Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer (Fintech)

Location: Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States; hybrid and onsite work indicated.

Salary: $280,000.00–$350,000.00 per year.

Company

hirify.global builds financial infrastructure and technology solutions for payments, cards, lending, digital assets, fintech partnerships, and Banking-as-a-Service.

What you will do

• Maintain and enhance financial governance, internal controls over financial reporting, policies, procedures, and FDICIA-level control rigor.
• Oversee accounting and reporting for marketplace, commercial, SBA, consumer, and other lending activities, including loan sales, securitizations, fair value measurements, CECL, income, and loss provisions.
• Own accounting policies, monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, SEC reporting, regulatory filings, management reporting, and Audit Committee presentations.
• Oversee federal, state, and local tax compliance, ASC 740 tax provisions, tax planning, and tax structuring for new products, partnerships, and business initiatives.
• Build centralized procurement, vendor governance, approval workflows, spending analytics, and third-party risk management practices.
• Lead revenue recognition and assurance across interchange, transaction processing, program, lending, gain-on-sale, SaaS, embedded finance, and multi-element arrangements; manage a 30+ person controllership organization and financial systems initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field and CPA certification.
• 15+ years of progressive accounting or controllership experience, including at least 7 years in senior leadership managing multiple functions.
• Deep expertise in U.S. GAAP, banking regulatory accounting, Call Report preparation, FFIEC guidelines, and financial governance.
• Experience in a regulated banking environment, such as a commercial bank, fintech bank, or BaaS institution. Experience with FDIC-regulated entities is strongly preferred.
• Experience building internal control frameworks and managing external audit relationships.
• Strong understanding of lending, payments, card issuing, and capital markets financial products.

Nice to have

• IPO readiness or public company reporting experience.
• Crypto or digital asset accounting and stablecoin-related financial product experience.
• Familiarity with embedded finance and Banking-as-a-Service business models.
• Knowledge of API-driven banking platforms and their impact on financial reporting and controls.
• CECL modeling exposure and familiarity with credit loss accounting frameworks.
• Big Four audit experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, curious, and purpose-driven working culture.
• Work in a technology-driven, regulated banking environment focused on financial inclusion and innovation.
• Hybrid and onsite work arrangement in Fort Lee, New Jersey.