Senior Manager - Accounting

About Us:

DailyPay is the leader in On-Demand Pay, helping employers modernize how people get their pay. DailyPay serves more than 1,900 employers and over 6 million employees, including many of the world's most recognized brands. By providing real-time access to earned pay and financial wellness tools, DailyPay helps employees manage their finances and helps employers attract and retain talent. DailyPay is helping define the future of pay, where money moves at the speed of work. Learn more at DailyPay's Press Center.

The Role:

The Senior Manager - Accounting leads the financial reporting and core accounting functions to ensure the accuracy and integrity of DailyPay’s financial statements. You will establish operational objectives for the accounting team, orchestrate the month-end close process, and manage critical relationships with external auditors. By driving process improvements and ensuring GAAP compliance, you provide the financial foundation that supports DailyPay’s strategic growth and operational excellence.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Lead Financial Reporting: Direct the global month-end, quarterly, and year-end close processes, ensuring all reporting is delivered accurately and in accordance with US GAAP

• Establish Operational Objectives: Define and execute departmental goals that improve financial accuracy, shorten the close cycle, and enhance overall reporting transparency

• Manage Technical Accounting: Serve as the subject matter expert for complex accounting topics, including revenue recognition, equity compensation, and capitalized software costs

• Orchestrate External Audits: Lead the annual audit process by serving as the primary liaison with external auditors and ensuring the timely delivery of all required schedules and documentation

• Drive Process Automation: Identify and implement system optimizations within NetSuite and other fintech stacks to automate manual workflows and scale with the business

• Strengthen Internal Controls: Maintain and enhance the internal control environment (SOX-readiness), ensuring all financial activities are documented and compliant with company policies

• Team Leadership & Mentorship: Manage a team of accounting professionals, fostering a culture of high performance, professional development, and technical excellence

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Legal, Engineering, and Product teams to ensure the accurate accounting treatment of new product launches and complex business transactions

What You Bring to The Team:

• CPA Certification: Active CPA license is required, demonstrating a mastery of technical accounting standards and financial reporting requirements

• ERP Mastery: Advanced proficiency with NetSuite and reconciliation software (e.g., BlackLine), with a track record of driving large-scale system implementations or optimizations

• Strategic Problem Solving: Proven ability to solve complex financial challenges and establish long-term work plans that align with broader organizational goals

• Executive Communication: Exceptional ability to articulate complex financial results and technical accounting issues to non-financial stakeholders and executive leadership

• Analytical Precision: Strong data literacy and the ability to manage large, complex datasets to identify trends, variances, and operational efficiencies

What We Offer:

• Exceptional health, vision, and dental care

• Opportunity for equity ownership

• Life and AD&D, short- and long-term disability

• Employee Assistance Program

• Employee Resource Groups

• Fun company outings and events

• Unlimited PTO

• 401K with company match

High-performing cultures aren't built in silos, they thrive on partnership. At DailyPay, we Commit Together to an inclusive, professional environment where multifaceted perspectives are our greatest competitive advantage. We recognize that our team members don’t live “single-issue lives,” and we lean into the wide-ranging backgrounds and life stages that sharpen our collective decision-making.

In our high-trust environment, we empower you to Challenge Norms. We’ve created a space where it is safe to ask difficult questions, disrupt the status quo, and share bold perspectives without fear of professional fallout. We believe that by checking our own assumptions and staying curious about the experiences of others, we arrive at better, more innovative results.

We provide the space for you to do your best work through peer advocacy and transparent career development. If you are looking for a culture that values intellectual honesty, celebrates the unique lived experiences of its people, and thrives on collective success, you’ll find it here.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the recruitment process, please send a request to [email protected]. All requests for accommodation will be addressed as confidentially as practicable.

DailyPay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, political affiliation, marital or partnership status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth (or related medical conditions), sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, genetic disorder, genetic predisposition, carrier status, military status, familial status, or domestic violence victim status and any other basis protected under federal, state, or local laws.