Accounting Manager, Plaid
$104.9-214.8k
Salary is dependent on location; + potential for equity
Infrastructure and APIs for FinTech
Be an early applicant
Infrastructure and APIs for FinTech
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$104.9-214.8k
Salary is dependent on location; + potential for equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Plaid's mission is to unlock financial freedom for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years in an accounting role, 2+ years in a people management role
- Proven ability to lead a 5-day (or faster) close process in a fast-paced environment
- CPA certification
- Experience at a public company or IPO experience a plus
- Experience managing international accounting and statutory audits
- Exposure to treasury operations and banking platforms
- Interest or experience in leveraging AI and automation to optimize accounting processes
- Background in process improvement and change management initiatives
- Ability to mentor junior team members and support talent development across the team
What the job involves
- The GL Accounting team is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting across Plaid’s global operations. We manage general ledger accounting, accruals, fixed assets, prepaids, intercompany, consolidations, international statutory reporting, and treasury operations. As the GL Accounting Manager, you will lead a team of accountants across core GL functions and treasury operations. You will oversee the month-end close, ensure compliance with US GAAP and SOX, drive process improvements, and collaborate cross-functionally to support Plaid’s financial operations and scale
- Own and lead the month-end close processes including general ledger, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, intercompany, and consolidations
- Manage daily close checklists, account reconciliations, and variance analyses, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Collaborate cross-functionally with AP, T&E, Corp Fin, Strat Fin, Legal for timely and accurate close processes
- Manage international accounting and annual statutory audit
- Oversee cash and treasury operations
- Revamp key month-end close processes to improve efficiency, accuracy, completeness and SOX compliance
- Develop and mentor team members to build a high-performing function
Our take
Plaid builds infrastructure that allows a consumer to interact with their bank account on the web through a number of third-party applications, like Venmo, Robinhood, Coinbase, Acorns and LendingClub.
Plaid has integrated with 12,000 financial institutions in the US, Canada, the UK and Europe. About a quarter of people living in North America with bank accounts have linked with Plaid through at least one of the hundreds of apps that leverage Plaid’s application program interfaces (APIs). The platform allows companies to create financial services applications without having to hire their own team of engineers to build out a tool that connects apps to its users’ bank accounts.
This is very valuable in a world where there are increasing number of fintechs, so the demand for Plaid's services are only going to grow. Despite its strong position, it has not been immune to the difficult global economic situtation and was forced to restructure at the end of 2022, laying off some of its workforce. However it is still experiencing growth and is well-positioned to weather the current economic uncertainty.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2025
$575m
LATE VC
Apr 2021
$425m
SERIES D
Total funding: $1.3bn
Company benefits
- Monthly wellness stipend (gym on us)
- We offer breakfast, lunch, and dinner to keep you well-fed and healthy (when working from the office)
- From medical, life, dental and pension schemes, we’re here to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing
- We want everyone to feel ownership over their work - literally, which is why we offer equity to full-time Plaids
- Every Plaid is in control of their career development with our learning stipends, tools, and trainings
- We give Plaids the freedom and flexibility to choose where they work - whether that is in a Plaid office, at home in any supported location, or a mix of both!
- Two weeks of synchronous, company-wide vacation
- We want to make sure you have time to meet your personal needs with unlimited PTO
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Zach Perret
(CEO)He was a Consultant at Bain and previously a Research Fellow and Trustee at Duke before co-founding Plaid
William Hockey
(Board Director)He was previously an associate at Bain and has since moved on from Plaid to become Co-CEO at Column
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