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Companies like Mercury, Flex, and Novo rely on Lithic's developer-friendly APIs, direct network connections, and flawless reconciliation to launch and scale card programs in weeks, not years.\nWe're building a future where access to better financial products materially improves people's lives, free from the constraints of 30-year-old mainframes and legacy processors. We're proud to be backed by world-class investors who share that vision, including Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Spark Capital, Stripes, and Mastercard, along with many others. \nWe're a team of 170+ across 26 states and 7 countries, headquartered in New York City. \nLithic is hiring a Senior Accountant to own the annual audit, support AP and AR activity, and drive the month-end close alongside the Accounting Manager. This role is the technical backbone of the accounting team. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement below!\nWhat You'll Do\nServe as the day-to-day lead on external audit requests - managing the PBC list, timeline, and fieldwork logistics, preparing schedules, workpapers, and tie-outs, and responding to auditor inquiries.\nOwn product-level cash reconciliations across network payables, customer receivables, interchange, chargebacks, and fees - ensuring every dollar movement across the card lifecycle ties out between internal ledgers, processor/network reporting, and bank statements.\nInvestigate reconciliation discrepancies using transaction-level data, document root causes, and partner with Data and Engineering to resolve underlying issues.\nReview AP and AR activity - payments, employee reimbursements, card issuance, invoicing, deferred revenue schedules, and credit application.\nPrepare and review month-end journal entries - accruals, allocations, reclasses - with adequate support and approval.\nBack up the Accounting Manager on monthly close to ensure timely, accurate reporting, including variance analysis and cost-saving opportunities.\nResearch and document technical accounting positions, and help maintain and enforce company policies and procedures.\nEvaluate workflows and procedures, recommending and implementing changes that increase accuracy and efficiency.\nProvide guidance and technical review to junior team members, plus support for ad hoc analyses and projects.\nWhat You Bring\nBA/BS in Accounting with 4+ years in Big 4 and/or on a startup accounting team.\nFinTech experience preferred - familiarity with payments concepts (settlement, interchange, funds flow), or the ability to learn complex transactional data models quickly.\nAbility to write basic SQL to retrieve, filter, join, and summarize transactional data, with an investigative mindset to identify and explain discrepancies.\nDemonstrated use of AI tools (e.g., Claude) and advanced Excel to work through large, complex data sets - reconciliations, variance analysis, memo drafting, and process documentation.\nExperience working directly with auditors on an independent financial statement audit, with working knowledge of GAAP.\nAdvanced ERP experience (preferably NetSuite) and hands-on AP/AR work, including subledger-to-GL reconciliation.\nCustomer service-level communication skills with attention to accuracy and detail.\nDesire to succeed, adapt, and grow in a fast-paced organization, with an approachable demeanor that inspires trust.\nExperience with Salesforce, Ramp, Google Suite, and/or Looker is a plus.\nThe annual US salary range for this role is $89,000 - $120,000 plus equity. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Lithic and will be narrowed during the interview process based on the candidate’s experience and qualifications. \nThis is a hybrid position. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance to our NYC office in Soho. We do not offer visa sponsorship or assistance.\nBenefits for Full-Time US Employees:\nUnlimited PTO\n12-weeks fully paid parental leave\n4-Week Fully Paid Sabbatical (earned at your 5-year anniversary)\nWork From Anywhere: work from anywhere in the world 4-weeks each year\n3% cashback on card purchases with your complimentary Privacy.com employee account\nHealth, vision, and dental insurance; HSA Contribution Match\n401(k) match\nVoluntary Life Insurance and STD/LTD\nNYC-based employees work from our SoHo office three days a week. 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