Senior Manager, Accounting

WW; United States; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Annual bonus program

Job summary

Weight Watchers is seeking a Senior Manager, Accounting to lead North America accounting operations, close processes, and internal controls. This role reports to the North America Controller and requires strong accounting judgment and leadership.

The team will focus on operating expenses, close accuracy, and scalable processes. The candidate will manage a multi‑level accounting team, drive ownership, and ensure timely, audit-ready reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including leading accounting teams and owning a complex close.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and overseeing payroll, leases, fixed assets, intercompany and balance sheet accounting.
• Experience reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, analyses, and audit support with high standards.
• Solid understanding of internal controls and SOX in a public company.
• Experience driving process improvement and building team capability in changing environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication translating issues into decisions and actions.

Responsibilities

• Lead day‑to‑day North America general accounting and operating expense close activities.
• Oversee journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, analyses, and schedules with clear audit trails.
• Understand key accounting flows across U.S. and Canada operations including payroll, leases, assets, intercompany and cash.
• Drive variance analysis and partner with FP&A to explain results and risks.
• Act as escalation point for accounting issues with clear recommendations.

Skills

US GAAP expertise

SOX compliance

Finance leadership

Journal entries & close

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP

Workday

Looker

FCCS

Job description

Location: United States

Weight Watchers is the global leader in science-backed weight management, offering an integrated support system built for the GLP-1 era that combines scientific expertise, medication, cutting-edge technology, and human connection. With more than 60 years of experience, Weight Watchers is the most studied commercial weight management program in the world, delivered through its No. 1 U.S. doctor-recommended weight-loss program. Its holistic, personalized approach also includes U.S.-based clinical interventions and access to GLP-1 medications when clinically appropriate, and a global network of coaches and community support. Since 1963, the company has led with science to deliver its members the personalized support they need to reach and sustain their goals. Members can access these solutions directly, or through Weight Watchers for Business’ full-spectrum platform for employers, health plans, and payers. In a landscape crowded with contradictory advice, isolating apps, and one-size-fits-all solutions, Weight Watchers offers a proven path forward that is rooted in research, grounded in empathy and designed to help every member feel better in their body and live a longer, healthier life.

Who We Are

The WeightWatchers Finance Team serves as a core driver of the company's business success. This team of experienced financial professionals leverages data analytics and best practices to deliver insightful financial reporting and analysis. These contributions empower strategic decision‑making across the organization, ensuring the company’s financial health and sustainability.

The Role

The Senior Manager, Accounting is a critical leadership role responsible for the day-to-day execution, quality, and continued transformation of Weight Watchers' North America accounting operations. Reporting to the North America Controller, this person will lead the team responsible for operating expenses and related close activities, while ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, and audit‑ready support.

This is a hands‑on role for a leader who can create clarity in a complex environment by setting ownership, establishing review discipline, developing the team, resolving issues before they become close blockers, and building scalable processes across evolving offerings. The successful candidate will combine strong accounting judgment with practical operating leadership to serve as a key partner in running the North America accounting function.

What you will do

Accounting Operations and Close

• 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.

People Leadership and Team Development

• 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.

Who you are

• 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 elevate issues early with proposed solutions.

Preferred

• 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

Base salary may vary depending on, but not limited to: skills, experience, and location. This role is also eligible for a comprehensive benefits package and annual bonus program.

US Pay Range

$130,000-$145,000 USD

At WeightWatchers, our mission is to build a worldwide community connected by healthy habits. If that resonates with you, then we would love to talk. WeightWatchers values developing community within our employee population as well. We have a hybrid work environment to allow our employees to find the right work‑life balance.

At WW, cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace is a priority. We are committed as individuals, as an organization, and as fellow humans to advocate for and support our employees, our members, and our communities. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, creed, national origin, marital status, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

WeightWatchers complies with all applicable Rhode Island Workers' Compensation laws (Chapters 29-38 of the R.I. General Laws). Eligible employees are covered by worker's compensation insurance for work‑related injuries or illness.

RECRUITMENT SECURITY & FRAUD PREVENTION

At WeightWatchers, we prioritize the security of our candidates. To ensure you are communicating with a legitimate representative of our team, please keep the following security standards in mind:

• Verified Email Domain: All official correspondence from our recruiting team will originate from an @ww.com email address.
• Live Engagement: Our hiring process requires live interaction. We do not conduct interviews or extend employment offers solely through text message, chat apps, or automated email-only exchanges.
• Financial Integrity: WeightWatchers will never ask for any form of payment from a candidate. We will never send you a check with instructions to purchase equipment or "start-up kits" on our behalf.
• Secure Data Collection: Sensitive personal information (such as banking or identity tax info) is only requested through our official, secure onboarding portal after a formal offer has been extended, never during the interview phase.

Stay Vigilant: If you are contacted by someone claiming to represent WeightWatchers and the process deviates from these standards, please do not share any personal information. You can verify any open position by visiting our official careers page at https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ww