SVP, Controller (Fintech)

Location: Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States; hybrid/onsite role

Salary: $280,000–$350,000 per year

Company

hirify.global builds financial infrastructure and technology solutions for payments, cards, lending, digital assets, and fintech partnerships.

What you will do

• Maintain the financial governance framework, internal controls over financial reporting, and FDICIA-level controls for a regulated banking institution.
• Oversee accounting and reporting for marketplace, commercial, SBA, and principal lending activities, including loan sales, securitizations, fair value measurements, and CECL.
• Own U.S. GAAP accounting policies and direct monthly, quarterly, annual, SEC, regulatory, management, and board-level reporting.
• Oversee federal, state, and local tax compliance, ASC 740 tax provision, tax planning, and accounting analysis for new products and fintech partnerships.
• Build centralized procurement, vendor governance, spending analytics, and revenue assurance across complex fintech arrangements.
• Lead a 30+ person controllership organization and financial systems initiatives supporting scale, M&A, capital raises, and IPO readiness.

Requirements

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

Nice to have

• IPO readiness or public company reporting experience.
• Crypto or digital asset accounting and stablecoin product experience.
• Embedded finance, BaaS, and API-driven banking platform experience.
• CECL modeling and credit loss accounting experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, curious, and purpose-driven environment.
• Work in a technology-driven banking organization focused on innovation, integrity, and financial inclusion.
• Opportunity to influence financial infrastructure used by fintechs, enterprises, and other financial-product providers.