Director of Corporate Accounting

About the Company

If you want to build, develop, and see your impact, join Skillz and level up your Career!

Skillz, the first publicly-traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide, is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games, the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.

At Skillz, we understand the thrill of achievement and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges. Want to join a team made up of alums from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY, Twitch, DraftKings, Wynn Resorts and more? Learn more to see if Skillz is the right fit for your next career move!

Why Skillz

• Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we create value, obsess over our product, and make a difference in the world.

• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our comprehensive benefits package, which includes 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision expenses for both you and your dependents. Additionally, take advantage of our 401K matching, equity incentives, pre-tax benefit options, and more.

• Wellness Support: Enhance your well-being with our array of wellness initiatives, including meditation and mental health resources, physical fitness coaching and classes, family planning assistance, health and parenting guidance, virtual therapy sessions, and more.

• Time off: We offer competitive paid time off (PTO) & company holidays to help you recharge and pursue your passions.

• Las Vegas Headquarters: Skillz strongly believes in a five-day a week, collaborative office environment at our 36,000+ square foot headquarters. Enjoy free breakfast and catered lunches, snacks, a full-size gym with showers, commuter benefits, insurance, team bonding events and many more.

• Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, and many more.

• Development Opportunities: We hold our employees to high standards while providing them with professional growth opportunities. We operate like a startup, and encourage all of our employees to collaborate and voice feedback about our product and ways we can improve as a business. We believe in never settling, and that also pertains to your growth.

Responsibilities

Payroll & Reconciliation

• Oversee biweekly payroll reconciliation and GL integration for multiple entities, including deductions, expense reimbursements, and Concur administration

• Ensure Dev-Rev Share revenue-share calculations are accurate and delivered on time each cycle

• Maintain 95%+ first-pass accuracy on GL postings with balance sheet reconciliations signed off within 12 calendar days

Financial Close & Consolidation

• Drive monthly hard close within 7 business days at 95% first-pass accuracy

• Own full consolidation process including eliminations, FX, SBC, revenue recognition, tax provisions, and ASC guidance items with no re-bookings required

• Meet SEC filing deadlines: quarterly within 40 days of quarter-end; annual within 75 days of year-end

• Maintain and continuously improve PBC checklist management for audit and quarterly review cycles

Systems & Automation

• Lead implementation of Blackline (Tasks, Recons, Fluxes, SBC tracking) and drive migration from spreadsheet-based reconciliations to NetSuite and Blackline

• Eliminate spreadsheet-based reports from 10-Q and 10-K filings through NetSuite automation

• Document and publish all core closing process workflows on Confluence covering A/P, SBC, PP&E, prepaids, revenue cycle, developer payments, and end-user liabilities

Financial Reporting & Revenue Accounting

• Deliver accurate monthly financial statements (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) with variance analysis and business owner follow-up within 72 business hours of close

• Maintain gross-to-net revenue accounting with consistent SG&A vs. COGS classification and no open issues at year-end

• Support scalable FP&A collaboration with timely journal entries and finalized balance sheet controls

Internal Controls, SOX & Compliance

• Ensure all accounting transactions comply with internal controls: invoice approvals, contract signatures, procurement standards, and vendor setup

• Maintain and periodically test controls pursuant to SOX Section 404(b) with no material deficiencies

• Keep chart of accounts current and NetSuite reports automated to support SEC reporting requirements

• Resolve technical accounting matters impacting close timeliness, cash management, reconciliations, tax filings, and audits in collaboration with Corporate Controllership and FP&A leadership

Key Competencies

• Accounting concepts proficiency: Demonstrated knowledge and experience in developing highly efficient accounting policies and SOPs; including system implementations or conversions. “Individual contributor” mindset with ability to make adjustments to accounting entries if circumstances dictate.

• Prepare Quarterly and Annual Financial reporting package: (balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement) including review of consolidation worksheets and subsidiary reporting packages.

• Technical expertise: Proven record of owning all reporting processes as well as owning the financial consolidation process. Analyze / review accounts for unusual fluctuations or improper postings.

• Oversight of AP/AR

• Accounting systems proficiency: Demonstrated knowledge and experience in working / using / implementing new accounting systems (from a project management perspective) - if specific systems experience is not in what’s below - does the candidate have comparable systems experience.

  • NetSuite (or comparable systems)

  • Workiva

  • GoogleDocs

  • Blackline

• Knowledge of U.S. GAAP: With specific emphasis on consolidations and VIEs / SPEs (ASC 810-10), SBC (ASC 718), business segments (ASC 280), business acquisitions (ASC 805), income taxes (ASC 840), and goodwill impairment testing (ASC 350-40)

Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field

• Experience in monthly recurring tasks of adjusting and closing journal entries and closing financial statements.

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant operational accounting experience

• Minimum 5 years people leadership experience

• 5-7 years of experience in a general ledger or financial analyst position with account reconciliation and financial statement preparation background.

• CPA preferred

• Knowledge of NetSuite, Blackline or other relevant systems

• Public accounting experience is preferred, not required.

Total Compensation including Base + Bonus + Equity: $225,000

Location: Onsite in Las Vegas, NV, USA.

Travel Requirement: Less than 10%

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