Director, Accounting

Who we Are 

Oncourse Home Solutions (OHS) is a people-centric, $500M organization that is owned by private equity firm, Apax Partners operating under the brands American Water Resources, Pivotal Home Solutions and American Home Solutions. We do what is right for our people so they can do their best when serving our 1.8+ million customers across the U.S. Our mission is to create lasting value for our customers and our partners by helping homeowners navigate the unexpected, reduce costs, and make homeownership enjoyable for all. Our vision is to make our products and services accessible to our customers and our partners by becoming the most trusted and reliable home solutions organization in the market. We are committed to fostering an environment that embraces diversity in all forms, where our employees, customers and partners feel valued, respected, and supported. 

As a US-based warranty provider, we provide expertise in safety and homecare to our customers. Our integrated solutions meet customer needs both inside and outside the home. Inside the home we protect critical aspects of home function such as plumbing, heating and cooling, appliances, power surges, hot water heater, and interior electrical. Outside the home we provide protection for critical lines (water, gas, wells, sewers, electric and septic). We primarily go to market B2B2C, partnering mostly with water/gas/electric utilities and municipalities to offer our product leveraging their brand for marketing and often adding our subscription fee to the water/gas/electric bill itself. When our customers need help with home maintenance, repair, or coverage, OHS is there. This is what it means to be an ‘Oncourse SUPER’—Successful, United, Progressive, Empathetic, Reliable. SUPERs get it done. We sweat homeownership so our customers and partners don’t have to.

As an equal opportunity employer, our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, parental status, mental or physical disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. Oncourse Home Solutions is committed to recruiting and retaining talented applicants and to providing all employees with a workplace free from discrimination and/or harassment. 

Position Summary

The Director, Accounting holds a key accounting role for OHS as this position leads the monthly accounting close process, manages an accounting staff of 8 professionals, prepares monthly financial statements, and leads the year-end audit process. This is an extremely important function for OHS as this role is instrumental in preparing financial statements for senior management, board of directors, and external lending institutions. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Oversee all accounting operations, including journal entries, payroll, commissions, accounts payable, accounts receivable, revenue recognition, statutory reporting, banking, and daily operations.
• Prepare and review monthly financial statements.
• Lead monthly accounting close process; Maintain and enforce a monthly close calendar, meeting all deadlines for reconciliations, reporting, and financial analysis.
• Ensure the maintenance of financial records and accounting systems to ensure compliance with all regulations, generally accepted accounting practices and contractual requirements.
• Prepare technical research memos for accounting issues.
• Lead and manage all external audit processes.
• Maintain stock compensation calculations.
• Prepare and review numerous balance sheet analyses.
• Review numerous tasks of accounting staff for accuracy and completion.
• Prepare lender financials / ratio calculations.

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Experience and Qualifications of the Role:

• 6+ years of progressive experience in accounting roles with increasing scope and responsibilities.
• 6+ years of financial reporting preparation and coordinating year-end external audits.
• 6+ years of direct people management experience with a track record of consistently. recognizing and rewarding excellent performance and addressing performance issues head-on, without delay.
• Public accounting experience and accounting experience in PE owned companies.
• Solid experience in preparing management / Board level reports / analyses.
• Strong background in US GAAP.
• Accounting experience in companies with revenues exceeding $500M.
• Experience in both analyzing and implementing effective internal controls.
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