Tipalti

Senior Manager, Regulatory Reporting and Technical Accounting

Tipalti$130K — $162K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field; CPA or equivalent preferred.
  • Extensive accounting experience, ideally from Public Accounting (Big 4 preferred) or Internal Audits.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills for handling high-volume datasets.
  • Familiarity with equity management platforms and data visualization tools is beneficial.
  • Strong knowledge of US GAAP, equity accounting, and regulatory frameworks.
  • Excellent communication skills to convey complex financial concepts to non-finance team members.
  • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead efforts to automate and optimize global accounting processes.
  • Collaborate with executive leadership and various departments including Legal and Compliance.
  • Oversee customer funds activities and ensure regulatory compliance reporting is accurate.
  • Resolve discrepancies in customer funds reporting and improve data accuracy.
  • Serve as the primary liaison between finance, legal, compliance, and data analytics for accurate reporting.
  • Conduct technical accounting analyses and evaluations of new accounting standards.
  • Manage audit activities and ensure timely completion of both regulatory and financial audits.

Benefits

  • Gain broad exposure across various financial domains.
  • Opportunity to lead initiatives that impact global processes.
  • Collaborate closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams.
  • Involvement in preparing the organization for a potential IPO.
  • Engage directly with regulators and influence compliance strategies.
  • Work in a dynamic environment that rewards adaptability and innovative problem-solving.
Full Job Description
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., Shareworks) and data visualization and AI tools (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx, Claude, Gemini, 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: $130,000 - $162,500 CAD annually.

Expected Total Compensation: $130,000 - $162,500 CAD annually.

The compensation information, above, reflects our reasonable expectation for this role based on several factors, including current market conditions. Final compensation will be determined through individual assessment of experience, skills, qualifications, and other job-relevant factors. Actual offers may vary within or, only in exceptional circumstances, outside the stated range based on the candidate's unique qualifications and our comprehensive evaluation process. We are committed to equitable compensation practices in compliance with applicable employment laws.

About Tipalti

Tipalti is a financial management solution that helps businesses automate their entire global payables operation. Tipalti streamlines all manual supplier payment processes including payee onboarding, tax compliance, invoice processing, global payments, early payments, and reconciliation. Tipalti also provides real-time payment tracking and AP reporting capabilities. The company serves mid-market and enterprise clients in the advertising, eCommerce, education, healthcare, manufacturing, publishing, and technology industries. Tipalti has won numerous awards for its innovative technology, including being named a Forbes Fintech 50 company and a Deloitte Fast 500 company.
Learn more about Tipalti
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2010

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