Director Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting

You will lead technical accounting and financial reporting activities, providing authoritative guidance on complex accounting issues and ensuring accurate U.S. GAAP-compliant financial statements and disclosures. You will manage relationships with external auditors, own internal controls over financial reporting, support M&A accounting, implement reporting tools, and represent accounting in cross-functional strategic and transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical accounting guidance for all company activities
• Lead and develop accounting staff and act as a subject matter expert
• Prepare and own internal and external financial reporting and disclosures in accordance with U.S. GAAP
• Lead policy initiatives and implement new accounting standards
• Support cross-functional strategic initiatives including product launches and new revenue models
• Own internal controls over financial reporting, maintain control narratives and remediate control gaps
• Participate in and present at audit committee meetings
• Manage external auditors and serve as primary auditor contact
• Support M&A due diligence and lead purchase price and opening balance sheet accounting
• Implement financial statement reporting tools such as Workiva
• Represent reporting and technical accounting in finance transformation and automation projects

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive accounting experience including people management
• Extensive knowledge of U.S. GAAP, IFRS, and SEC reporting requirements
• Expertise in technical accounting issues and public company readiness
• Exceptional technical accounting memo writing skills
• Proven leadership and ability to manage significant initiatives across the organization
• Ability to work cross-functionally to gather facts, assess business requirements and communicate accounting conclusions
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance and CPA required
• Experience with M&A due diligence and purchase accounting
• Prior experience in Banking, Broker-Dealer, or trading environments preferred
• Digital asset / cryptocurrency experience highly preferred but not required
• Experience with multinational and multi-currency accounting and complex business structures
• Familiarity with SOX compliance
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite)
• Basic SQL and experience with analytics tools

Benefits

• Performance linked bonus
• Equity
• Competitive benefits package