Head of Accounting

About finally

finally is one of America’s fastest-growing and most exciting fintech companies, focused on being the premier financial automation platform for SMBs. Our innovative product suite integrates Credit & Banking, Billing & Invoicing, Bookkeeping, and Taxes, all harmonized through cutting-edge artificial intelligence to aid Small to Medium-sized businesses. Finally aims to declutter financial operations, providing businesses with a seamless financial journey, allowing them to focus on what truly matters – their growth.

We’re headquartered in sunny South Florida and we raised $200 million dollars just in 2024 to bolster our growth, to innovate, and to continue to serve our customers. Our company has more than 200 individuals today, spread between 3 offices, and we look forward to continuing to grow the team.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Head of Accounting at Finally to join our team as our inaugural hire on the internal accounting staff. The ideal candidate will be at the Controller or Director level, and have experience at a fintech start up, financial services company, or financial institution, or possess a strong background with working and scaling teams as the first finance or accounting hire at a previous start up. In this role, you will be responsible for putting in place and optimizing our internal accounting workflows, internal and external financial reporting, leading month end closes, making sure our general ledger and chart of accounts are accurate, working with cross functional partners to enforce our corporate expense policy, and leading the company through our first audit. 

This will be an exceptionally high visibility and entrepreneurial position. You will also have the opportunity to be a critical thought partner and design partner for our product and engineering teams as they build the next generation financial automation platform for small and medium sized businesses.

What you’ll do:

• Lead our first audit

• Optimize our month end close process

• Design and build more efficient processes around AP, AR, payroll, ledger entries, etc.

• Form the foundation for a high performing finance and accounting organization

• Hire a team of high octane accounting managers, AP and Payroll specialists, bookkeepers, etc. to work under you. 

• Be a power user and critical thinker around the Finally expense management, banking, bookkeeping, and accounting products to help our product get better over time

What you need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field

• 6+ years of experience in operational accounting at a financial services related firm, fintech company, or start up

• Proficiency with Netsuite and a modern expense management software (Ramp, Divvy, Brex, Airbase, etc)

• Strong understanding of financial products, financial services, and the payment industry

• Exceptional problem-solving skills and attention to detail

• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively cross functionally

• Demonstrated experience in hiring and leading a team of finance and accounting professionals

Nice to haves:

• Experience with cross border and international accounting

• Experience with lending businesses and money transmission 

• Experience with compliance and state level compliance reporting

• Understanding of financial regulations and compliance requirements in the fintech industry

• Be opinionated about equity accounting, compensation schemas, best in class tech vendors, automation and audit readiness

• CPA designation

Benefits

• Health insurance

• Dental insurance

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Paid time off

• Paid training

• Vision insurance