VP of Accounting

Digital commerce is built on trust. At every point along the eCommerce journey, businesses must make a critical decision: Can I trust this customer? Answering this simple question accurately and instantly is powerful—it can accelerate revenue growth and strengthen a company’s connection with its customers. How do we do it? Forter was founded on the insight that it's not about what is being purchased, nor where— but who is behind the interaction.

The Forter Decision Engine finds patterns across more than one billion identities in our dataset. We isolate fraudsters and protect customers—ensuring everyone gets the experience they deserve.  Given that trust is central to how we operate, Forter is very much driven by a defined set of values. We attract remarkable talent and have retention and engagement levels that are well above benchmarks. We’re meticulous about strengthening our culture as we grow and ensuring this is an environment where people can have outsized impact.

As a key member of the Finance organization, our VP of Accounting will lead, manage and scale the Company's core global accounting function, including accounting operations, technical accounting, compliance, tax and financial reporting. This individual will report to the CFO and will collaborate closely with other teams such as FP&A, Legal, HR and InfoSec. This individual will be responsible for the Company's financial processes, including developing and maintaining an appropriate control environment, establishing accounting policies, ownership of core systems, and designing and executing process improvements. The successful candidate will be a strategic individual with 15 years of both public and private experience building and leading teams in a dynamic, global environment.

• Drive change within a fast growing organization, developing the team, systems, reporting and controls (policies, procedures, monitoring) to support our global growth
• Streamline accounting processes across procure to pay, order to cash, general ledger close, and financial reporting
• Prepare the company for public company accounting and reporting standards (e.g. SEC reporting and SOX compliance)
• Ensure the delivery of accurate and timely financial statements in accordance with all SEC, GAAP, FASB rules and regulations in addition to state, local and corporate policies, regulations and laws. Collaborate closely with the legal team about the company’s governance processes
• Provide technical accounting guidance and accounting operations support, including related to proposed transactions and other business developments
• Collaborate closely with FP&A, Legal, HR, InfoSec and other functions to ensure proper internal control over financial reporting and disclosure
• Build and foster strong cross-functional relationships across the business. Help the company understand how all the pieces fit together and drive performance. 
• Lead and inspire a team of accounting professionals; responsible for selection, development, mentoring, career- pathing, and performance

• BS/BA in accounting, finance or equivalent experience. CPA is a must; MBA is a plus
• Big 4 audit experience is required
• 10+ years of increasing responsibility and leadership, with related SaaS/Software experience, including 5+ years of demonstrated success as a controller in a world-class public-company organization
• Proficiency with SEC regulations and reporting requirements, experience with IPO readiness and SOX compliance.
• Significant experience working and leading cross-functionally in high growth environment
• Experience with NetSuite preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, proven ability to communicate effectively at C-level to drive decision making
• Strong technically but knows how to over-lay good business sense and deliver solutions in a practical manner. Can create insight and solutions that add value to the senior management team beyond accounting
• Relationship builder who inspires trust and confidence
• Growth mindset, sense of curiosity and dedication to the team's success

We are a team of over 500 Forterians spread across 3 different continents. Our success so far in the marketplace has allowed us to achieve a total series F valuation of over $3 Billion, making us the most valuable privately-held fraud prevention company globally. Our investors include: Tiger Global, Bessemer, Sequoia Capital, March Capital, and Salesforce Ventures. 

• Competitive salary 
• Matching 401K Plan 
• Comprehensive and generous health insurance, including vision and dental coverage Stock options 
• Generous PTO policy 
• Half day Fridays

*Forter does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Forter (or any related) jobs alias or directly to any Forter employees. Forter will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.