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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.
Why Kikoff:
This is a consumer fintech startup, and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes, you can build an exciting business AND have real-life real-customer impact.
About The Role
As the Senior Revenue Accountant, you will report to the Manager of Revenue Accounting and play a key role within the Accounting organization. You will serve as one of two revenue recognition subject matter experts at the Company and ensure that Kikoff’s revenue and revenue-adjacent reporting remains compliant with ASC 606, ASC310, and ASC326. Additionally, you will be responsible for revenue monthly close activities. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in revenue recognition principles, fintech experience, and the ability to collaborate strategically with cross-functional teams to shape new product offerings, evaluate new growth campaigns, and function as a key point of contact for all revenue-related considerations.
What You Will Do:
Develop, implement, and maintain revenue policies, procedures, and processes to ensure compliance with ASC 606 and ASC 310
Ensure the accurate recognition of all revenue streams including lending, credit card, and subscription services
Reconcile data between systems/sources identify discrepancies and collaborate with data and engineering to determine root causes and propose solutions
Play an instrumental role in the month-end financial statement close process by preparing journal entries, balance sheet account reconciliations, and variance analysis
Work with external auditors during the annual financial audit, ensuring compliance with revenue accounting standards, AR balances, CECL requirements and commissions policies
Analyze and review contractual agreements to ensure proper revenue recognition and compliance with credit loss policies
Collaborate with Revenue Accounting Manager to ensure the company’s compliance with ASC 310 and ASC 326 CECL standards, ensuring that appropriate credit loss models are applied to the company's loan portfolios and other relevant assets
Research and review applicable sales tax calculations; review monthly sales tax filings
Partner across multiple cross-functional teams as the leader for all revenue accounting related matters on new products, product feature updates, M&A and business development proposals
Critically analyze non-recurring transactions by properly identifying the accounting implications of various explicit terms and implied nuances, applying appropriate accounting rules and literature and exercising judgment in subjective areas to draw reasonable and acceptable conclusions
About You:
A minimum of 3+ years of experience in revenue accounting, ideally with a mix of industry and public accounting experience
Experience working at or with companies in the fintech, SaaS, financial services
CPA designation required
Experience with ETL tools and other data transformation tools (Alteryx, Metabase, Snowflake, etc.) is a plus
Demonstrated success in leading revenue accounting functions in a dynamic environment managing multiple and changing priorities with ability to understand issues, demonstrate resourcefulness, and proactively resolve problems
You're passionate about building systems and process improvements. You thrive in bringing process and organization to complex environments
Experience implementing ERP, revenue recognition or billing systems is a plus
Ability to automate and simplify large datasets
Ability to lead projects independently
Experience with SOX and internal controls (design, implementation, and execution) is a plus
Excellent organizational abilities, attention to detail, and strong written and oral communication skills
Comfortable with navigating ambiguity, and possessing a strong sense of grit
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.
Please reference the following for more information.
Skills Required
- Minimum of 3+ years of revenue accounting experience
- Experience in fintech, SaaS, or financial services
- CPA designation
- Experience with ETL and data transformation tools
- Experience with ERP and revenue recognition systems
- Experience with SOX and internal controls
Kikoff Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Kikoff and has not been reviewed or approved by Kikoff.
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Healthcare Strength — Employer-paid employee medical, dental, and vision premiums are highlighted across postings and benefits pages. This materially lowers out-of-pocket costs and signals strong core coverage.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Daily meals, snacks, fitness benefits, and substantial commuter support are prominently offered. These perks can meaningfully enhance day-to-day experience, especially for in-office or hybrid roles.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company matching is included in the package. The presence of matching adds long-term financial value even as specific formulas are not publicly detailed.
Kikoff Insights
What We Do
Kikoff is a personal finance platform that offers the simplest credit-building solution out there: $0 fees, 0% interest, and no credit pull. Your credit score is the foundation of your financial health – yet most people don’t have the credit score they deserve. That’s why Kikoff built the most accessible and affordable credit-building solution – it’s also the fastest growing and the top-rated credit building mobile app. Kikoff works whether you’re new to credit or looking for an extra boost. Building credit is just the start; Kikoff is building a personal finance platform designed to help consumers achieve financial wellness. Driven by the co-founders’ and team’s personal experiences, Kikoff’s mission is to provide refreshingly fair, effective, and simple pathways to meet your financial goals. Kikoff is a Series B company and has raised over $42 million in total funding. Investors include Portage Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, GGV, Coatue, Core Innovation Capital, and basketball star Stephen Curry. Kikoff was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Why Work With Us
We are building an organization that maximizes growth and learning; we are invested in helping you grow and achieve what you want in your career. Our principles include a bias towards action, work in public, first principles thinking, intellectual honesty and extreme ownership.
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