What You’ll Do
• Own the monthly close end-to-end and drive it toward a 5-day, fully reconciled, audit-ready close, with nothing aged past 30 days.
• Lead the conversion from mixed cash/accrual to full US GAAP accrual across every revenue stream: auctions, the fixed-price exchange, lending and cash advances, and partner revenue.
• Own the chart of accounts and revenue recognition policy, and lead the work to tie GL entries back to our source-of-truth data warehouse (e.g., Snowflake) and feed it directly into QuickBooks or a future ERP, so revenue postings stop being a manual month-end exercise.
• Be the primary point of contact for our external auditors: own the PBC list, walkthroughs, and full close-out of open items.
• Own the tax compliance calendar (corporate and fund-level returns, K-1s, state and local filings, 1099s, and the annual R&D credit study), working with outside tax advisors.
• Own covenant and borrowing-base reporting for our asset-backed credit facility, partnering with the Head of Finance on lender compliance.
• Own day-to-day accounting operations (AP/AR, reconciliations, fixed assets, spend controls, and corporate card and vendor administration), and manage our outsourced provider with a mandate to bring the work in-house over time.
What You Bring:
• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including hands-on controllership in industry.
• Deep US GAAP knowledge, with direct experience converting a company from cash or mixed-basis accounting to full accrual.
• Proven ownership of an external audit relationship — PBC lists, walkthroughs, sample testing, and auditor communication.
• Experience in a marketplace, fintech, or lending environment, with comfort in principal-vs-agent revenue questions and reserve/receivable accounting.
• Fluency with QuickBooks, a modern spend platform (e.g., Ramp), an HRIS (e.g., Rippling), and enough SQL/BI comfort to tie GL entries back to source data, ideally including running an integration between a data warehouse and an accounting system.
• Experience managing an outsourced, fractional, or offshore accounting team.
• Nice to have: asset-backed lending or covenant/borrowing-base reporting, and experience preparing a company for institutional fundraising or M&A diligence.