Dwight is looking for a diligent, detail-oriented, and highly efficient individual to scale up a robust finance department to support our rapidly growing business.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to leverage their experience to professionalize an accounting function for a leading lender to today’s top growth stage companies. The ideal candidate will be meticulously organized, trustworthy/reliable, while actively recommending actions from analysis and exhibiting a growth mindset by improving upon current processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage budget, financial forecasts, and month-end / year-end close processes for presentation to company leadership
• Run point on Dwight Funding annual audit and biannual field examinations
• Manage accounts payable and vendor relationships
• Build out and optimize accounting policies, procedures and internal controls that promote accuracy and efficiency
• Collaborate with other departments to inform other strategic projects, as well help drive high priority system initiatives and improvements
• Prepare general pro-forma financial statements, as well as journal entries, GLs, account analyses, reconciliations, revenue & expense accruals and variance analyses
• Maintain and ensure compliance of licensing, as well as selected corporate filings and renewals
• Support company financing and treasury, including execution of transactions as needed, including bank facilities, debt financing, documentation review and covenants

About You

• Minimum 3 years of relevant accounting experience. You have a demonstrated record of success
• You likely have a BSc degree in Accounting. Being an Excel expert is table stakes
• You have a strong understanding of GAAP and financial acumen with direct experience in managing a monthly closing process
• You demonstrate strong attention to detail. Nothing gets past you
• You’re known for meticulous organization skills. Having a system in place helps you work efficiently and effectively
• You’re growth-oriented and will flag process issues / inefficiencies and take the initiative to implement solutions in partnership with other parts of the business
• You have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment. You can reconcile when something requires precision and accuracy vs when 80% gets you to the desired outcome

Nice to Haves

• Professional certification such as CPA
• Working knowledge of Excel VBA, Python and/or Tableau