Accounting Manager

<div class="content-intro"><p>At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most.</p></div><p><strong>About the Finance team </strong><br>The Finance team ensures Affirm remains financially sound and strategically positioned for growth. Our team manages financial planning, accounting, pricing, vendor management, tax, investor relations, and corporate development. We deliver timely insights, accurate reporting, and careful analysis to support decision-making. From day-to-day financial operations to major investments, we enable sustainable, informed growth by maintaining strong fiscal discipline.<br><br><strong>About the role</strong><br><span style="color: #000000;">Affirm is looking for an experienced <strong>Accounting Manager</strong> to support and manage our international accounting operations, with a focus on statutory accounting, statutory audits, financial statement preparation, local compliance requirements, transfer pricing, and monthly close activities.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">In this role, you will help ensure Affirm’s international entities are supported by accurate books and records, timely close execution, audit-ready documentation, and compliant local reporting. You will coordinate closely with internal Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Payroll, People, Finance, Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting teams, as well as external auditors, accounting firms, tax advisors, and statutory service providers.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">You will bring strong US GAAP and local statutory accounting awareness, excellent project management skills, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams across jurisdictions. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly organized, proactive, and comfortable driving work through cross-functional partners and external providers. </span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">You will be expected to deliver reliable, high-quality results, communicate clearly, and improve processes that make statutory accounting, audit support, and transfer pricing activities more scalable over time.  You are a strong problem solver and communicator who is excited to support Affirm’s continued growth and mission to deliver honest financial products that improve lives.</span></p> <p><br><strong>What you’ll do</strong></p> <ul> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Manage statutory accounting and monthly close activities for international entities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, variance analysis, and close checklist completion.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Coordinate with external accounting, payroll, tax, statutory, and audit providers to ensure accurate local books, timely deliverables, and compliance with local requirements.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Lead statutory audit planning and execution, including auditor onboarding, timelines, status tracking, request management, issue resolution, and stakeholder coordination.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Prepare and review statutory financial statements, disclosures, footnotes, supporting schedules, and tie-outs to trial balances, reconciliations, and audit evidence.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Own PBC coordination and audit testing support by gathering, validating, reviewing, and submitting accurate and complete audit documentation.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Partner with Technical Accounting, Financial Reporting, Tax, Legal, Treasury, Payroll, People, Finance, and external advisors on local accounting requirements, statutory adjustments, and reporting matters.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Manage audit completion and filing activities, including open item resolution, final approvals, signed documents, filing coordination, and completed audit file retention.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Own or support transfer pricing calculations, intercompany invoicing, related journal entries, reconciliations, settlements, and cross-functional alignment.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Review trial balances, general ledger activity, reconciliations, and financial statement variances to identify risks, unusual items, required adjustments, and recurring issues.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Strengthen process improvements and controls across statutory accounting and audit workflows by standardizing templates, improving review checklists, clarifying ownership, documenting key judgments, enhancing audit trails, and building repeatable processes that reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and support audit readiness.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Identify control gaps, process inefficiencies, and documentation weaknesses; partner with stakeholders to implement scalable solutions, improve close governance, and ensure processes remain effective as entities, requirements, and reporting complexity evolve.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Use systems and tools such as NetSuite, Blackline, Excel, Workday, and AI-enabled workflows to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>What we look for</strong></p> <ul> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">CPA professional accounting designation; or 6+ years of relevant professional accounting experience with a bachelor’s degree in business or finance. </span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Public accounting experience preferred, especially audit experience with multinational or public company clients.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Strong knowledge of US GAAP, statutory accounting, financial statement preparation, account reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end close.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Experience supporting or managing statutory audits, including PBC coordination, audit testing, financial statement review, audit completion, and filing.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Experience working with international entities, local accounting requirements, statutory reporting, and external service providers.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Experience with transfer pricing calculations, intercompany invoicing, intercompany reconciliations, and cross-border accounting activity.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple audits, deadlines, entities, and stakeholders at once.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Excellent attention to detail and ability to produce accurate, complete, audit-ready work under tight timelines.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Ability to partner effectively with Technical Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Payroll, People, Finance, external auditors, and local accounting providers.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain audit status, accounting issues, risks, and recommendations clearly.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; line-height: 2;"><span style="color: #000000;">Advanced Excel skills, including lookups, conditional formulas, pivot tables, large dataset analysis, and financial statement support.</span></li> &l