Head of Managed Services
$236k - $285k/yr+ Bonuses + Equity
Expert
Bachelor's
Chicago, IL, USA
HybridManagers and teams decide which 10+ days a month to work in the office.
AccountingFinancial Accounting
About the job
Requirements
- CPA and/or an advanced degree in Accounting or Finance.
- At least 15 years of progressive accounting experience, including 10–12+ years in derivative instruments and hedge accounting under ASC 815/IFRS 9 across foreign exchange and interest rate risk.
- At least 7 years managing accounting or finance teams, including managers.
- Operational leadership experience in a service practice, including staffing, capacity planning, key performance indicators, and workflow design.
- Current expertise in ASC 815/IFRS 9 and the ability to independently defend complex, contested positions.
- Knowledge of foreign exchange instruments, including forwards, options, and cross-currency swaps, and interest rate instruments, including swaps, caps, floors, and collars.
- A perspective on how artificial intelligence can change service delivery, and experience evaluating or deploying it in an operations or accounting context.
- Experience shaping a product roadmap in partnership with Product or Engineering, ideally in a software or platform business.
- A track record of driving account expansion.
- Strong communication skills to explain complex conclusions and engage effectively with auditors and skeptical clients.
Responsibilities
- Own the day-to-day operating model, from trade capture through close, disclosure, and audit response, across foreign exchange and interest rate programs.
- Lead Hedge Accounting Managers and Derivative Accountants; own hiring, organizational design, and workforce planning.
- Drive resource planning and capacity forecasting, and set delivery key performance indicators while holding the team accountable to them.
- Identify and introduce artificial intelligence and automation to improve team speed and scalability; own the practice’s artificial intelligence roadmap.
- Set technical standards and methodology for foreign exchange and interest rate hedge programs; serve as the final escalation point for issues the subject matter expert cannot resolve.
- Set performance expectations, coach, and provide feedback that builds technical depth and delivery discipline.
- Develop each Manager’s technical and people leadership so routine decisions are made without escalation.
- Build the team’s fluency with artificial-intelligence-enabled tools and new ways of working.
- Serve as a practice technical expert on ASC 815 and IFRS 9 hedge accounting across foreign exchange and interest rate risk.
- Act as an escalation point for novel, contested, or high-risk questions and personally participate in audit conversations when required.
- Track Financial Accounting Standards Board and International Accounting Standards Board developments and prepare the practice for upcoming changes.
- Partner with Product Management, translating observations from the practice into clear guidance on current and future client needs.
- Represent evolving client needs in product planning.
- Identify and lead expansion opportunities that help clients realize value across Ripple’s broader portfolio beyond hedge accounting managed services.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for complex client, audit, and accounting matters.
- Build strategic relationships with client treasury, accounting, and finance leadership.
- Partner with Product, Implementation, and Customer Success on platform capabilities and service design, and with Sales and Renewals on growth and retention.
- Represent Managed Services in internal reporting on portfolio health and performance.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with a hedge accounting platform such as Ripple Treasury, Chatham, Reval, FIS Quantum, or a comparable treasury management system is strongly preferred.
About the company
What Ripple does: Ripple provides enterprise blockchain-enabled financial services that speed up payments and improve cash management. How it works: its platform, built on blockchain and cryptocurrency, enables real-time settlement, liquidity management, working-capital access, and instant payments for financial institutions, enterprises, and governments, including the ability to source crypto assets and manage treasury via a single platform. How it differs: it focuses on scalable, secure CBDC implementations and government partnerships (e.g., Palau) to deliver central-bank-grade digital currencies, alongside proven faster remittances and lower costs from clients like Nium and Tranglo. Its goal: help clients move money faster, more transparently, and at lower cost, while expanding access to digital currencies and CBDCs.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Debt Financing
Total Funding
$1.1B
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2012
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Sept. 2026 partnerships with CSD BR and Absa expand Ripple into securities and custody.
- Ripple's Seoul roadmap targets 2027 XRP credit using lending pools and payments collateral.
- Brazil's BRL 22 trillion market and BTG Pactual pilot create immediate institutional distribution.
What critics are saying
- The SEC case ended, but Ripple still owes a $125 million penalty and sales limits.
- XRPL tokenization stays permissioned, so banks can exit if compliance or privacy breaks.
- Ripple's business still depends on XRP narratives; weak ETF flows or adoption kill demand.
What makes Ripple unique
- Sep. 29, 2026: CSD BR chose XRPL for Brazil's first public-ledger securities record mirroring.
- Ripple Custody now underpins Absa's African bank custody launch and Brazil's permissioned tokenization.
- XRPL Confidential Transfers pair zero-knowledge proofs with auditor decryptions for regulated finance.
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Benefits
- 401(k) Plan
- Healthcare Coverage
- Health and Wellness
- Family Support
- Flexible Vacation
- Employee Giving
- Learning and Development