Assistant Controller

About Homeward

Homeward takes the “what ifs” out of homebuying by creating financial products that give buyers and sellers certainty and convenience. We’re a fast-paced, remote-first real estate startup that partners with real estate agents to offer innovative products and services, helping clients buy with cash, sell with certainty, and time their move, regardless of the market.

Founder and CEO Tim Heyl, owner of one of the fastest-growing agent teams in the country, started Homeward in 2018 to fix the antiquated and broken real estate process. Today, we offer bundled cash offers, mortgage, and title services in 13 states, enabling buyers and sellers to move with certainty and convenience.

We’re a fully remote company with a diverse team spread across several countries - Grounded in three core values: The Golden Rule, One Team One Dream, and Calm Focus. Hear from our employees about what our values mean to them.

About the opportunity

Homeward is looking for an Assistant Controller to support the Accounting team in establishing and managing all aspects of our accounting operations, GL accounting, audit, tax, internal controls and financial reporting. This ideal candidate has fostered a growth and innovation mindset while working to build a strong team in an ever-changing environment. You are willing to roll-up your sleeves and help create and refine robust processes and procedures for the Accounting team as the Company continues to scale.

What you’ll do:

• Assist in managing all day-to-day accounting operations.
• Manage several accounting managers, who oversee corporate accounting, real estate accounting, mortgage and title accounting.
• Manage the month-end close accounting process, driving the completion with the team of all related reconciliations and reporting to deliver timely and accurate financial statements.
• Assist in researching and advising the team and leaders on technical accounting and GAAP application to accounting entries and presentation.
• Assist the Head of Accounting with first-review of the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and stakeholder reporting.
• Assist in monthly account flux analyses and budget-to-actuals comparison analyses.
• Continuously suggest and implement process improvements to drive efficiency and automation across all areas of the accounting team.
• Collaborate frequently with other department leaders regarding new processes, and any financial related questions.
• Assist in implementing and maintaining internal controls (SOX 404 compliance) in order to ensure complete and accurate financials, and to comply with applicable regulatory laws.
• Assist with treasury operations, including cash management and reporting, and working with various banking institutions and teams.
• Assist the Head of Accounting with interfacing with the external tax firm, and assist in periodic tax filing requests and reporting.
• Assist the Head of Accounting in leading the annual audit process and being a primary point of contact with the external auditors.

What you’ll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance (Master’s degree preferred).
• CPA required.
• Big4 Accounting Experience is strongly preferred.
• A minimum of 4+ years of technical accounting and management experience.
• You have hands-on experience with GL and month-end/year-end closing procedures, and in leveraging ERP systems and tools to scale and automate.
• You have excellent business acumen and decision-making skills, and outstanding organization, project-management and spreadsheet skills.
• Demonstrated the ability to patiently and efficiently perform in a fast-paced environment and handle and manage multiple workloads, priorities and deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude during tight deadlines.
• Solution-oriented approach to solving problems, preferring to place focus on the best way to solve problems rather than focusing only on the problems themselves.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate technical issues to non-technical people.
• NetSuite ERP experience is preferred.
• Experience with Real Estate, Mortgage, or Title Companies is preferred.
• Experience with numerous subsidiaries or funds management is preferred.

Perks and Benefits:

• Compensation: $130,000 - 145,000
• Company bonus eligible
• Remote-first environment (our headquarters are in Austin, TX)
• Exciting stock option grant for every full-time employee 
• 401(k) employer contribution match 
• Health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Twenty days of vacation, five sick days, twelve company holidays, and two floating holidays each year
• Generous paid parental leave of up to 13 weeks

See more about how Homeward takes care of our team by providing a generous package of benefits here.

Value-Driven Employee Experience

THE GOLDEN RULE. It’s simple: Treat others the way we want to be treated. Whether we’re dealing with colleagues or customers, we don’t prioritize money or growth over people, and we practice empathy at every opportunity.

CALM FOCUS. We work in tech and build solutions for real estate. Both are fast-paced and stressful industries. But by focusing on the larger objective rather than rushing from one task to the next, we can create solutions our customers love.

ONE TEAM, ONE DREAM. Big problems require big solutions. We look at our customers’ experiences holistically and recognize that solving them requires collaboration across teams and our three affiliate companies — Homeward, Homeward Mortgage and Homeward Title.