Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

San Francisco

Kikoff:
The Fintech Powering Financial Security at Scale Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security. With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn valuation, we've built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money. We're scaling fast. Join us if you want to build something meaningful and help millions of people move forward financially.

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly motivated Sr. Accountant to join our growing accounting team. Our team builds scalable processes to support Kikoff's pre-IPO financial reporting and compliance needs. You will be a critical member of the team, helping build and operate a public-company ready month-end close process. You will manage the general ledger, account reconciliations, and provide audit and financial reporting support, focusing on efficiency and quality.

The role reports into the Controller will be located in our San Francisco office (in office 3 days/week).

What You Will Do:

• You'll own parts of the month-end close including month-end journal entries, reconciliations and supporting schedules (cash, intercompany journals, fixed assets including internal use software, allocations, expenses)
• You'll develop, implement, and document new accounting policy and provide expertise in recommending enhancements to existing policies
• You'll contribute in the financial audit process in preparation and providing of various audit requests and inquiries
• You'll complete monthly variance analysis through understanding the financial data within the greater context of the business
• You'll work closely with various stakeholders within accounting and FP&A, and across the company to identify problems, process gaps and propose reasonable and creative solutions to improve processes including opportunities for automating manual processes or activities within a process
• You'll work closely with the Controller in general corporate accounting matters and ad hoc projects or requests

About You:

• 3+ years of relevant accounting experience, preferably with public accounting and/or high-growth company experience at a later-stage or public company.
• CPA or active CPA candidate preferred
• You have a strong knowledge of US GAAP; conceptual and practical experience in researching, understanding and communicating technical accounting issues and recommendations
• You have proven experience with developing scalable, efficient and controlled processes
• You are a self-starter who can thrive in a fast-paced environment and proactively drive business results
• You're detail oriented and have high analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as strong written and oral communication skills
• You are organized and execution focused, with an ability to work independently
• You're curious and willing to embrace AI tools to work smarter and deliver better results

Base Range

$125,000 - $135,000 USD

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Kikoff Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.