Senior Accountant, Product Finance

Job Description

Job Description

Lead is a fintech building banking infrastructure for embedded financial products and services. We operate an FDIC-insured bank headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.  Additionally, we have offices in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, and New York City, where our technical, product, design, and legal teams operate.

We are built for a constantly evolving financial landscape, where new ventures and technological advancements emerge daily. Guided by a team of entrepreneurs and technologists with decades of experience navigating intricate banking and payments regulations, Lead blends regulatory and technological expertise to help our fintech partners scale their operations with compliance and creativity.

Simply put, Lead offers the essential attributes that every fintech seeks in a partner bank. First, unparalleled technical expertise from a distinguished team of developers with an extensive understanding of the banking and payments systems. Second, oversight expertise, automated compliance systems, and bespoke program management to navigate the ever shifting regulatory landscape. Finally, a commitment to transparency and operational rigor to ensure everyone’s money does what it’s supposed to do.

As a Community Bank, we provide personalized banking services and solutions to support the businesses, individuals, and charitable organizations of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, both in branch and online. We are committed to fostering strong relationships, supporting local economic growth, and we believe in the power of being an integral part of the community we serve.

Role Description :

Lead Bank is seeking a talented senior accountant to support the Bank’s dynamic and growing Banking as a Service (BaaS) product finance function. This role will report to the Product Finance Manager , and will be a critical contributor to month-end close, BaaS program implementation, data analytics, reconciliations, program reporting, and client relations with the Bank’s fintech partners. This role will require significant coordination and communication across departments and functions, including Corporate Accounting, Product, Compliance, Legal, and Engineering.

In this role you will :

• Serve as a key member in completion of reconciliations, including month end close, as it relates to BaaS programs.
• Serve as a point of contact for Accounting with the Product, Engineering, and Compliance teams related to BaaS program implementation, management, and reporting, primarily related to lending and credit card related programs.
• Assist in technical accounting integrations related to BaaS programs.
• Assist in the development and management of data validation, analysis and reconciliations related to general ledger accounts and BaaS programs.
• Assist in the development of reporting and dashboards for daily operational use and management reporting.
• Work cross-functionally to promote process improvements and efficiencies through streamlined data use cases and automatization
• Continuously improve financial processes and systems to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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