Director of Technical Accounting

Whop

• $150K — $180K *
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of progressive accounting experience with technical accounting focus in fintech, SaaS, or high-growth tech environments
  • In-depth U.S. GAAP knowledge across various complex accounting areas
  • Proven experience drafting accounting memos and liaising with external auditors
  • Hands-on experience with ERP systems, ideally NetSuite
  • Proficiency in using AI tools to enhance accounting processes, with GitHub experience as a plus
  • CPA required or strongly preferred, with Big Four or similar public-accounting background favored
  • Ability to differentiate between routine and complex transactions requiring deeper analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the technical accounting authority, documenting complex transactions under U.S. GAAP
  • Own financial-statement disclosures and monitor new standards
  • Act as the main point of contact for external audits on technical matters
  • Collaborate with multiple departments to identify accounting implications prior to transaction finalization
  • Lead the corporate-accounting close and maintain a robust control environment
  • Oversee the design and implementation of the new NetSuite ERP system
  • Integrate AI into accounting workflows, ensuring proper documentation and controls
  • Develop policies, process narratives, and controls while mentoring the accounting team.

Benefits

  • Best-in-class cash compensation and substantial equity
  • High trust work environment fostering ownership and access to leadership
  • Meals and wellness support tailored for an in-person team.
Full Job Description
Director of Technical Accounting

The role

We are seeking a Director of Accounting to serve as a senior technical accounting resource and a builder of scalable corporate-accounting processes.

This leader will own or lead the accounting analysis and execution for complex accounting matters across the business, including leases, equity and stock-based compensation, cost capitalization, impairment, debt and other financing arrangements, revenue, and other non-routine transactions.

What you'll own
  • Serve as the company's technical accounting authority: research, conclude on, and document complex and non-routine transactions under U.S. GAAP, including leases, equity and stock-based compensation, capitalized costs, fixed and intangible assets, impairment, debt and financing arrangements, revenue, and strategic transactions.
  • Own financial-statement disclosures, footnotes, accounting policies, and technical schedules, and monitor new standards for their impact on the company.
  • Act as the primary contact for external auditors on technical matters, keeping positions well supported and audit-ready.
  • Partner with Legal, People, Tax, FP&A, and executive leadership so accounting implications are identified before transactions are finalized.
  • Lead the corporate-accounting close and control environment: reconciliations, account ownership, segregation of duties, approval controls, accruals, and audit evidence across close, procure-to-pay, payroll accounting, and fixed assets.
  • Own the accounting design of our new NetSuite ERP as we stand it up, continuously refining configuration, workflows, data integrity, and reporting so the system scales with the business.
  • Implement AI into individual steps of accounting workflows, with appropriate controls, review, and documentation around each use.
  • Build the policies, process narratives, control matrices, and training that make the function repeatable and ready to scale; mentor and develop the accounting team.
What we're looking for
  • 8+ years of progressive accounting experience with a meaningful technical accounting and financial-reporting component; fintech, SaaS, or another high-growth technology environment preferred.
  • Deep U.S. GAAP knowledge across leases, equity and stock-based compensation, capitalization, impairment, financing transactions, and revenue.
  • Track record drafting technical accounting memos, preparing disclosures, and working directly with external auditors.
  • Hands-on experience owning or implementing an ERP, ideally NetSuite, and using modern finance tools and automation to improve the close.
  • A track record of proactively using AI tools to refine or create new processes with demonstrated, significant gains in speed. Experience with GitHub is a nice to have.
  • CPA required or strongly preferred; Big Four or similarly rigorous public-accounting experience preferred.
  • The judgment to distinguish routine operating decisions from transactions requiring technical analysis, escalation, or auditor consultation.
Nice-to-have experience
  • SOX, IPO readiness, or public-company reporting.
  • Multi-entity, international, intercompany, or foreign-currency accounting.
How we work

Whop is an in office company of about 100 people. Most of the team are former founders and entrepreneurs. We give people real agency, meaningful resources, and ownership of hard problems. We expect everyone to move fast, tell the truth, and improve every surface they touch.
  • Be technical. Your work should be correct, grounded in fact, and able to withstand scrutiny
  • Force function. Solve the root cause and make the system materially better
  • Disagree then commit. Debate hard before a decision, then execute together
What Whop offers
  • Best in class cash compensation and meaningful equity
  • A high trust environment with real ownership and direct access to company leaders
  • Meals, wellness support, and office benefits designed for an in-person team

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