Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting Manager

📋 Description

• • Own the technical accounting agenda for a fast-growing FinTech that is redefining credit access for 100 million Americans. You will be the go-to authority for new and complex accounting issues that emerge from innovative products, strategic partnerships, M&A opportunities, and the adoption of new GAAP/SEC pronouncements.
• • Lead the preparation of Self Financial’s internal and external financial statements, ensuring every disclosure is accurate, compliant, and tells the story of our impact. This includes monthly close packages, quarterly and annual SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K), investor presentations, and board-level reporting.
• • Perform deep-dive technical research on revenue recognition (ASC 606), stock-based compensation (ASC 718), embedded derivatives, debt modifications, convertible instruments, CECL, and variable interest entities. Translate complex guidance into concise, business-friendly recommendations that protect the company’s financial integrity while enabling rapid growth.
• • Partner cross-functionally with Product, Legal, FP&A, Treasury, and Engineering to evaluate the accounting implications of new card products, lending programs, banking-as-a-service partnerships, and fintech integrations. Your early involvement will shape deal structures and ensure clean audits.
• • Design and maintain accounting policies, position papers, and internal controls that scale with a remote-first, high-velocity organization. You will own the policy library, update documentation for SOX compliance, and train accounting and non-accounting stakeholders on emerging rules.
• • Drive continuous improvement in the close process by automating reconciliations, leveraging NetSuite and FloQast, and eliminating manual workpapers. Your initiatives will shorten the close cycle and free the team to focus on strategic analysis.
• • Coordinate external audits and quarterly reviews with Big-4 teams, ensuring timely PBC delivery, clear technical memos, and minimal adjustments. You will act as the primary technical contact, resolving issues before they become findings.
• • Support capital markets activity—debt raises, equity rounds, and potential SPAC or IPO readiness—by preparing pro-forma financials, footnote drafts, and MD&A sections. Your work will directly influence investor confidence and valuation.
• • Mentor junior accountants and create a culture of technical excellence. Through brown-bag sessions and one-on-one coaching, you will raise the bar for accounting acumen across the organization.
• • Champion Self’s “Do the Right Thing” ethos by embedding fair-lending and consumer-centric principles into accounting policies, ensuring our numbers reflect not only compliance but also our mission of economic inclusion.