Director, Accounting

Empower Pharmacy is a visionary healthcare company dedicated to making quality, affordable medication accessible to millions of patients nationwide. As the most advanced 503A compounding pharmacy and FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility serving the functional medicine markets, we are proud to be recognized as one of Houston’s fastest-growing private companies and ranked #116 in Healthcare & Medical on the Inc. 5000 List for 2025.

Our strength lies in four core values—People, Quality, Service, and Innovation. Guided by these principles, we deliver a uniquely integrated approach to healthcare through vertical supply chain integration, advanced technology, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. From manufacturing to distribution to quality control, our teams work collaboratively to push boundaries, improve patient outcomes, and redefine medication accessibility.

At Empower, joining our team means more than starting a new job, it means becoming part of a mission to transform healthcare. We empower our employees to innovate, grow, and make a meaningful impact every day. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your contributions are celebrated.

If you thrive in a fast-paced, transformative environment where innovation meets purpose, Empower Pharmacy is the place for you. Let’s revolutionize healthcare together.

Position Summary:

The Director, Accounting is responsible for architecting, scaling, and defending Empower’s accounting and financial control environment during a period of rapid growth and regulatory complexity. This role owns the integrity, speed, and resilience of financial reporting while transforming accounting into a technology-enabled, insight-driven function. The Director leads enterprise close operations, GAAP compliance, inventory and cost accounting, and internal controls across a highly regulated 503A and 503B manufacturing environment. A core mandate is the strategic use of artificial intelligence to automate reconciliations, detect risk, and elevate decision quality. This leader builds a high-performance accounting organization from the ground up, develops future leaders, and ensures systems scale ahead of growth. Success means zero-surprise closes, audit- and regulator-ready operations, trusted financial insight for executives, and an accounting function that accelerates Empower’s mission without compromising precision, compliance, or patient safety.

Responsibilities:

Enterprise Financial Reporting and Close Ownership

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual close as a scalable operating system.
• Ensure GAAP-compliant, regulator-ready financial statements at all times.
• Eliminate close risk through disciplined timelines, controls, and accountability.

Scalable Accounting Infrastructure and Controls

• Design end-to-end accounting processes engineered for hyper-growth.
• Embed internal controls directly into systems and transaction flows.
• Own inventory, work-in-process (WIP), batch costing, and valuation accuracy.

Uses Artificial Intelligence to Transform the Business

• Deploy AI to automate reconciliations, variance analysis, and close workflows.
• Implement predictive analytics for continuous risk and anomaly detection.
• Translate accounting data into forward-looking insights for leadership.

Building and Transforming the Team From the Ground Up

• Design and implement a future-state accounting organization.
• Recruit, develop, and retain top-tier accounting talent.
• Build leadership bench strength and succession depth.

Strategic Business and Regulatory Partnership

• Partner with executives on financial and regulatory implications.
• Align accounting with Operations, IT, Tax, and Compliance.
• Enable growth initiatives through scalable, compliant structures.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Deep GAAP expertise applied in regulated, high-volume manufacturing environments with complex inventory, costing, and compliance requirements.
• Proven ownership of ERP architecture, implementation, and optimization at enterprise scale.
• Demonstrated use of AI, automation, and analytics to improve control, speed, and insight.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to translate technical accounting into actionable business decisions.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Minimum of 7 years of technical accounting experience, including 5+ years leading accounting organizations in high-growth, multi-entity environments.
• Proven experience operating in regulated industries such as healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, or FDA-adjacent manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated ownership of enterprise-scale accounting operations, including close, financial reporting, internal controls, and audit readiness under growth pressure.
• Direct experience with inventory, WIP, batch costing, valuation, and variance analysis in complex manufacturing or distribution settings.
• Experience leading or co-owning ERP architecture, implementation, or major transformation with accountability for outcomes, data integrity, and adoption.
• Track record of using automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled tools to improve close speed, control effectiveness, and decision insight.
• Experience building organizations from the ground up, including organizational design, hiring, talent development, and succession planning.
• Exceptional ability to partner with executives, translating technical accounting and regulatory complexity into clear business decisions.
• Active CPA required; Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field strongly preferred.

Key Competencies:

• Customer Focus: Builds trust through customer-centric solutions
• Strategic AI: Guides responsible AI adoption and adaptation
• Optimizes Work Processes: Drives efficiency with continuous improvement
• Collaborates: Partners effectively to achieve shared goals
• Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources efficiently
• Manages Complexity: Simplifies and solves complex challenges
• Ensures Accountability: Delivers on commitments with integrity
• Situational Adaptability: Adjusts approach to shifting conditions
• Communicates Effectively: Tailors messages to diverse audiences

Values:

• People: Empowering people defines who we are
• Quality: Excellence in every product, every time
• Service: Serving others is our highest purpose
• Innovation: Advancing care through technology and discovery

Employee Benefits, Health and Wellness:

We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications. Learn more: https://careers.empowerpharmacy.com/benefits/

Physical Requirements:

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. Employees are regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.