Vice President, Accounting

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

PayNearMe is seeking an experienced senior leader to oversee its Accounting organization in Germany. You will manage the general ledger, close cycles, revenue accounting, and financial reporting, while owning payments-related accounting and client-funds controls.

A CPA or equivalent, plus deep GAAP knowledge, is highly valued as you guide cross-functional teams and drive process automation. The role requires leadership of a high-volume money movement environment, with close collaboration across

Qualifikationen

• Demonstrates extensive expertise in payments accounting, financial reporting, and regulatory compliance.
• Proven leadership in building high-performing teams and driving operational efficiency.
• Strong GAAP knowledge and client-funds management experience.
• Experience designing maker/checker controls, approvals, and auditable manual-adjustment processes.
• Experience leading a Controllership organization, including close, reporting, and audits.
• CPA or equivalent accounting expertise strongly preferred.

Aufgaben

• 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.
• Own reconciliation across transaction systems, subledgers, processor and collector records, bank and FBO accounts, client balances, and the general ledger.
• Certify client-funds balances are complete, accurate, and properly segregated with underlying records.
• Drive automation of settlement processing, reconciliation, and journal creation; ensure GAAP-compliant financial statements.
• Oversee external audits and regulatory examinations and partner with Tax, Legal, Compliance, and Risk.

Kenntnisse

Payments Accounting

Financial Reporting

GAAP

Leadership

Reconciliation Automation

SQL

Data Analysis

General Ledger Management

Client-Funds Management

Treasury Operations

Ausbildung

CPA

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

Advanced Degree Preferred

Tools

ERP Integrations

Reconciliation Platforms

Transaction Subledgers

Banking Systems

Workflow Automation

Jobbeschreibung

• 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