Senior Manager, Regulatory Reporting and Technical Accounting

Senior Manager, Regulatory Reporting and Technical Accounting

Foster City, California, United States

We are seeking a highly analytical, strategic, and hands-on Senior Manager, Regulatory Reporting and Technical Accounting to lead, automate, and scale critical accounting functions across our global organization. In this role, you will gain broad exposure across various financial domains, collaborating closely with executive leadership to streamline processes, enhance internal controls, and drive IPO readiness. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, loves leveraging data to solve complex business problems, and possesses a strong background in public accounting or internal audits.

Process Automation & Global Accounting Exposure

• Process Transformation:
  Lead initiatives to automate and streamline accounting processes across various global functions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  
  Partner closely with executive leadership as well as Legal, Compliance, Engineering, Sales and People Ops.

Regulatory Reporting & Customer Funds Strategy

• Strategic Oversight:
  Provide high-level oversight and strategy for all customer funds activity and regulatory/compliance reporting.
• Discrepancy Resolution:
  Investigate and resolve anomalies in customer funds reporting, collaborating with internal data and product teams to enhance reporting efficiency and accuracy.
• Regulatory Liaison:
  Act as the core liaison between finance, legal, compliance, and data analytics teams to ensure total accuracy of regulatory reports. Take the finance lead at meetings with the Regulators and responding to inquiries, monitoring compliance for state requirements and providing strategic input.

Technical Accounting, Audits, & IPO Readiness

• Technical Research:
  Lead technical accounting analysis as needed, including quarterly evaluations of new accounting pronouncements affecting the organization.
• Audit Management:
  Drive interactions with external auditors, supporting both regulatory and financial audits, and ensuring audits are completed timely.
• IPO Readiness:
  Own and advance internal initiatives to prepare the corporate accounting functions for a potential IPO.

Experience & Education

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a highly analytical field. CPA or equivalent certification is highly preferred.
• Experience:
  
  Extensive accounting experience, with a preference for candidates coming from Public Accounting (Big 4 preferred) and/or Internal Audit backgrounds.
• Data & Spreadsheets:
  Exceptional, advanced Microsoft Excel skills; comfort working with massive, high-volume datasets to solve complex business problems.
• Systems Knowledge:
  Experience with equity management platforms (e.g., Share works) and data visualization and AI tools (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx, etc.) is a major plus.
• Technical Accounting:
  Strong foundational knowledge of US GAAP, equity accounting (SBC), and multi-entity regulatory frameworks.
• Communication:
  Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders (Legal, Compliance, Sales, People Ops).
• Adaptability:
  Ability to thrive and remain agile in a fast-paced, rapidly scaling corporate environment.
• Attention to Detail:
  Intense focus on accuracy, compliance, and meticulous organizational design.

Base Salary Range: 154, USD annually.

Our Mission

Our mission is to elevate how finance teams operate in the global economy. We empower our customers to scale faster and smarter by removing the complexities of doing global business and accelerating their finance operations efficiency. We are the AI-powered platform that automates finance.

Tipalti is fueled by a commitment to our customers and a desire to build lasting connections. Our client portfolio includes high-velocity businesses such as Amazon Twitch, GoDaddy, Roku, , and Zip Recruiter. We work hard for our 99% customer retention rate which is built on trust, reliability and innovation. Tipalti means we handled it" - a mission to which we are constantly committed.

Accommodations

Tipalti champions inclusive teams, in which every voice counts. We are committed to recruiting diverse candidates…