- Job Type: Full-Time
- Function: Accounting/Finance
- Industry: Fintech
- Post Date: 11/20/2023
- Website: better.com
- Company Address: 175 Greenwich St, Floor 57, New York, New York 10007, US
- Salary Range: $50,000 - $150,000
About Better.com
Founded in 2016, Better is a digital-first homeownership company whose services include mortgage, real estate, title, and homeowners insurance.Job Description
Better is reimagining home finance and making it faster, cheaper, and easier for everyone to become a homeowner. We leverage creative technology and innovation to make the home buying journey more approachable and understandable and home finance more affordable and accessible. Here are some interesting facts to help you get to know Better:
- We’ve funded over $100 billion in loans for our customers, more than any other fintech
- We ranked #1 in the U.S. on LinkedIn's Top Startups 2020 and 2021
- We are Forbes’ Best Online Mortgage Lender for 2023
- We are USA Today’s Best Mortgage Lenders of 2023, Best for FHA Loans
- We have raised over $1.2 billion in equity capital to transform the mortgage industry, the largest financial asset class in the world
- And we’re just getting started!
We are a place where smart, hungry, ambitious people who want to recognize their full potential thrive.
A Better Opportunity
Our Accounting team is hiring for a proactive and motivated Financial Accounting Manager. The focus will be on external and internal financial reporting as well as being involved in the corporate ledger accounts. This person will work seamlessly across various departments to obtain the required information to close the books as well as prepare disclosures.
Responsibilities
- Work on quarterly 10-Q’s and annual 10-K’s for SEC financial reporting as well as build out required disclosures and supporting schedules for footnotes, MD&A, and 8-K’s/earnings release
- Work on monthly financial reporting for our different regulatory and credit stakeholders
- Participate in month end closing by taking ownership of key corporate level accounts
- Collaborate with team members to provide useful and necessary financial reports
- Create and review journal entries in the GL along with preparing and reviewing supporting schedules
- Prepare and review monthly balance sheet reconciliations including investigating aged or unreconciled items
- Investigate and resolve both current and historical issues with our revenue transactions
- Implement accounting guidance for new accounting standard updates or initiatives
- Identify areas for improvement and drive process improvements
- Work with our external auditors to ensure the timely completion of reviews and audits
- Educate coworkers regarding financial practices, implications, and policies
- Provide ad hoc analysis support to business leaders and key partners for complex accounting questions
- Serve as a mentor and resource to more junior team members
Qualifications
- Degree in accounting or finance
- 5-7 years of experience in a public accounting firm or publicly traded company
- At least 1 year of management experience
- CPA license preferred or CPA eligible
- Adaptable to multiple and frequent changes in business environment
- Proven expertise with Excel (combining large data sets, sumifs, index/match, vlookups, etc); familiarity with SQL a plus
- Experience working with Netsuite a plus
- Experience working in Workiva Wdesk a plus
- Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, without losing attention to detail
- Proactively looking to improve on processes; never satisfied with the status quo
- Stakeholder management skills
- Experience with industries such as financial technology, mortgage banking, or lending a plus
Company Benefits
Our total rewards package consists of base salary, equity, benefits, and opportunity for yearly cash bonus. Some of our benefits include:
- Comprehensive healthcare, retirement, and voluntary benefits. Think medical, dental, vision, health savings accounts, 401k, and more.
- Personalized care and tools for realizing your mental health and wellness goals.
- Company paid for lunch when working in the office.
- Additional benefit perks & discounts.
Disclaimer
Better Home & Finance Holding Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment for our employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status, or any other reason protected by law.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Better will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.