Job description
Why join us
Brex is the AI-powered spend platform. We help companies spend with confidence with integrated corporate cards, banking, and global payments, plus intuitive software for travel and expenses. Tens of thousands of companies from startups to enterprises — including DoorDash, Flexport, and Compass — use Brex to proactively control spend, reduce costs, and increase efficiency on a global scale.
Working at Brex allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream. We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career.
Accounting at Brex
The Accounting team at Brex ensures we produce accurate and timely financial results to stakeholders to guide the business forward. We go beyond closing the books — we automate, iterate, and improve processes in close collaboration with partners across the business. The team also serves as power users and thought leaders for Brex’s own products. We bring precision and curiosity to everything we build, combining deep ownership with a product mindset to help shape the future of finance.
What you’ll do
The Accounting Manager will play a key role in ensuring the integrity of our financial records and in developing scalable and sustainable processes as the business grows. As the Accounting Manager, you will be exposed to a variety of areas, including but not limited to our charge card, payment, and SaaS products, cash movements, account reconciliations, fluctuation analysis, and more. You will work cross-functionally within a detail-oriented environment where creative problem-solving is highly valued. The Accounting Manager is expected to manage multiple priorities concurrently without compromising quality, accuracy or completeness.
Where you’ll work
This role will be based in our Seattle office. You must be willing to work in the office at least 2 days per week on Wednesday and Thursday. Employees will be able to work remotely for up to 4 weeks per year, for a minimum of one week at a time.
Responsibilities
- Ownership of the end-to-end accounting processes, reconciliations, policies and activities for core Brex products (i.e. Brex Card and SaaS) and partnership agreements. This includes accounting for rewards, evaluating the appropriateness of related estimates and assumptions, ensuring appropriate revenue recognition for SaaS, and accounting for strategic partnership arrangements.
- Ensure timely close through the preparation and review of journal entries, reconciliations and variance analytics, as well as coordination with FP&A
- Identify and deliver process improvements via cross functional collaboration
- Create sustainable, repeatable and scalable processes, including the review and update of process documentation
- Act as the subject matter expert on the above areas and work with technical accounting team to research, resolve and communicate technical issues
- Play a strategic role and serve as the primary liaison between accounting, finance, and the broader business organization for new initiatives and projects.
Requirements
- College graduate with a 4-year degree in Accounting or related field
- 4-6 years of public accounting and/or private industry experience
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and address difficult situations in a professional manner
- Innovative and able to provide “outside of the box” solutions
- Passion for having an owner’s mentality towards responsibilities and for career growth
- Experience implementing and improving business processes and systems
- Talented and highly motivated with a self-starter mentality
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to manage deadlines effectively
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
- Effective verbal, listening, and written communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets
Bonus Points
- Licensed CPA
- A combination of public accounting and private industry experience
- Relevant experience in credit card/payment processing
- Knowledge and experience using NetSuite, Looker, and/or other data visualization/ automation software
Compensation
The expected salary range for this role is $120,000- $155,000. However, the starting base pay will depend on several factors, including the candidate’s location, skills, experience, market demands, and internal pay parity. Depending on the position offered, equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.
Please be aware, job-seekers may be at risk of targeting by malicious actors looking for personal data. Brex recruiters will only reach out via LinkedIn or email with a brex.com domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Brex via other sources should be ignored.
