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Plaid is seeking an experienced Accounting Operations professional to own key areas of the financial close and support the company's growth and public readiness. This is a hands-on role that will serve as the primary point of contact for accruals, investments, leases, intercompany activity, and cost allocations throughout the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close cycles.
You will be responsible for preparing and reviewing journal entries, reconciling accounts, analyzing balances and trends, and ensuring completeness and accuracy. Key responsibilities include managing intercompany and consolidation entries across Plaid's multi-entity, multi-currency structure; partnering with FP&A, Strategic Finance, Tax, Treasury, Legal, and Marketing to ensure accurate spend accruals; and serving as the primary contact for your areas during the annual audit.
Beyond day-to-day close activities, you will help build scalable, efficient processes that support Plaid's growth trajectory. This includes documenting and strengthening controls, shortening the close timeline, improving the quality and consistency of supporting documentation, and identifying opportunities to automate manual work. You will be a change agent, leveraging technology and process improvements to scale operations as the business evolves.
Plaid is a fintech infrastructure company founded in 2013, headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York, Seattle, Washington D.C., Raleigh, London, and Amsterdam. The company powers financial connectivity for millions of users and thousands of companies, including Venmo, SoFi, Fortune 500 companies, and major banks.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 6+ years of progressive accounting experience, including Big 4 public accounting, with deep understanding of US GAAP; CPA preferred
- Experience at a public company or with IPO readiness
- Familiarity with SOX compliance and ability to produce audit-ready workpapers
- Experience with multi-entity, multi-currency accounting
- Proficiency with NetSuite, Zip, T&E, and close management platforms is a plus
- Problem solver and first-principles thinker with bias for action, creativity, and willingness to challenge conventional approaches
- Curious, fast learner with growth mindset who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
- Hands-on, can-do attitude; willing to roll up sleeves, dive into details, and own execution
- Proven change agent with track record of improving processes, leveraging technology, and scaling operations
- Strong communicator and collaborator who can effectively engage technical and non-technical stakeholders
