Associate Director, Corporate Accounting

Associate Director, Corporate Accounting

Deel processes payroll, payments, and financial transactions for tens of thousands of companies across 150+ countries. This role owns the revenue accounting backbone and the design, validation, and QA of our financial event architecture, driving accuracy and compliance across our platform.

Responsibilities

Revenue Accounting Leadership

• Own the end-to-end revenue recognition process, ensuring compliance with ASC 606 and US GAAP for all products.
• Lead monthly and quarterly close for revenue streams, managing journal entries, reconciliations, and variance analysis.
• Prepare and review revenue-related disclosures for financial reporting and external audits.
• Partner with Technical Accounting to research and document positions for complex, multi‑element arrangements and new product launches.
• Build and maintain a scalable revenue accounting function for high‑volume, multi‑currency transactions.

Corporate Accounting and Close

• Own validation of critical financial line items derived from the internal finance integration.
• Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and variance analysis tied to integration‑generated events.
• Prepare, review, and support external audit processes related to integration outputs.
• Apply US GAAP knowledge to design audit‑ready financial events.
• Develop and maintain accounting positions for complex, multi‑currency and multi‑entity flows.
• Embed internal controls into integration design and QA processes.

Finance Integration Design and QA

• Own design, validation, and QA of financial figures generated by the internal finance integration platform.
• Define accounting logic for financial events, ensuring compliance with US GAAP before deployment.
• Validate that financial event architecture feeds data accurately into accounting systems and the general ledger.
• Identify gaps in data capture or classification and drive cross‑functional solutions to reduce manual reconciliation.
• Maintain integrity between the integration layer and downstream financial reporting.

Engineering and Product Partnership

• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to design and validate the financial event architecture.
• Define accounting logic for new product features, ensuring financial events are structured correctly before shipping.
• Worked closely with analytics to validate reporting outputs and build dashboards for real‑time integration accuracy.
• Translate technical system behavior into accounting‑compliant financial event design.
• Support development of scalable data pipelines and monitoring tools with data analytics.

FP&A and Analytics Collaboration

• Partner with FP&A and analytics teams to build robust revenue forecasting models and financial reporting modules.
• Translate accounting outputs into business‑readable metrics for planning, investor reporting, and executive decision‑making.
• Contribute to variance analysis and revenue commentary that links accounting actuals to business drivers.
• Support scalable data pipelines and dashboards providing real‑time revenue performance visibility.

Required

• CPA designation.
• 7+ years progressive accounting experience, including a high‑growth fintech, payments, or SaaS environment.
• Deep technical knowledge of ASC 606 and US GAAP, including multi‑element arrangements and complex transaction environments.
• Proven experience designing financial systems with engineering or product teams.
• Hands‑on experience with NetSuite.
• Experience with multi‑currency transactions and cross‑border payment flows.
• Technical orientation – comfortable engaging with engineering and translating technical logic into accounting outcomes.
• Ability to operate in ambiguity and build structure where none exists.

Nice to have

• Strong command of data tools; experience with SQL, Looker, or similar analytics platforms.
• Experience in high‑volume cross‑border payments and multi‑currency payroll.
• Exposure to SOX compliance and internal controls design.
• Background coordinating across global finance teams and external auditors.
• Familiarity with ERP and billing systems such as Stripe, Zuora, or similar platforms.

Why this role matters

Deel’s financial infrastructure spans more countries, currencies, and payment types than almost any other platform. This role shapes the future of how financial events are defined, validated, and reported, ensuring confidence in our data at scale.

Total Rewards

• Salary range is a gross base salary; commissions included in OTE for commercial roles.
• Salary quoted in USD; offers localized to local currency.
• Final pay based on experience, skills, and location.
• No salary history requested; offers based on job‑related criteria.

Things you’ll enjoy

• Stock grant opportunities depending on role, employment status, and location.
• Additional perks and benefits based on employment status and country.
• Flexibility of remote work, including optional WeWork access.

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