Technical Accounting and Special Projects Manager, Qualia
$130-185k
+ Equity
2+ days a week in office
Digital real estate closing platform and settlement software
Be an early applicant
Digital real estate closing platform and settlement software
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$130-185k
+ Equity
2+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create a secure, seamless home buying experience for all.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of relevant accounting experience and CPA are required
- Big 4 public accounting or equivalent national firm experience is required
- Previous consulting, audit, or industry experience with SaaS, fintech, or payments companies is required
- Technical knowledge and hands-on experience with ASC 606 is required
- Working knowledge of ASC 805 (purchase accounting) is required
- Proven track record of researching complex accounting matters, drafting technical accounting documentation, and advising leadership on accounting implications
- Comfort with ambiguity, adaptability to dynamic priorities, and ability to lead ad-hoc special projects outside standard accounting responsibilities
- AI-forward: Actively uses AI tools (e.g., Claude, Gemini) to accelerate documentation, testing, and evidence workflows; both experimenting, and ultimately operationalizing
What the job involves
- Qualia's accounting function sits at the center of a fast-growing SaaS business navigating complex revenue arrangements, evolving GAAP guidance, and M&A activity. This role owns the technical accounting, financial reporting, and provides deal support from due diligence through post-close integration. The role is also instrumental in supporting operational accounting
- You'll work closely with Business Development, Legal, Tax, FP&A, and the Controller to make sure technical conclusions are sound, documented, and reflected correctly in the financials
- This role reports to the Controller
- Technical Accounting and Reporting
- Research and document complex accounting matters under U.S. GAAP
- Draft and maintain technical accounting memos and accounting policy documentation
- Own financial statements including footnote disclosures
- Serve as key contributor in annual financial statement audits
- Advise on complex accounting topics, including revenue recognition, equity transactions, debt modifications, business combinations, consolidation, and impairment analyses
- Monitor emerging accounting standards and assess applicability to the company
- Lead the resolution of complex technical corporate accounting matters across the monthly and quarterly close
- Assist the Accounting Team in implementing processes needed to support technical conclusions, e.g. proper journal entries, reconciliations, clear ownership, and effective controls
- Anticipate emerging accounting standards, shape accounting policy and change-management efforts, and translate new guidance into practical implementation strategies, financial statement disclosures, reporting calendars, and scalable reporting processes
- Special Projects
- Lead purchase accounting activities under ASC 805, including valuation coordination, opening balance sheet review, and transaction accounting. Prepare related technical accounting memoranda supporting transaction-related conclusions
- Explore/support accounting policy changes that may benefit the company
- Participate in process improvements across accounting operations
- Lead ad hoc projects as needed
- Operational Accounting Support
- Support the monthly closes, eg financial reviews, variance analysis
- Assist with complex account reconciliations
- Assist revenue team in ensuring compliance with ASC 606
- Assist in reviewing non-standard, complex customer contracts and associated outcomes in automated systems
Our take
For real estate agents, closing on a property involves a complex set of multiple transactions and endless paperwork, which can risk confusing and frustrating the buyer. The real estate industry has been slow to innovate and leverage technology to create a more streamlined experience, compared to industries such as retail.
Qualia is the first end-to-end online real estate closing platform. Its suite of products brings together homebuyers and sellers, lenders, title & escrow agents, and real estate agents onto one secure, remote platform. Since launching in 2015, over half a million real estate professionals have used Qualia for their clients.
Although fully digital real estate closings still account for only a small fraction of overall closings, the company is focused on enabling all existing participants to digitize — and eventually the entire industry. According to Qualia, it’s the only way to get enough scale to actually move the process forward.
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Insights
-17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2021
$40m
LATE VC
Dec 2020
$65m
SERIES D
Total funding: $200m
Company benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision: Healthcare plans to keep your mind and body healthy.
- Competitive salary & equity: Our team builds together and benefits together.
- Flexible schedules: Our focus is on results so work at your peak hours.
- Customized workstations: It helps to build the best when your tools are the best.
- Unlimited learning: Better yourself with in-house and external courses.
- Hot meals & a stocked kitchen: Daily catered lunches so you’re always well fed.
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Nate Baker
(Founder & CEO)Nate is also the Founder of Fractal Software where they serve as a Chairman. Previously, they Founded Nebu where they served as the CEO.
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