Senior Accounting Associate
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Senior Accounting Associate supporting accounting, treasury, and regulatory financial operations at Underdog's fintech company. Collaborating with multiple teams to build scalable accounting processes in a regulated environment.
Responsibilities:
- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes across regulated entities
- Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, financial analyses, and supporting schedules
- Assist with regulatory reporting requirements, including preparation of supporting workpapers and schedules
- Support daily capital, liquidity, and customer fund reporting processes and related reconciliations
- Prepare and investigate daily trade, position, cash, and balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring timely resolution of reconciling items
- Partner with Accounting leadership to document, implement, and continuously improve accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls
- Support annual audits, regulatory examinations, and compliance reviews by preparing documentation and responding to requests
- Assist with tax reporting requirements and other regulatory reporting obligations
- Help design and improve scalable accounting and reporting processes as the business grows
- Identify opportunities for automation and process improvements to reduce manual work and increase operational efficiency
- Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Compliance, Operations, Product, and Engineering teams to support new products and business initiatives
Requirements:
- 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience
- Active CPA license or actively pursuing CPA certification required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and accounting fundamentals
- Experience in public accounting, financial services, fintech, banking, broker-dealers, asset managers, trading firms, or similar environments
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to learn complex business models, financial products, and regulatory frameworks quickly
- Detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy and ownership
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced and evolving environment
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across teams
- Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP systems such as NetSuite, Sage, or similar
Benefits:
- Unlimited PTO for full-time employees (we're extremely flexible with the exception of the first few weeks before & into the NFL season)
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- Home office stipend
- A connected virtual-first culture with a highly engaged distributed workforce
- 5% 401k match, FSA, company paid health, dental, vision plan options for employees and dependents
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