Head of Finance & Revenue for Gaming Studio

Bonfire Studios, Inc; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Full benefits package

Additional perks

Job summary

Bonfire Studios, Inc is seeking a strategic Finance and Accounting leader to define the company’s long-term revenue, expense recognition, and reporting as our business model evolves in Irvine. This role focuses on establishing policy, governance, and actionable insights rather than just closing the books.

You'll lead the close, manage external partners, own platform and publisher reporting, and drive ERP transformation with automation to scale with the business. CPA required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of accounting experience, including 7+ years in video games.
• Know ASC 606 well enough to originate policy positions on novel monetization models.
• Have led relationships with major publishers and platform holders.
• Deep fluency in deferred revenue modeling, virtual currency accounting, and international royalty structures.
• Have led an ERP evaluation or migration and can make the business case for systems investment.
• CPA required.
• Autonomy in ambiguous, high-stakes environments.
• Bonus points if you’ve supported multi-platform live-service titles at scale and have experience building or leading a team.

Responsibilities

• Setting the company's revenue recognition policy and methodology under ASC 606 (including box sales, microtransactions, and virtual currency).
• Leading the close process end-to-end, directing an external accounting team and AP/AR resources.
• Owning platform and publisher reporting, including reconciling statements from Sony, Microsoft, Valve, and PC cafés, and improving royalty/licensing reporting to partners.
• Leading cross-functional alignment with business, publishing, analytics, and live ops for financial data and analytics across the studio.
• Owning treasury strategy and execution, including banking controls, liquidity management, and insurance strategy.
• Leading ERP transformation, evaluating and roadmap for new accounting systems and automation scaling.
• Shaping forecasting, KPI reporting, and revenue insight connected to product and live-ops strategy.
• Representing finance in high-stakes conversations such as external audits and tax structuring.
• Establishing financial rigor with team development as it scales.

Skills

Strategic finance leadership

ASC 606

ERP evaluation

Publisher relations

Deferred revenue modeling

Virtual currency accounting

International royalties

Education

CPA certification

Job description

Bonfire Studios, Inc is seeking a strategic Finance and Accounting leader to define the company’s long-term revenue, expense recognition, and reporting as our business model evolves in Irvine. This role focuses on establishing policy, governance, and actionable insights rather than just closing the books.

You'll lead the close, manage external partners, own platform and publisher reporting, and drive ERP transformation with automation to scale with the business. CPA required.