Senior Accountant
Kansas City, MO or New York, NY
Finance /
Hybrid
Lead Bank is a chartered banking-as-a-service platform for builders and innovators. Despite broader economic headwinds, the continued proliferation of fintech companies and a 20x increase in fintech investment ($20.5 billion in 2020) signals that the market’s interest in embedding financial services products into their offerings is resilient and sustainable. Whether it’s a travel company that wants to offer credit for an expensive trip, a social network that wants to enable in-feed shopping solutions, or an ecommerce platform that wants to provide client rewards cards, the broader tech ecosystem has enjoyed a step-change in the sophistication, variety and complexity of client-facing products they can offer. This means that the underlying infrastructure powering those fintechs needs to evolve to meet these modern demands.
While fintech companies continue pushing boundaries, they have largely accepted that directly integrating with banks is costly, time-consuming and operationally burdensome. This frustration comes in many forms: gaps in technical acumen, product scalability, client risk appetite, and company culture. These gaps clearly illustrate the need for a new paradigm in banking technology.
Lead Bank is bridging those gaps. We see a massive opportunity for a tech-savvy developer-focused bank to augment a sophisticated financial services platform with the compliance, regulatory, capital markets, and legal expertise required to help our clients succeed. Come join us on our journey.
Role Description: Lead Bank is seeking a talented senior accountant to support the Bank’s dynamic and growing Banking as a Service (BaaS) product finance function. This role will report to the Director of Product Finance, and will be a critical contributor to month end close, BaaS program implementation, data analytics, reconciliations, program reporting, and client relations with the Bank’s fintech partners. This role will require significant coordination and communication across departments and functions, including Corporate Accounting, Product, Compliance, Legal, and Engineering.
In this role you will:
- Serve as a key member in completion of reconciliations, including month end close, as it related to BaaS programs.
- Serve as a point of contact for Accounting with the Product, Engineering, and Compliance teams related to BaaS program implementation, management, and reporting.
- Assist in technical accounting integrations related to BaaS programs.
- Assist in the development and management of data validation, analysis and reconciliations related to general ledger accounts and BaaS programs.
- Assist in the development of reporting and dashboards for daily operational use and management reporting.
- Work cross-functionally to promote process improvements and efficiencies through streamlined data use cases and automatization
- Continuously improve financial processes and systems to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- 3-5 years of accounting/finance experience
- Financial Service and/or Fintech experience
- Experience working in a deadline oriented, fast paced environment
- Experience in team/project management, and comfortable working across functions to gather inputs and drive outcomes
- Action-oriented, with strong organizational skills
- Curious and open to learning
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to effectively prioritize assignments and manage time/deadlines
- Thrive working in a fluid environment with high autonomy
- Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
- Strong attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, and a results-driven mindset
What we offer:
- At Lead, we design our benefits to support company culture and principles, to foster an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to create the conditions for our team to give their best in both work and life
- Competitive compensation, based on experience, geographic location, and role
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401k Matching, and other wellness benefits, including FSA, HSA and HRA
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible vacation policy, including PTO and paid holidays
- A fun and challenging team environment in a dynamic industry with ample opportunities for career growth
*Lead Bank is proud to have an inclusive culture committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity in all employment decisions regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
**Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. Pay is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on geographical market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Zone 1: $110,000 - $135,000 (NY Metro)
Zone 2: $80,000 - $100,000 (Kansas City Metro)
