Director of Technical Accounting

The role

This leader will serve as a senior technical accounting resource and build scalable corporate-accounting processes. They will own accounting analysis and execution for complex matters including leases, equity, revenue, and debt.

What you will do

• Research, conclude on, and document complex and non-routine transactions under U.S. GAAP
• Own financial-statement disclosures, footnotes, accounting policies, and technical schedules
• Act as the primary contact for external auditors on technical matters
• Partner with Legal, People, Tax, FP&A, and executive leadership
• Lead the corporate-accounting close and control environment
• Own the accounting design of the new NetSuite ERP
• Implement AI into individual steps of accounting workflows
• Build policies, process narratives, control matrices, and training
• Mentor and develop the accounting team

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience with a meaningful technical accounting and financial-reporting component
• Deep U.S. GAAP knowledge across leases, equity and stock-based compensation, capitalization, impairment, financing transactions, and revenue
• Track record drafting technical accounting memos, preparing disclosures, and working directly with external auditors
• Hands-on experience owning or implementing an ERP
• Track record of proactively using AI tools to refine or create new processes
• CPA required or strongly preferred

Nice to have

• fintech, SaaS, or another high-growth technology environment
• NetSuite
• Experience with GitHub
• Big Four or similarly rigorous public-accounting experience
• SOX, IPO readiness, or public-company reporting
• Multi-entity, international, intercompany, or foreign-currency accounting

Benefits

• Best in class cash compensation
• Meaningful equity
• High trust environment with real ownership and direct access to company leaders
• Meals
• Wellness support
• Office benefits designed for an in-person team

About the company

Whop is an in office company of about 100 people. They are building the infrastructure for the next generation of internet entrepreneurs.