Director of Technical Accounting

Company Description

Are you ready to trade your job for a journey? Become a FlyMate!

Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world.

What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you! 

Who we are: 

Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded a decade ago to solve high-stakes, high-value payments in education, using modern technology.

Today, we’ve digitized payments for more than 3,000 global clients across education, healthcare, travel & B2B, covering more than 240 countries and territories and supporting over 140 currencies. And, we’re just getting started!

With over 950+ global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 14 offices world-wide, we’re looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.

Job Description

The Opportunity:

Flywire is seeking a Director of Technical Accounting to assist in revenue recognition and various technical accounting matters to ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, corporate policies, and internal & external audits. This role will report to our VP of Technical Accounting and External Reporting.

The ideal candidate possesses leadership capabilities, solid operational and technical accounting background and works proactively to drive results. In addition, a successful candidate must have the ability to operate effectively in a rapidly scaling and dynamic environment

Location:

Remote but within the Boston or surrounding geography to periodically be able to meet in person in our Boston office location

What You'll Do:

• Serve as a subject matter expert on accounting standards, ensuring compliance with US GAAP, and other relevant regulations.
• Advise and consult with senior management and other internal stakeholders on complex accounting matters.
• Review customer revenue contracts to determine and document the appropriate revenue recognition to be applied.
• Partner with Legal, Sales, Gross Margin Ops, and serve as the accounting point of contact on revenue recognition, and assist in contract structuring.
• Own ad hoc technical projects as needed (e.g., business combinations, debt issuance, equity transactions, and lease transactions etc.).
• Prepare technical accounting analyses and documentation for complex accounting issues and provide accounting consultation advice to the relevant business partners.
• Develop accounting policies and procedures and operational strategies including the review and implementation of process and system changes.
• Responsible for relevant financial statement disclosures including revenues, business combinations and leases.
• Assist with certain monthly and quarterly close activities and support operational teams’ accounting matters as the subject matter expert.
• Prepare/Review relevant internal control documentation for responsible areas and ensure compliance with SOX policies.
• Collaborate with internal and external auditors to ensure timely and successful audit results

Qualifications

Here’s what we are looking for:

• 7+ years of relevant experience from public accounting and/or public multinational SAAS or payment processing companies, Big 4 experience and CPA is strongly preferred

• Excellent understanding of US GAAP accounting principles with a strong knowledge of revenue recognition principles within ASC 606 Revenues from contracts with customers

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

• Highly organized, detail-oriented, resourceful, & self-motivated with a desire for continuous improvement

• Strong interpersonal, project management, oral and written communication skills

• Ability to work with various business partners and influence decision making

Technologies We Use:

• Netsuite, Floqast, Looker, G-Suite, & Microsoft office products

Additional Information

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation, including Restricted Stock Units 
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Flying Start - Our immersive Global Induction Program (Meet our Execs & Global Teams)
• Work with brilliant people that will keep you on your toes, lea