Senior Revenue Accountant, GoFundMe
$91.5-137.5k
+ Equity
Social fundraising platform
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Social fundraising platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$91.5-137.5k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help people fundraise for the personal, business, and charitable causes that matter most to them.
Role
Who you are
- 3–4 years of experience in public accounting (Big 4 or mid-tier); combination of public accounting experience plus 1 year of industry experience at a fintech or payments company preferred
- B.A. or B.S. in Accounting
- CPA or equivalent is preferred
- Breadth of experience in US GAAP and ASC 606 revenue recognition guidance
- Basic experience researching, documenting, and communicating technical accounting matters
- Expert Excel knowledge is required (record sets >1M rows)
- Experience working with databases and SQL across standard commercial databases or ability to learn, is required
- Experience with Looker or similar BI tools is a strong plus
- Excellent problem-solving skills and experience analyzing high volume, multi-currency transactions in a global business environment
- Ability to work meticulously and maintain a high level of accuracy
- Strong interpersonal and team building skills - ability to work with a diverse team and impart change across functional and business boundaries
- Enjoy a fast-paced ever-changing environment where contributions make an immediate difference
What the job involves
- The GoFundMe team is searching for a Senior Revenue Accountant to help us scale the future in a fast-paced environment that's growing rapidly
- This role sits at the heart of GoFundMe's platform, a fast-moving, high-volume, multi-currency payments environment
- Our Senior Revenue Accountant reports to the Revenue Accounting Manager and will play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of revenue recognition across millions of transactions, overseeing our monthly close, and scaling our transactional revenue processes
- You will partner with cross-functional teams, including Payments, Finance, Tax and Data, to strengthen controls, drive automation, and directly influence how GoFundMe manages its payment processing economics
- Manage the month-end and quarter-end close activities including preparation of high-volume transactional revenue journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations and flux analyses
- Lead the design, scaling, and continued automation of transactional revenue accounting, including revenue recognition, accounts receivable, and contra-revenue across GoFundMe’s global payments infrastructure
- Assist with monthly and quarterly revenue financial reporting packages by preparing supporting schedules tied to transactional activity
- Prepare and analyze payment processor interchange pricing models and present findings and recommendations related cost savings
- Monitor and reconcile high-volume, multi-currency payment flows across multiple payment processors, identifying anomalies and ensuring accuracy of transaction-level revenue data
- Support cross-functional teams (Payments, Finance, Tax, Data, etc) in the development of standard operating procedures as they impact the revenue process and top line results and ensure that all revenue impacting activities are identified and assessed for revenue recognition implications
- Assist with the global and stat audits by preparing supporting audit workpapers and schedules
- Assist with new system implementations and integrations by preparing use cases and user testing, with a focus on payment and transaction processing systems
- Assist in the development and implementation of controls over transactional - level data used for revenue reporting
- Track and review revenue related contracts to ensure revenue implications are documented and in compliance with the company’s revenue policy
- Assist in ad-hoc analyses and projects across various teams
Our take
One of the most well-known fundraising platforms in the world, GoFundMe makes raising money online exceptionally easy. The platform initially focused on charity and good causes, but its scope has now expanded to include start-up business funding. What makes the platform attractive is its ability to democratise fundraising.
GoFundMe's rapid rise in popularity has been helped by its social media integrations and the speed at which individuals can start funds. With strategic foresight, the company launched its GoFundMe Guarantee in 2016, a pledge to protect donors from fraud or platform misuse - knowing that its continued growth could only be hampered by security issues or donor deception. This guarantee is what has enabled the company to remain the largest crowdfunding platform in the world.
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Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Wide range of health insurance options, including medical, dental, and vision (GoFundMe covers 100% of employee premiums, and 80% of spouse and dependents)
- $600 annual fitness and wellness reimbursement
- Weekly massages
- Standing desks
- Fully-stocked kitchens & daily lunches
- Team off-sites & monthly social events
- Many of our offices are dog friendly
- 10 paid holidays, 17 days of accrued vacation per year, unlimited sick time & three volunteer days
- Enhanced parental leaves
- $50/month for employees commuting to and from work (public transit and/or parking)
- Caltrain GoPasses for our Bay Area commuters
- "Gives Back" program, where employees nominate fundraisers weekly for donations from GoFundMe
- Quarterly volunteer events in each office to give back to our local communities
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
- Access to learning tools and resources, including a subscription to Udemy, guest speakers, and internal brown bag sessions
Company HQ
Centennial, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Margaret Richardson
(Chief Marketing & Corporate Affairs Officer)Formerly worked at Airbnb as Vice President of Trust and Director of Global Policy. They worked in Trust & Safety at Apple prior to becoming a Member of Pipeline Angels.
Tim Cadogan
(CEO)CEO since 2020. Previously CEO at OpenX, where they now serve as Chair of the Board. Has also served as Board Director at a number of businesses - they still hold this position at LiveRamp.
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