Staff Accountant

Join a fast growing start up changing the real estate investing industry!

Backflip is a venture-backed FinTech company that empowers anyone to improve their life and their neighborhood through real estate investing. To do that, we need people who are inspired to reimagine and rebuild an outdated and unbalanced system; to support and celebrate America’s local entrepreneurs. Check out the Backflip app here to experience first hand how we're making a difference through our technology.

Backflip’s Finance & Accounting team provides data-driven insights to inform strategic, financial, and operational decision-making across the company. We're seeking a driven and detail-oriented Staff Accountant to play an integral role in our growing organization’s Accounting function. In this role, you will be a key contributor in designing, building and managing an institutional end-to-end accounting process, including monthly close, external audit, tax & compliance, financial reporting and systems implementations. We’re looking for someone who possesses strong organizational skills with a passion for analytical details, and thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. Success in this role requires the ability to learn quickly while balancing structure and autonomy.

This position is remote (U.S.) and a rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor (~70 person team) working directly with senior leaders in a well-capitalized startup with a great culture (Check out our recently announced $15M Series A).

What You’ll Do:

• Support Backflip’s accounting function for the parent entity + subsidiaries
• Manage ongoing responsibilities to ensure compliance with GAAP, internal policies and reporting requirements
• Perform full cycle general ledger process including: i) cash/treasury; ii) AP/AR; ii) journal entries; iii) account reconciliations, and; iv) variance analysis
• Assist with process improvement and system implementations to support the company's growth
• Monitor compliance with third-party credit agreements
• Participate in 3rd-party annual financial audits
• Act as a business partner; ‘think like an owner’ to establish and instill best practices across the organization
• Manage relationships with external partners (vendors, auditors, credit facilities)
• Assist with ad hoc projects, research, and software improvements within real estate, technology, & lending industries

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• 3 - 5+ years of relevant accounting experience
• Experience with third-party financial audits 
• Public accounting experience plus industry experience with in least one of the following industries preferred: i) real estate investments; ii) credit products; iii) mortgages, or; iv) early stage VC-backed startups (especially PropTech or FinTech)
• Advanced proficiency with Netsuite, QuickBooks, and spreadsheets (Excel / Google Sheets)
• Experience with ERP systems migrations preferred
• Execution-oriented “one-team” mindset with motivation and scrappiness to achieve objectives under pressure with limited resources
• Excellent communication skills to various audiences (written + verbal)
• Ability to multi-task with exceptional self-directed time management & prioritization

This candidate will champion Backflip’s culture & Core Values:

• Raise the standard of what is possible
• Embrace being the novice to become the master
• Work only with those who want the best for us
• Communicate quickly, naturally and with radical candor
• Test new things to invent and challenge the status quo
• Today, nay now!

Compensation for this role includes a base salary of $115,000 plus an annual bonus of $3,000, and is based on a variety of factors including prior experience, geographic location, stock option grant, and other factors, and may fall outside of the stated range for certain candidates. In addition to a competitive market salary, Backflip employees receive equity stock options, paid health care, and a 401K + company match, among other industry-leading benefits.

All Backflip positions are Remote. Like the people we serve, we believe being free to create wherever you’re most inspired is one of life’s greatest joys. It’s better for individuals, for community, and for fostering great work to emerge. With our work-from-anywhere approach, Backflip brings together a diverse team of individuals, with passions for innovation, art, coding, AI, data, finance, film, real estate, the environment, learning and teaching. Together, we're moving fast.

Backflip is an equal opportunity employer. We know that building a world-class organization is not possible without an intentional focus on recruiting, empowering, promoting and rewarding the best and brightest people of all backgrounds. Backflip focuses on hiring individuals that align with its Core Values (listed above), and consistently display a high ethical standard, both personally and professionally.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.