Senior Accountant, Lead

About Paysafe 
Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE) (PSFE.WS) is a leading payments platform with an extensive track record of serving merchants and consumers in the global entertainment sectors. Its core purpose is to enable businesses and consumers to connect and transact seamlessly through industry-leading capabilities in payment processing, digital wallet, and online cash solutions. With over 20 years of online payment experience, an annualized transactional volume of over $130 billion in 2022, and approximately 3,300 employees located in 12+ countries, Paysafe connects businesses and consumers across 100 payment types in over 40 currencies around the world. Delivered through an integrated platform, Paysafe solutions are geared toward mobile-initiated transactions, real-time analytics and the convergence between brick-and-mortar and online payments. Further information is available at www.paysafe.com

Are you ready to make an impact? Join our team that is inspired by a unified vision and propelled by passion. 
  
To help us fuel accelerated growth, we are looking for an experienced Senior Accountant Lead, Projects.  This role offers a flexible hybrid work environment where you will have a blend of office days and remote working days during the week. 
 
Position Overview:
The Senior Accountant Lead will act as US Accounting subject matter expert on key finance and/or business initiative projects and report to the Sr. Accounting Manager. This role will work closely with various parts of the business and Finance teams, the operational teams, and Group and US Accounting teams in developing analysis and reconciliation of accounts and in development and implementation of accounting policies, procedures, and controls. This role is a hybrid role with the ability to fully engage with in project work and/or assist with the close and reporting.
 
The ideal candidate has strong leadership capabilities, solid operational and technical accounting background and works proactively to drive results. This person is a self-starter, flexible in their approach, has a high level of integrity and is action and goal-oriented in a fast-paced, team-oriented, collaborative environment. 
 
Your responsibilities would include:

• Participates in strategic financial special projects
• Continued focus on improving system efficiencies and business practices
• Collaborates with Group, US Accounting, Finance, Financial Operations, Business System Analysts, and Product teams on new and streamline processes
• Assists with the monthly and quarterly financial close process as needed, including ensuring all costs incurred are properly recorded, reviewing journal entries, account balance reconciliations and report preparation
• Participates in the ongoing development/establishment of accounting policies and procedures and operational strategies including the review and implementation of process and system changes
• Ensures compliance with internal control policies in a SOX environment
• Collaborates with external auditors to ensure successful audit results and compliance
• Interacts at all levels and with budget owners or other stakeholders to produce timely, efficient and accurate month-end close and all internal management and financial reporting through annual report
• Analyzes the effect of statutory accounting practices and studies regulations and guidance to ensure correct application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Makes recommendations for changes as needed and ensure that company policies and procedures are followed and establishes the proper techniques to discover and prevent fraud
• Actively reviews and advise on financial/accounting processes
• Coaches, mentors, and leads others who are working on respective projects
• Other duties as assigned

 
Qualifications to have:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting required
• Excellent communication skills preferred
• 3 + years of progressive accounting experience with general ledger functions and month-end/year-end close process, automation interaction, process improvements
• Relevant experience must be in publicly traded companies required
• Financial services industry experience is a plus
• Technical knowledge and practical knowledge of revenue recognition standards ASC 606
• In-depth understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) 
• Awareness of business trends and familiarity with financial accounting statements required
• Accuracy and attention to detail Proficient in intermediate to advance Excel (including pivot tables, xlookups, Sumifs), Word and Email required
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience working with large ERP and reporting packages, Oracle EBS and Blackline experience is a plus
• Relevant CPA certification preferred

Our culture values humility, high trust & autonomy, a desire for excellence and meeting commitments, strong team cohesion, a sense of urgency, a desire to learn, pragmatically pushing boundaries, and accomplishing goals that have a direct business impact.  

 
Equal Employment Opportunity
Paysafe provides equal employment opportunities to all employees, and applicants for employment, and prohibits discrimination of any type with regard to ethnicity, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other protected characteristics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of recruitment and employment.  If you need any reasonable adjustments please let us know.  We will be happy to help and look forward to hearing from you.