Accounting Manager

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 3,700+ 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 1,200+ global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 12 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:

We, at Flywire, are seeking an Accounting Manager that will manage a set of accounting activities to ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, corporate policies and external audits. This person will assist in managing the monthly/quarterly close and preparation of reports in support of the financial statements.

The Accounting Manager will report to and work closely with the Senior Manager of Corporate Accounting and others in the organization in analysis and reconciliation of accounts and in development and implementation of accounting policies, procedures and controls.

The ideal candidate possesses leadership capabilities, solid operational and technical accounting background and works proactively to drive results. This person is a self-starter, flexible, has a high level of integrity and is action and goal-oriented in a fast-paced, team-oriented, collaborative environment.

• Assist with the management of the monthly financial close process, including ensuring all costs incurred are properly recorded, reviewing journal entries, account balance reconciliations and report preparation.
• Participate in the ongoing development/establishment of accounting policies and procedures and operational strategies including the review and implementation of process and system changes.
• Continued focus on improving system efficiencies and business practices.
• Ensure compliance with internal control policies in a SOX environment.
• Collaborate with external auditors and international accounting team to ensure successful audit results and compliance.
• Work with technical accounting to ensure new standards and complex transactions are processed timely and accurately.
• Prepare or review detailed journal entries and account analyses.

Qualifications

Here’s What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in accounting or finance at an accredited university
• 5+ years of accounting and finance experience (corporate accounting experience preferred)
• Advanced Excel skills
• Certification such as CPA preferred
• Bachelor's degree or higher in accounting or finance at an accredited university 
• Highly organized, inquisitive, resourceful, self-motivated and independent
• Exceptionally detail oriented, disciplined, and hardworking

Technologies We Use:

• Netsuite, Floqast, Looker, G-Suite

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, learn more about their journeys by checking out #InsideFlywire on social media
• Dynamic & Global Team (we have been collaborating virtually for years!)
• Wellbeing Programs (Mental Health, Wellness, Yoga/Pilates/HIIT Classes) with Global FlyMates 
• Be a meaningful part in our success - every FlyMate makes an impact
• Competitive time off including FlyBetter Days to volunteer in a cause you believe in and Digital Disconnect Days!
• Great Talent & Development Programs (Managers Taking Flight – for new or aspiring managers!)

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $100k-$125k plus RSUs and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, position level, and location. The range di