Intuit · 5 hours ago
Lead Project Accountant: Fintech Platform and Neo-Banking
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$142K/yr - $192K/yr
7+ years expIntuit is a leading financial software company, and they are seeking a Lead Project Accountant to bridge complex financial contracts and scalable engineering solutions. This role involves owning the entire lifecycle of accounting integration and leading complex end-to-end projects to automate financial processes.
AccountingFinancial ServicesFinTechPaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Requirement Design: Drive the identification of scope, T-accounting requirements, and solutioning for new Fintech initiatives
Cross-Functional Leadership: Direct your program and squad toward strategic goals, managing dependencies across PD, Legal, and Ops
Technical Research: Research and document company positions on technical accounting issues, presenting conclusions to business partners in clear, actionable terms
Quality Assurance: Lead use-case testing and UAT to ensure the build matches the accounting intent perfectly
Financial Integrity: Gather and prepare journal entries for a broad range of accounting areas, ensuring compliance with GAAP and corporate policies
Risk Assessment: Apply expert judgment to ensure the integrity of accruals, reconciliations, and the overall control environment
Audit Partnership: Work directly with external auditors to support financial statement audits and control testing
Continuous Evolution: Constantly look for ways to automate manual "run the business" tasks to accelerate our scaling
Technical Translation: Review complex legal contracts and technical docs to determine accounting impacts (Revenue Recognition, Lease Accounting, etc.) and design the corresponding T-Accounting flows
Requirements Architecture: Translate GAAP conclusions into clear, actionable technical requirements for Product and Engineering teams
End-to-End Orchestration: Drive the "Solution-to-Launch" lifecycle. You aren't just a stakeholder; you are the pilot for solutioning, build phases, UAT, and the critical hypercare period post-launch
Influence & Leadership: While an individual contributor role, you will "manage through influence," directing the work of partner teams and mentoring junior staff on the intersection of finance and technology
Systemic Problem Solving: Identify gaps in our current financial architecture and propose automated, scalable fixes that reduce manual intervention
Qualification
Required
GAAP Subject Matter Expert: Deep expertise in US GAAP is non-negotiable. CPA or a background in technical accounting at a Big 4 firm or a major tech company. 7+ years experience
The 'Builder' Mindset: You don't just identify problems; you enjoy the 'PD Builder' aspect of creating solutions. You understand how data flows through a distributed system
Cross-Functional Navigator: Proven ability to partner with Engineering, Product, Legal, and Operations. You can explain a debit/credit to a developer and a system architecture to a Controller
Execution Rigor: A track record of taking massive, ambiguous projects from a 'whiteboard idea' to a 'successful global launch.'
Must be able to be in either the San Diego or Mountain View office at least 3 times a week
Benefits
Cash bonus
Equity rewards
Benefits
Company
Intuit
Intuit provides financial software solutions to empower individuals and businesses.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.52BKey Investors
JP Morgan Chase
2025-01-31Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
2023-09-12Post Ipo Debt· $4B
2011-01-19Post Ipo Equity· $6.7M
Leadership Team
Sasan Goodarzi
Chief Executive Officer
Alex Balazs
Chief Technology Officer
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