Director, Accounting
Pagaya Investments
About Pagaya
Shape the Future of Finance
Pagaya is building a leading artificial intelligence network to help our partners grow their businesses and better serve their customers.
Pagaya is a global technology company making life-changing financial products and services available to more people nationwide, as it reshapes the financial services ecosystem. By using machine learning, a vast data network and a sophisticated AI-driven approach, Pagaya provides comprehensive consumer credit and residential real estate solutions for its partners, their customers, and investors. Its proprietary API and capital solutions integrate into its network of partners to deliver seamless user experiences and greater access to the mainstream economy. Pagaya has offices in New York and Tel Aviv. For more information, visit pagaya.com.
Let's create better outcomes together!
About the Role
Pagaya is seeking a Director of Accounting to support our Finance function, particularly our Single Family Rental (SFR) business and funds. In this role, you will be responsible for leading and maintaining the operations of the accounting department.
Ideally, this candidate has prior experience with public companies, Fin-tech, broker-dealers, banking, or other financial services companies.
Responsibilities
- Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of all financial reporting activities related to the SFR business and fund.
- Oversee the payroll function, inclusive of RSUs, options, and ESPP
- Provide technical accounting support for complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, Joint Ventures, new products, revenue recognition, etc.
- Maintain headcount and budgeting for SFR business.
- Partner with the Tax team to manage the US tax returns and for the SFR business
- Responsible for identifying and designing robust operational controls.
- Assist with the implementation of new or emerging accounting pronouncements (ASC 606, ASC 842, etc.) and prepare technical memos as needed.
- Partner with our SOX Director to oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of adequate internal controls to safeguard our financial integrity
- Ad-hoc support for the quarterly and annual Board of Directors
- Work closely with the Treasury team on SFR-related financing facilities
- Work with external and internal auditors on requests for assistance.
- Work closely with the FP&A team on forecasts and modeling exercises.
- Prepare audit schedules and interface with external auditors as necessary.
- Assist with ad hoc projects and responsibilities as needed.
Requirements
- Degree in Finance or Accounting: CPA and Big 4 experience preferred.
- 8+ years of accounting experience; public accounting experience preferred.
- Knowledge of single family rental business
- Working knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley, GAAP and SEC Regulations.
- Strong communication and analytical skills.
- Excellent computer skills including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
The pay ranges for New York-based hires are commensurate with candidate experience.
Pay ranges for candidates working in locations other than New York may differ based on the cost of labor in that location.
Our Team
Pagaya was founded in 2016 by seasoned research, finance, and technology entrepreneurs with our head quarters located in NYC and Tel Aviv.
We move fast and smart, identifying new opportunities and building end-to-end solutions from AI models and unique data sources. Every Pagaya team member is solving new and exciting challenges every day in a culture based on partnership, collaboration, and community.
Join a team of builders who are working every day to enable better outcomes for our partners and their customers.
Our Values
- Continuously Learn- We challenge ourselves for the sake of getting better as individuals, as teams, and as an organization to deliver for our partners.
- Debate and Commit- We respectfully and openly debate to strengthen our ideas and build shared conviction - once we decide, we go all in, together.
- Dream Big and Act- We boldly tackle complex problems, pressure-test solutions in real-time, and adapt with speed and energy.
- Advance Inclusion- We create a world where everyone can win, designing systems that better represent people and generate sustainable value for our employees, partners and investors.
- Be Accountable Together- We proudly own our actions and our results, taking initiative to ensure our work gets over the finish line as a team.
More than just a job
We believe health, happiness, and productivity go hand-in-hand. That's why we're continually looking to enhance the ways we support you with benefits programs and perks that allow every Pagayan to do the best work of their life.