and Health Care for four consecutive years (2021-2024). In 2023, Ro was also named Best Workplace for Parents for the third year in a row. In 2022, Ro was listed as a CNBC Disruptor 50.

The Associate Director, Technical Accounting oversees Ro’s technical accounting function and serves as a U.S. GAAP subject matter expert to support internal stakeholders. This role will work cross-functionally to understand and to provide technical accounting guidance on new or complex transactions and corresponding financial disclosures. The role is responsible for researching, interpreting, and executing the accounting activities and oversees the implementation of new accounting standards, offers expertise on accounting policy issues, and supports ad hoc accounting initiatives.

What You'll Do :

• Serve as the Company’s technical accounting expert – proactively evaluate complex transactions and provide technical accounting guidance and recommendations, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and other reporting requirements
• Perform technical accounting research, and assist in responding to technical accounting inquiries and / or preparation of technical accounting memos supporting significant and / or non-routine transactions
• Monitor new accounting standards and participate in the interpretation, analysis, and documentation of the financial statement impact of any new accounting standards applicable to the company; assess the impact on the Company’s financial statements and lead the implementation of relevant changes.
• Direct interaction with external auditors, including key contact for technical accounting determinations and policy changes
• Assist in the establishment, documentation, and maintenance of accounting policy documentation, including maintenance of documentation for certain SOX financial reporting controls
• Prepare and / or coordinate with the team on all footnote disclosures, including completing the GAAP disclosure checklists to ensure compliance with required disclosures
• Oversee tax policy and administration, including coordination with external advisors on compliance, sales tax, tax provision, filings, and the development of scalable processes to support growth and changing regulatory requirements
• Lead or support cross-functional strategic initiatives and special projects to ensure accounting impacts are proactively addressed

What You'll Bring to the Team :

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We welcome qualified candidates of all races, creeds, genders, and sexuality to apply.

The target base salary for this position ranges from $147,100 to $185,000, in addition to a competitive equity and benefits package (as applicable). When determining compensation, we analyze and carefully consider several factors, including location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience. These considerations may cause your compensation to vary.

Ro recognizes the power of in-person collaboration, while supporting the flexibility to work anywhere in the United States. For our Ro’ers in the tri-state (NY) area, you will join us at HQ on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For those outside of the tri-state area, you will be able to join in-person collaborations throughout the year (i.e., during team on-sites).

At Ro, we believe that our diverse perspectives are our biggest strengths — and that embracing them will create real change in healthcare. As an equal opportunity employer, we provide equal opportunity in all aspects of employment, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, training and promotion, termination, and any other terms and conditions of employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, familial status, age, disability and / or any other legally protected classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

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