WeightWatchers is a health-focused company working across healthcare, health, and food and beverage to help people build more sustainable relationships with food. Its personalized weight-loss programs combine nutritional education, behavior-change support, expert coaching, member community, and digital tools such as a mobile app for meal tracking and tailored meal plans. Founded in 1963, WeightWatchers has a team of approximately 1,001 to 5,000 employees.
Senior Manager, Accounting — WeightWatchers (Hybrid, United States)
Lead WeightWatchers’ North American accounting operations, including close management, controls, reporting, and complex accounting activities. Develop a multi-level finance team while improving processes, accountability, and operational scalability.
Description
- Direct North America general accounting and operating expense close activities.
- Own the close calendar, dependencies, status updates, issue escalation, and delivery against established timelines.
- Review journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, account analyses, and supporting schedules.
- Maintain oversight of U.S. and Canadian accounting flows, including payroll and benefits, leases, fixed assets, prepaids and accruals, marketing and operating expenses, intercompany activity, cash, and franchise arrangements.
- Lead variance and flux analysis with FP&A and business partners to explain results and surface emerging risks.
- Act as the primary day-to-day escalation contact for accounting issues and present complex or material matters to the North America Controller with recommendations.
- Manage and develop a multi-level team spanning general accounting, revenue, and accounts receivable.
- Define team responsibilities, decision authority, performance expectations, and review standards.
- Support team growth through feedback, coaching, technical development, cross-training, and succession planning.
- Create scalable processes, expand team capabilities, and advance continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
- At least 8 years of progressive accounting experience, including substantial experience leading accounting teams and managing complex monthly and quarterly closes.
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP.
- Experience overseeing accruals, operating expenses, payroll, leases, fixed assets, intercompany activity, and balance sheet accounting.
- Experience reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, financial analyses, and audit support materials.
- Strong understanding of internal controls and SOX requirements within a public-company environment.
- Experience leading process improvements, clarifying ownership, and building team capability.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Sound judgment, strong organization, and reliable follow-through, with the ability to manage competing deadlines, challenge work constructively, and escalate issues early with proposed solutions.
- CPA certification strongly preferred.
- Combination of public accounting and public-company industry experience.
- Experience in 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 comparable systems is a plus.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Annual bonus program.
- Hybrid work environment.
- Workers’ compensation insurance for eligible employees.