Vice President, Accounting

The role

The Vice President of Accounting will lead accounting, money movement operations, and payment reconciliation. This executive is accountable for the integrity of financials and end-to-end funds flows.

What you will do

• Lead the Accounting organization including general ledger, close, revenue, and financial reporting
• Ensure timely, accurate, and GAAP-compliant financial statements
• Own accounting treatment for payments, disbursements, fees, and transaction-related activity
• Manage external audits and support regulatory examinations
• Build and maintain a scalable internal-control environment
• Oversee daily settlement and disbursement activity across various payment rails
• Manage FBO, custodial, settlement, and client-funds accounts
• Establish maker/checker controls and operating procedures
• Own reconciliation across transaction systems, bank accounts, and the general ledger
• Partner with Product and Engineering to drive automation and scalable systems

Required qualifications

• 12–15+ years of progressive experience across payments accounting, controllership, financial operations, banking operations, treasury operations, or payment reconciliation
• Significant leadership experience within a FinTech, payment processor, financial institution, marketplace, money transmitter, card program, or other high-volume money-movement business
• Demonstrated ownership of complex client-funds flows
• Strong knowledge of ACH, card networks, wires, real-time payments, checks, cash networks, and other payment methods
• Deep understanding of payment processing, clearing, settlement, reconciliation, subledgers, general ledgers, and customer-funds liabilities
• Experience leading a corporate Accounting or Controllership organization
• Strong understanding of GAAP and the accounting implications of payment transactions
• Experience designing maker/checker controls, approval authorities, and auditable processes
• Ability to identify control gaps and work with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to build solutions
• Experience implementing or improving reconciliation platforms, subledgers, ERP integrations, or treasury systems
• Strong data orientation
• Experience supporting external audits, bank-partner reviews, and regulatory examinations

Nice to have

• SQL or comparable analytical fluency
• CPA
• Advanced degree

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits with growth-company options grant
• Stock options with standard startup vesting - 1 year cliff; 4 years total
• $50 monthly communication expense stipend
• $250 stipend to enhance WFH setup
• Premium medical benefits including vision and dental (100% coverage for employees)
• Company-sponsored life and disability insurance
• Paid parental bonding leave
• Paid sick leave, jury duty, bereavement
• 401k plan
• Flexible Time Off
• Volunteer Time Off
• 13 scheduled holidays

About the company

PayNearMe is a rapidly growing enterprise payments platform that helps businesses collect and disburse funds across a broad range of payment types and channels. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with satellite offices in Dallas, TX and Holmdel, NJ.