Vice President, Accounting

• Lead PayNearMe’s Accounting organization, including general ledger, close and consolidation, revenue and transaction accounting, invoicing where required, accounts payable, payroll accounting, technical accounting, and financial reporting
• Ensure timely, accurate, and GAAP-compliant monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
• Own accounting treatment for payments, disbursements, fees, processor costs, refunds, returns, chargebacks, reserves, client liabilities, revenue sharing, and other transaction-related activity
• Maintain accounting policies for new products, payment types, contractual arrangements, and complex or unusual transactions
• Manage external audits and support financial, bank-partner, client, and regulatory examinations
• Build and maintain internal controls covering financial reporting, client funds, system access, manual adjustments, approvals, and segregation of duties
• Partner with Tax, Legal, Compliance, and Risk on regulatory reporting, money-transmitter requirements, safeguarding obligations, and client-funds matters
• Oversee daily settlement and disbursement activity across ACH, card, cash, wire, real-time payments, and other payment rails
• Manage FBO, custodial, settlement, prefund, disbursement, exception, and other client-funds accounts
• Lead operational response to settlement failures, bank or processor discrepancies, delayed disbursements, unexpected account balances, and other client-funds incidents
• Own reconciliation across transaction systems, subledgers, processor and collector records, bank and FBO accounts, client balances, and the general ledger
• Certify that client-funds balances are complete, accurate, appropriately segregated, and supported by underlying records
• Define the target operating model for money movement, reconciliation, exception management, and payments accounting
• Translate Finance and Operations requirements into product, data, ledger, and workflow requirements for Product and Engineering
• Drive automation of settlement processing, reconciliation, exception categorization, approvals, journal creation, financial reporting, and control evidence
• Build scalable systems and processes supporting greater transaction volume, products, payment rails, and regulatory complexity
• Build, lead, and develop high-performing Money Movement Operations, Payment Reconciliation, and Accounting teams
• Communicate complex funds-flow, accounting, and control issues to executive leadership, clients, bank partners, auditors, and the Board

Requirements

• 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, including collections, settlement, FBO or custodial accounts, prefunding, disbursements, refunds, returns, and exceptions
• 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, including close, financial reporting, technical accounting, audit, and internal controls
• Strong understanding of GAAP and the accounting implications of payment transactions, processor activity, client-funds obligations, reserves, and revenue-sharing arrangements
• Experience designing maker/checker controls, approval authorities, system permissions, reconciliation controls, and auditable manual-adjustment processes
• Proven ability to identify control gaps and operational risks and then work with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to build scalable solutions
• Experience implementing or materially improving reconciliation platforms, transaction subledgers, ERP integrations, treasury or banking systems, and workflow automation
• Strong data orientation; comfortable investigating transaction-level activity and working with large datasets. SQL or comparable analytical fluency is highly desirable
• Experience supporting external audits, bank-partner reviews, regulatory examinations, and financial-control testing
• CPA strongly preferred. An equivalent combination of accounting expertise and deep payments-operations leadership will be considered
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field; advanced degree preferred

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in payments accounting, financial reporting, and regulatory compliance, with a strong focus on GAAP standards and client-funds management. Proven leadership in building high-performing teams and driving operational efficiency through automation and scalable processes.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Payments Accounting
• Financial Reporting
• GAAP Compliance
• Leadership in FinTech
• Reconciliation Automation

Hard Skills

• Payments Processing
• Financial Operations
• Technical Accounting
• Audit Management
• Reconciliation Controls
• SQL
• Data Analysis
• General Ledger Management
• Client-Funds Management
• Treasury Operations

Soft Skills

• Communication
• Problem-Solving
• Leadership
• Collaboration
• Operational Risk Management

Certifications & Qualifications

• CPA
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Advanced Degree Preferred

Industry Keywords

• FinTech
• Payment Processor
• Money Transmitter
• High-Volume Money Movement
• ACH
• Card Networks
• Real-Time Payments
• Custodial Accounts
• Client Liabilities
• Regulatory Examinations

Tools & Technologies

• ERP Integrations
• Reconciliation Platforms
• Transaction Subledgers
• Banking Systems
• Workflow Automation