Founding Accounting Lead — Equity & Growth

Cornerbridge Talent Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Affiniti, a fast-growing fintech, is hiring Founding Accounting Lead to build the accounting function from the ground up. Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will own the close, financial reporting, and reconciliations while shaping policies and controls for scale.

You'll lead the first financial statement audit, evaluate the ERP and accounting tech stack, and partner with cross-functional teams to ensure new products are properly accounted for.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally fintech or transaction-intensive
• Experience owning monthly close and financial reporting
• Strong understanding of US GAAP and ability to research technical accounting matters
• Experience building or improving accounting processes, controls, and systems
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills and ability to work with large datasets
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment with evolving systems

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, financial statements, and core accounting operations.
• Own accounting and reconciliation for high-volume financial transactions across banking partners, payment systems, internal data, and the general ledger.
• Build scalable accounting policies, controls, documentation, close processes, and reconciliation workflows with opportunities for automation.
• Lead preparation for Affiniti's first financial statement audit, including technical accounting research, audit schedules, controls, and auditor coordination.
• Evaluate and help implement the company's ERP and broader accounting technology stack.
• Partner with Finance, Product, Engineering, Capital Markets, Credit, and Operations to ensure new products and financial workflows are accurately accounted for and operationalized.

Skills

US GAAP knowledge

Close ownership

Excel/Google Sheets

Independent work

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SQL

ERP systems

Job description

Affiniti, a fast-growing fintech, is hiring Founding Accounting Lead to build the accounting function from the ground up. Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will own the close, financial reporting, and reconciliations while shaping policies and controls for scale.

You'll lead the first financial statement audit, evaluate the ERP and accounting tech stack, and partner with cross-functional teams to ensure new products are properly accounted for.