Senior Accountant

About Paysafe 
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. 
 

We are looking for an experienced Senior Accountant based in Jacksonville, Florida. 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 will manage a set of accounting activities to ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, corporate policies, and external audits. This person will create and analyze monthly accounting entries, perform monthly variance analysis on both P&L and B/S fluxes, and prepare monthly account reconciliations. You will report to and work closely with the Senior Accounting Manager, Industry accounting team and others in the organization in preparing analysis and reconciliation of accounts.

 
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:

• Prepare and record assets, liabilities, revenue, and expense journal entries and adjustments by compiling and analyzing account information.  
• Continuously improve business processes, systems, and enhance documentation and controls as part of our SOX compliance efforts. 
• Review current revenue recognition processes/procedures and implement process improvements to improve efficiency and timeliness of the close and reporting. 
• Monitor and maintain monthly aging reports and reconciliations.  
• Record accruals, reversals and ensure billing and payments occurred in proper periods. 
• Research and explain trends and variances for multiple accounts for monthly financial and cost center reporting. Ensures accuracy and effectiveness in all accounting tasks.  
• Analyze complex monthly processor invoices.
• Analyze monthly financial statements, prepare monthly trends and balance sheet fluctuations.  
• Support accounting manager with month-end and year-end close process.  
• Assist with annual audit.  
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.  
• Perform other adhoc reporting and responsibilities as assigned. 

Qualifications to have:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting required
• Excellent communication skills preferred
• 2 + years of progressive accounting experience with general ledger functions and month-end/year-end close process
• 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

Life at Paysafe:
One network. One partnership. At Paysafe, this is not only our business model; this is our mindset when it comes to our team. Being a part of Paysafe means you’ll be one of over 3500 members of a world-class team that drives our business to new heights every day.
 
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.  We encourage you to apply even if your experience does not exactly align as we value diverse thoughts, experience, and backgrounds.
 
Equal Employment Opportunity:
We provide 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.