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November 26

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Cartwheel

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Healthcare Insurance • Education • Social Impact

Cartwheel is a trusted mental health partner to schools, helping children and families navigate mental health challenges. They provide support through Multi-Tiered Systems of Support aimed at early intervention. Cartwheel prioritizes rapid access to mental health care, offering evidence-based treatment without waitlists. Their comprehensive care includes individual therapy, group therapy, medication management, and parental guidance, typically lasting two to six months. They emphasize equitable, culturally sensitive care with a bilingual staff and are committed to affordability, working with families regardless of insurance status. Cartwheel collaborates closely with schools to integrate mental health support into educational environments and to address student and staff mental health crises. Their goal is to empower students to thrive in school, at home, and in life by providing immediate and accessible mental health resources.

51 - 200 employees

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

📚 Education

🌍 Social Impact

📋 Description

• Own core processes including month-end close, reconciliations, controls, and reporting. • Design scalable accounting policies and workflows. • Lead the transition from outsourced accounting function to fully in-house • Evaluate and select a modern ERP (NetSuite, Intacct, Rillit, etc.) with cross-functional partners. • Own configuration, chart of accounts design, integrations, and process buildout. • Establish a strong, audit-ready financial infrastructure from day one. • Lead GAAP-compliant reporting and technical accounting decision-making. • Prepare Cartwheel for its first (or subsequent) external audit. • Manage documentation, controls, and alignment with auditors and internal teams • Hire a Staff Accountant shortly after onboarding. • Provide mentorship, clarity, and development as the team grows. • Work with BizOps and Data to connect financial reporting to operational metrics (RCM, state P&L, revenue quality). • Collaborate with RCM and Health Plan Ops on payer dynamics, collections, and revenue integrity. • Support leadership with budgeting, forecasting, and board reporting.

🎯 Requirements

• You have a strong GAAP foundation and have led or meaningfully supported external audits, ensuring the company is prepared, organized, and accurate. • You’ve played a primary role in evaluating, selecting, and implementing an ERP system, and you understand how to design scalable financial infrastructure. • You’ve built or significantly scaled accounting processes and workflows, bringing a builder’s mindset to creating structure where none exists. • You connect day-to-day accounting operations to broader business outcomes and know how to prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment. • You communicate clearly with non-finance partners, translating complex financial topics into accessible insights and building trust across teams. • You’ve hired, managed, or mentored accounting talent and know how to develop people while maintaining a high bar for quality. • You thrive in early-stage, ambiguous environments, enjoy rolling up your sleeves, and can move work forward without a perfect playbook. • You are passionate about helping kids with behavioral health needs.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation and meaningful equity ownership stake in Cartwheel • Generous PPO medical, vision, dental and ortho coverage • Unlimited/flexible PTO plus federal holidays • Paid parental leave • Life Insurance • 401K with employer match • Flexible and remote role with regular in-person retreats • Annual learning stipend