Accounting Lead

4 hours, 46 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
Finance and Accounting
Affirm

Affirm

Affirm offers a transparent buy now, pay later service founded in 2012 by Max Levchin. No late fees or surprises, just a responsible way to pay over time for your favorite brands.

Diversified Financial Services
1K-5K
Founded 2012

Description

  • Lead cross-functional initiatives to remediate control deficiencies and improve month-end close efficiency.
  • Develop project plans and communicate goals, updates, resource needs, and outcomes clearly.
  • Serve as the point of contact between operational close teams and partners in Product, Engineering, Financial Platforms, Financial Systems, and Technical Accounting.
  • Incorporate new products and processes into the general ledger.
  • Review current procedures and identify opportunities to improve close timeliness, accounting accuracy, and operational efficiency.
  • Build deep expertise in accounting processes and recommend solutions that balance scalability, effort, speed, financial risk, and cost.
  • Work with the Record-to-Report team to translate problem areas into report requests for Financial Systems.
  • Resolve one-off business topics and complex cross-functional issues as assigned by the Director of Core Business.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of relevant professional experience required; public accounting experience preferred.
  • Solid understanding of US GAAP.
  • Ability to partner with Technical Accounting on accounting policy implementation and adherence.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs, conditional statements, pivot tables, data analysis, and what-if analysis.
  • SQL experience or strong interest in developing SQL skills preferred.
  • Excellent project management skills.
  • Ability to foster cross-functional collaboration and drive improvements to the close process.
  • Strong ownership mindset and desire to improve processes over time.
  • Passion for Affirm and interest in technology, money movement, BNPL, and consumer lending.
  • Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Benefits

  • CAN base pay range of $89,000 to $139,000 per year.
  • Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending.
  • 100% subsidized medical coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Remote-first work environment with flexibility to work almost anywhere in the country of employment.
  • Flexible Spending Wallets for technology, food, lifestyle needs, and family-forming expenses.
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discounted shares.

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