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The Sr. Accounting Transformation Lead will partner with the Global Controller to advance the maturity and scalability of the company's accounting operating model. This role involves leading initiatives in process standardization, technology automation, and public-company readiness to support long-term strategic growth.
About Lyra Health
Lyra Health is a leading provider of evidence-based mental health care, serving more than 20 million people globally in partnership with employers and more than 100 million through health plan and partner relationships. The company has delivered more than 15 million sessions of mental health care, published more than 35 peer-reviewed studies, and delivered unmatched outcomes in terms of access, clinical effectiveness, and cost efficiency. Extensive peer-reviewed research confirms Lyra’s transformative care model helps people recover twice as fast and results in a 26% annual reduction in overall healthcare claims costs. Lyra is transforming access to life-changing mental health care through Lyra Empower, the only fully integrated, AI-powered platform combining the highest-quality care and technology solutions.
About the Role:
The Sr. Accounting Transformation Lead is responsible for supporting the SVP, Global Controller to advance the maturity, scalability, and effectiveness of the company's accounting operating model. This role will partner closely with the global leadership team to identify, prioritize, plan and execute accounting transformational initiatives that support the company's growth and long-term strategic objectives.
With the Global Controller, this leader will co-develop and drive accounting transformation spanning organizational design, process standardization, technology enablement, public-company readiness. The successful candidate will combine proven experience in accounting and strategy development, change management, operational excellence. Sr. Accounting Transformation Lead should have exceptional project management skills along with exceptional communication experience and demonstrated success with delivering excellence for stakeholders.
\nAccounting Transformation Strategy
Assess current-state capabilities across people, processes, technology, data, governance, and controls and identify opportunities to strengthen the accounting operating model.
Translate strategic priorities into project plans with measurable objectives, milestones, dependencies, resource requirements, and expected business outcomes.
Process Excellence & Global Standardization
Identify opportunities to simplify, harmonize, automate, and strengthen core accounting processes, including record-to-report, financial close, reconciliations, consolidation, intercompany accounting, financial reporting, and other controllership activities.
Manage the development of clearly defined roles, responsibilities, policies, procedures, and performance expectations.
Partner with accounting leaders to reduce manual processes, eliminate unnecessary complexity, improve close efficiency, and strengthen the quality and timeliness of financial information.
Technology Automation
Identify opportunities to leverage automation, analytics, artificial intelligence, workflow solutions to improve efficiency, accuracy, controls, and decision-making.
Partner with Technology and business stakeholders to define requirements, prioritize investments, and ensure successful design and implementation of finance technology solutions.
Promote simplification and standardization of systems and data while reducing reliance on fragmented tools and manual processes.
Public Company Readiness
Project manage the critical accounting readiness activities associated with SEC-compliant financial reporting, disclosure processes, close and reporting timelines, supporting documentation, and reporting governance.
Identify and assist in resolving gaps that could impact IPO timing or sustainable public-company operations.
Change Leadership
Provide clear, concise reporting to senior leadership regarding transformation priorities, progress, risks, decisions, and resource requirements.
Lead change-management efforts necessary to drive adoption of new processes, technologies, organizational structures, and ways of working.
Build strong relationships across functions and geographies and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
Promote continuous improvement, accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence across the global Accounting organization.
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field; CPA strongly preferred.
Approximately 12+ years of progressive experience in accounting, controllership, finance transformation, with significant leadership experience in complex, high-growth organizations.
Experience leading large-scale Finance or Accounting transformation initiatives involving multiple functions, geographies, systems, and stakeholders.
Demonstrated experience redesigning and standardizing accounting processes and operating models.
Strong understanding of finance technology ecosystems, including ERP, consolidation, financial reporting, close management, reconciliation, workflow, automation, and data/analytics solutions.
Prior experience in public accounting and/or a large, complex multinational organization is a plus.
As a full-time Sr. Accounting Transformation Lead, you will be employed by Lyra Health, Inc. The anticipated annual base salary range for this full-time position is $150,000 to $206,000. The base range is determined by role and level, and placement within the range will depend on a number of job-related factors, including but not limited to your skills, qualifications, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
Annual salary is only one part of an employee’s total compensation package at Lyra. We also offer generous benefits that include:
Comprehensive healthcare coverage (including medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, life and disability insurances)
Lyra for Lyrians; coaching and therapy services
Equity in the company through discretionary restricted stock units
Competitive time off with pay policies including vacation, sick days, and company holidays
Paid parental leave
401K with up to 3% matching
Monthly tech allowance
We like to spread joy throughout the year with well-being perks and activities, surprise swag, regular community celebration…and more!
We can’t wait to meet you.
"We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information or any other category protected by law.
By applying for this position, you acknowledge that your personal information will be processed as per the Lyra Health Workforce Privacy Notice. Through this application, to the extent permitted by law, we will collect personal information from you including, but not limited to, your name, email address, gender identity, employment information, and phone number for the purposes of recruiting and assessing suitability, aptitude, skills, qualifications, and interests for employment with Lyra. We may also collect information about your race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, which is considered sensitive personal information under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and special category data under the UK and EU GDPR. Providing this information is optional and completely voluntary, and if you provide it you consent to Lyra processing it for the purposes as described at the point of collection, for example for diversity and inclusion initiatives. If you are a California resident and would like to limit how we use this information, please use the Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information form. This information will only be retained for as long as needed to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, as described above. Please note that Lyra does not “sell” or “share” personal information as defined by the CPRA. Outside of the United States, for example in the EU, Switzerland and the UK, you may have the right to request access to, or a copy of, your personal information, including in a portable format; request that we delete your information from our systems; object to or restrict processing of your information; or correct inaccurate or outdated personal information in our systems. These rights may be subject to legal limitations. To exercise your data privacy rights outside of the United States, please contact globaldpo@lyrahealth.com. For more information about how we use and retain your information, please see our Workforce Privacy Notice."
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