Head of Managed Services

The role

You will own the delivery, performance, and growth of the Hedge Accounting managed services practice. You will lead a team of Derivative Accountants and Managers to manage FX and Interest Rate Risk.

What you will do

• Own the day-to-day operating model for FX and Interest Rate programs.
• Lead Hedge Accounting Managers and Derivative Accountants.
• Drive resource planning and capacity forecasting.
• Identify and introduce AI and automation to the practice.
• Set technical standards and methodology for hedge programs.
• Coach and give feedback to build technical depth and delivery discipline.
• Serve as a technical expert on ASC 815 and IFRS 9.
• Partner with Product Management on client needs and product planning.
• Build strategic relationships with client treasury, accounting, and finance leadership.
• Represent Managed Services in internal reporting on portfolio health.

Required qualifications

• CPA and/or advanced degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 15+ years progressive accounting experience.
• 10-12+ years in derivative instruments and hedge accounting under ASC 815/IFRS 9, spanning FX and Interest Rate risk.
• 7+ years managing accounting/finance teams, including managing managers.
• Proven operational leadership of a service practice.
• Deep, current fluency in ASC 815/IFRS 9.
• Strong grasp of FX instruments (forwards, options, cross-currency swaps) and interest rate instruments (swaps, caps, floors, collars).
• Experience evaluating and/or deploying AI in an operations/accounting context.
• Experience shaping a product roadmap in partnership with Product or Engineering.
• Track record of driving account expansion.
• Strong communicator.

Nice to have

• Hedge accounting platform experience (Ripple Treasury, Chatham, Reval, FIS Quantum, or comparable TMS)

Benefits

• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Physical and mental healthcare
• Retirement
• Family forming and family support
• Employee giving match
• Mobile phone stipend
• R&R days
• Wellness reimbursement
• Weekly onsite and virtual programming
• Generous vacation policy
• Industry-leading parental leave policies
• Family planning benefits

About the company

Ripple is building a world where value moves like information does today through crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers.