Technical Accounting and Special Projects Manager

At Qualia, we've built the leading B2B real estate technology that transforms the home buying and selling experience into a simple, secure, and enjoyable process. Our SMB and Enterprise products bring together users from across the real estate ecosystem—home buyers and sellers, lenders, title and escrow agents, and real estate agents—onto a single shared digital closing platform, providing greater clarity and transparency to real estate transactions.

Today, through our business customers across the country, millions of consumers use Qualia to close on homes every year.

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ONQualia's accounting function sits at the center of a fast-growing SaaS business navigating complex revenue arrangements, evolving GAAP guidance, and M&A activity. This role owns the technical accounting, financial reporting, and provides deal support from due diligence through post-close integration. The role is also instrumental in supporting operational accounting.

You'll work closely with Business Development, Legal, Tax, FP&A, and the Controller to make sure technical conclusions are sound, documented, and reflected correctly in the financials.

This role reports to the Controller.

RESPONSIBILITIES Technical Accounting and Reporting Research and document complex accounting matters under U.S. GAAPDraft and maintain technical accounting memos and accounting policy documentation

Own financial statements including footnote disclosures

Serve as key contributor in annual financial statement audits

Advise on complex accounting topics, including revenue recognition, equity transactions, debt modifications, business combinations, consolidation, and impairment analyses

Monitor emerging accounting standards and assess applicability to the company

Lead the resolution of complex technical corporate accounting matters across the monthly and quarterly close

Assist the Accounting Team in implementing processes needed to support technical conclusions, e.g. proper journal entries, reconciliations, clear ownership, and effective controls

Anticipate emerging accounting standards, shape accounting policy and change-management efforts, and translate new guidance into practical implementation strategies, financial statement disclosures, reporting calendars, and scalable reporting processes

Special Projects Lead purchase accounting activities under ASC 805, including valuation coordination, opening balance sheet review, and transaction accounting.  Prepare related technical accounting memoranda supporting transaction-related conclusions

Explore/support accounting policy changes that may benefit the company

Participate in process improvements across accounting operations

Lead ad hoc projects as needed

Operational Accounting Support Support the monthly closes, eg financial reviews, variance analysis

Assist with complex account reconciliations

Assist revenue team in ensuring compliance with ASC 606

Assist in reviewing non-standard, complex customer contracts and associated outcomes in automated systems YOUR BACKGROUND THAT LIKELY MAKES YOU A MATCH5+ years of relevant accounting experience and CPA are required

Big 4  public accounting or equivalent national firm experience is required

Previous consulting, audit, or industry experience with SaaS, fintech, or payments companies is required

Technical knowledge and hands-on experience with ASC 606 is required

Working knowledge of ASC 805 (purchase accounting) is required

Proven track record of researching complex accounting matters, drafting technical accounting documentation, and advising leadership on accounting implications

Comfort with ambiguity, adaptability to dynamic priorities, and ability to lead ad-hoc special projects outside standard accounting responsibilities AI-forward:  Actively uses AI…