Senior Director, Accounting Operations & SOX Compliance

Company Description

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Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a Fly Mate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world.

What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you!

Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded more than a decade ago to solve high-stakes, high-value payments in higher education. We’ve since scaled into new regions and industry verticals and expanded our product offerings to deliver meaningful value to our clients around the world.

Today we support more than 4,800 clients across the global education, healthcare, travel & B2B industries, with diverse payment methods across 240 countries & territories and more than 140 currencies.

With over 1,200 global Fly Mates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 12 offices world-wide, we’re looking for Fly Mates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.

We, at Flywire, are seeking a Senior Director, Accounting Operations & SOX Compliance to lead global accounting operations, SOX compliance, and consolidation.

• Lead and support a high functioning team of international accounting professionals through a period of rapid growth and technological transformation.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Corporate Controller, CFO, FP&A and executive leadership on accounting, reporting, and control matters.
• Primary lead for internal and external audits, with ability to resolve audit matters and anticipate challenges due to complex transactions and volume growth.
• Implement best practices, processes and controls to support operational teams including: A/P, Billing, Receivables and Payroll.
• Act as a key stakeholder in financial systems strategy, including ERP implementations, upgrades, and automation initiatives.
• Drive process improvements to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and controls across accounting and close processes.
• Partner with Operations, Analytics, IT, and other stakeholders to optimize data integrity and reporting capabilities.
• Build, lead, and mentor a global accounting organization, fostering a culture of accountability, excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Develop organizational structure and talent development strategies.
• Oversee key month-end, quarter-end and year-end tasks to ensure close timelines are maintained/accelerated.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Proven experience as a Senior Director of Accounting in a comparable role at a publicly traded company within a high growth environment, preferably within software/technology space.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (CPA required and BIG4/Public Company experience a strong plus)
• Participation, or leadership, of transformational projects (ERP implementation, integrations, data configuration)
• Extensive knowledge of U.S. GAAP, internal controls and financial reporting.
• Proven experience leading global accounting teams, managing complex close processes and delivering within corporate timelines.
• Strong experience with internal controls, audit management, and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication to internal and external stakeholders with confidence and skill to up-level communications for c-level audience.
• Experience with Workday FINS and Accounting Center with demonstrated ability to drive transformation and automation of routine tasks.

• Net Suite (Implementing Workday FINS, HCM and Accounting Center)
• Adaptive Planning
• Fidelity SPS
• Zip - Procure to pay
• Blackline/Trintech
• Google Suite of products
• Excel

• Competitive compensation, including Restricted Stock Units
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Flying Start - Our immersive Global Induction Program
• Work with brilliant people that will keep…