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Director, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting

New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States

Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is creating the best rent payment experience. It’s hard to believe that it’s 2026 and paying rent on time is expensive, inflexible, and difficult. We’re here to change that! Flex enables our users to pay rent throughout the month on a schedule that better fits their finances and budget. Our mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense. After deliberately keeping a stealth profile as we built up unprecedented investor support and an enthusiastic user base, we are looking for motivated individuals to help us keep our mission growing. Will you be a part of the team?

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Director to lead our Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting function. This role will play a pivotal role in maturing Flex’s accounting function through its next phase of growth, overseeing complex accounting matters, developing accounting policies, and ensuring the overall integrity of our financial statements in compliance with U.S. GAAP. This position will also be responsible for external financial reporting, including annual audits, statutory reporting, and potential SEC readiness efforts in the future. This is a hands-on, high-impact role that will work cross-functionally with a number of teams, including providing accounting guidance on significant business transactions to help leaders make well-informed decisions. The ideal candidate has exceptional GAAP technical knowledge, a clear future vision for a highly efficient and compliant financial reporting function, and is energized by the opportunity to build policies, processes and controls from the ground up. We’re looking for a leader who embodies resilience, ownership, and sound judgment, and can navigate comfortably in a fast-paced, high-growth Fintech environment. This position will report to the VP, Controller and will be located in one of our office hubs (NYC or SF) on a hybrid basis. 

What You’ll Do

Technical Accounting Leadership & Policy:

  • Serve as the subject matter expert on all technical accounting matters including stock-based compensation (ASC 718), revenue recognition (ASC 606), loan accounting and credit losses (ASC 310/326), leases (ASC 842), debt (ASC 740) and business combinations (ASC 805).
  • Drive the development, implementation, and maintenance of all corporate accounting policies in collaboration with the Controller, taking a hands-on and risk-based prioritization approach.
  • Research, resolve and document complex accounting transactions in formal memos
  • Educate and partner with Finance and Accounting teams on technical accounting matters to operationalize complex transactions and enable accurate forecasting and reporting.
  • Work collaboratively with business partners to identify financial risks and accounting considerations associated with new or contemplated transactions, including new revenue streams and partnerships.
  • Assist with month-end close activities for technical accounting areas, including the preparation and/or review of reconciliations.

Financial Reporting:

  • Prepare audited financial statements, footnote disclosures, and supporting schedules - building a strong reporting foundation that can evolve with the company in the future
  • Manage the external reporting calendar, coordinating with internal teams (legal, compliance, FP&A) and external partners (auditors, etc.) to ensure deadlines are met.
  • Ensure successful delivery of entity-level financial statements to meet regulatory and lender reporting requirements.
  • Identify opportunities to streamline and enhance reporting timelines, accuracy, and quality - drive both process improvement and automation through use of financial reporting tools
  • Design and develop internal controls over the financial reporting process in preparation for SOX compliance, proposing solutions for identified segregation of duties and control gaps.
  • Partner with Controller and other teams to architect future ERP system flows for all intercompany transactions, ensuring that both consolidate and entity level reporting needs are met.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
  • Active CPA license in good standing
  • 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including a combination of Big 4 public accounting and technical accounting & reporting experience within a public.
  • Prior experience in fintech, financial services, or a regulated industry is preferred, particularly within a high-growth environment.
  • Proven expertise in U.S. GAAP, SEC regulations, and SOX compliance, with strong technical proficiency in the guidance sections noted above (ASC 718, ASC 606, ASC 310, ASC 326, ASC 740 and ASC 805)
  • Demonstrated experience building and leading a technical accounting and reporting function from the ground up.
  • Hands-on experience implementing and operating strong controls in a SOX-compliant environment.
  • An orientation toward process and attention to detail, strong analytical and quantitative skills
  • Proactive, self-motivated, and able to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced pre-IPO environment with ambiguity and changing priorities. 
  • Proven track record of effective communication at all levels of the organization, with a high level of self-awareness and humility, and excellent collaboration skills; ability to distill complex technical accounting topics down for all audiences 
  • Experience as a skilled, thoughtful manager with an interest in mentoring and developing the members of their team
  • Experience with ERP systems (e.g NetSuite, SAP), reporting tools (e.g. Workiva) and process / reporting automation.

Flex takes a market-based approach to pay, ensuring compensation is commensurate with a candidate's experience and our internal leveling guidelines. For candidates located in our Tier 1 markets (NYC/ SF), the base salary pay range for this role is $200,000-$220,000. This will be a Hybrid role ( 2-3 days in office for NYC or SF)

For all other U.S. locations, Flex utilizes a geographic pay differential based on a cost of labor index. If you are located outside of the Tier 1 states listed above, your starting pay will be adjusted to align with the market conditions of your specific geographic zone. Please speak with your recruiter for additional information regarding the specific range for your location

Life at Flex:

We understand that it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, curious, determined, empathetic, and self aware people to grow a successful company. Our HQ is located in New York City, but we have employees located throughout the US, Australia, Canada and South America. We are growing quickly, but deliberately, with a focus on building an inclusive culture. Our dynamic team has incredible perspectives to share, just as we know you do, and we take great pride in being an equal opportunity workplace.

We offer many employee benefits & perks. For full-time U.S based positions we offer:

  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision available from Day 1
  • Company equity
  • 401(k) plan with company match (our company match kicks off at the beginning of 2026)
  • Unlimited paid time off + 13 company paid holidays
  • Parental leave 
  • Flex Cares Program
  • Free Flex subscription

 For full time non-US employees, we offer

  • Competitive compensation + company equity
  • Unlimited PTO

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