International Accounting Manager — Statutory & Audit (Remote)

Affirm, Inc.; Portland (OR); Remote; USD 128,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% health coverage for you and your

Monthly stipends for tech and health

Generous time off and holidays

ESPP equity opportunity

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking an experienced Accounting Manager to oversee international accounting operations, with emphasis on statutory accounting, audits, and monthly close. You will coordinate with internal teams and external providers to ensure compliant local reporting and timely deliverables.

The role requires strong US GAAP knowledge, project management, and the ability to manage multiple jurisdictions. You will drive scalable processes and audit-ready documentation to support Affirm’s growth

Qualifications

• CPA or 6+ years of relevant professional accounting experience with a bachelor’s degree in business or finance.
• Public accounting experience preferred, especially audit experience with multinational or public company clients.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, statutory accounting, financial statement preparation, account reconciliations, journal entries, and month‑end close.
• Experience supporting or managing statutory audits, including PBC coordination, audit testing, financial statement review, audit completion, and filing.
• Experience working with international entities, local accounting requirements, statutory reporting, and external service providers.
• Experience with transfer pricing calculations, intercompany invoicing, intercompany reconciliations, and cross‑border accounting activity.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple audits, deadlines, entities, and stakeholders at once.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to explain audit status, accounting issues, risks, and recommendations clearly.
• Advanced Excel skills, including lookups, conditional formulas, pivot tables, large dataset analysis, and financial statement support.
• Experience with accounting systems and close management tools; NetSuite and Blackline experience preferred.
• Strong ownership mindset and desire to improve processes, reduce manual work, and make accounting workflows more scalable over time.
• Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, rapidly changing environment with competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage statutory accounting and monthly close activities for international entities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, variance analysis, and close checklist completion.
• Coordinate with external accounting, payroll, tax, statutory, and audit providers to ensure accurate local books, timely deliverables, and compliance with local requirements.
• Lead statutory audit planning and execution, including auditor onboarding, timelines, status tracking, request management, issue resolution, and stakeholder coordination.
• Prepare and review statutory financial statements, disclosures, footnotes, supporting schedules, and tie‑outs to trial balances, reconciliations, and audit evidence.
• Own PBC coordination and audit testing support by gathering, validating, reviewing, and submitting accurate and complete audit documentation.
• Partner with Technical Accounting, Financial Reporting, Tax, Legal, Treasury, Payroll, People, Finance, and external advisors on local accounting requirements, statutory adjustments, and reporting matters.
• Manage audit completion and filing activities, including open item resolution, final approvals, signed documents, filing coordination, and completed audit file retention.
• Own or support transfer pricing calculations, intercompany invoicing, related journal entries, reconciliations, settlements, and cross‑functional alignment.
• Review trial balances, general ledger activity, reconciliations, and financial statement variances to identify risks, unusual items, required adjustments, and recurring issues.
• Strengthen process improvements and controls across statutory accounting and audit workflows by standardising templates, improving review checklists, clarifying ownership, documenting key judgments, enhancing audit trails, and building repeatable processes that reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and support audit readiness.
• Identify control gaps, process inefficiencies, and documentation weaknesses; partner with stakeholders to implement scalable solutions, improve close governance, and ensure processes remain effective as entities, requirements, and reporting complexity evolve.
• Use systems and tools such as NetSuite, Blackline, Excel, Workday, and AI‑enabled workflows to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.

Skills

US GAAP

Statutory accounting

Audit coordination

Project management

Cross-functional

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Excel proficient

Education

CPA designation

Bachelor’s degree in business or finance

Tools

NetSuite

Blackline

Workday

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is seeking an experienced Accounting Manager to oversee international accounting operations, with emphasis on statutory accounting, audits, and monthly close. You will coordinate with internal teams and external providers to ensure compliant local reporting and timely deliverables.

The role requires strong US GAAP knowledge, project management, and the ability to manage multiple jurisdictions. You will drive scalable processes and audit-ready documentation to support Affirm’s growth