Senior Manager, Technical Accounting and Reporting

Human Interest is on a mission to ensure that people in all lines of work have access to retirement benefits. Nearly half of all working Americans are not saving enough for their future because they are employed by a company that doesn’t offer a retirement plan. Human Interest is changing that by making it affordable and accessible for small and medium sized businesses to offer employees a path to financial independence through retirement savings.

Human Interest is seeking an energetic and hands-on Technical Accounting and Reporting Manager who embraces and thrives in a fast-paced environment to join our accounting organization. This is a truly hybrid role working with the Chief Accounting officer and taking ownership of the completion of different financial reporting deliverables and help scale the financial reporting process at Human Interest.

This role will be the technical accounting subject matter expert, build and maintain the Company's accounting policies, and address technical accounting issues arising from business transactions or the implementation of new accounting pronouncements. Additionally, the candidate will champion adoption of reporting controls and improvements thereto, and be a key interface for Human Interest’s external auditors. The role requires an individual with excellent business, communication, and analytical skills, enabling collaboration with various functions.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, with strong attention to detail, desire to learn complex processes and systems, and experienced in partnering with colleagues to drive value and positive change across the organization and with the external auditors.

What you get to do every day

• Be the technical accounting subject matter expert, build and maintain the Company's accounting policies, and address technical accounting issues arising from business transactions or the implementation of new accounting pronouncements
• Own the completion of financial statements and related disclosures
• Assess the financial statement and disclosure impact of complex transactions and draft technical memos to support conclusions reached
• Act as a subject matter expert for equity accounting and disclosure matters
• Establish, develop, and maintain the company accounting policies
• Be a proactive liaison with external auditors to drive timely closure of financial statement reviews and technical accounting matters
• Monitor, assess, and implement new accounting pronouncements applicable to the company and partner with stakeholders to analyze the impact
• Be a trusted business partner and advisor to various stakeholders within Accounting, Finance, Legal, and other cross-functional teams
• Take initiative for process improvements to scale and optimize the financial reporting process
• Develop and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, ensuring Sarbanes Oxley requirements are met

What you bring to the role

• BA/BS degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA with 8+ years of progressively responsible experience
• Combination of Big 4 and public company financial reporting experience
• Precise, analytical, organized, and self-motivated
• Excellent knowledge of U.S. GAAP, including ability to research accounting literature, establish a position, and develop procedures for implementation
• Strong interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of at the company
• Strong to advanced Excel skills
• *Enterprise software and/or SaaS industry experience a plus

Please feel free to apply to this position even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements listed above.

Why you will love working at Human Interest

Mission - Highly collaborative startup dedicated to supporting employee engagement and growth. It’s an opportunity to help solve one of the biggest unsolved problems in America: saving for retirement.

Compensation - The salary range for this role is between $165,000 - $185,000. This information reflects a base salary range for this position based on current market data, and may vary by location. Exact compensation will be determined by the candidates' skills, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for additional incentives such as equity awards, short-term incentives, or sales compensation.

Benefits - 

• A great 401(k) plan: our own! Our 401(k) includes a dollar-for-dollar employer match up to 4% of compensation. 
• Employees also receive 100% paid employee health, vision, and dental premiums; dependent premiums are covered at 50%. 
• Generous PTO and parental leave policies.
• Monthly work from home stipend; annual wellness stipend.
• Employee Resource Groups including Veterans, Lift Ev’ry Voice, Pride, LatinX, Families, and Women in Tech.
• Fun online and regional events and celebrations and department and company-wide offsites.
• The vast majority of our positions can be 100% remote.

About Human Interest: 

We’re a high-growth, Series D-funded company that’s changing the retirement industry. Named one of America’s Best Startup Employers by Forbes, one of the Best Places to Work by the San Francisco Business Times, and a Top Company by Y Combinator, we’ve raised $337M and are backed by leading investors, including TPG (The Rise Fund), SoftBank, Glynn Capital, NewView Capital, USVP, Wing, Uncork, and others.

Inclusive collaboration makes us a better business

Human Interest is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran or military status, pregnancy, or any other characteristics protected under federal, state, or local laws.

Human Interest employees must adhere to the Company’s security policies and Code of Ethics. 

Please note Human Interest does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from candidates. We will not consider resumes from vendors including and without limitation search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We comply with CCPA guidelines. See more: https://humaninterest.com/disclosures