Responsible for monthly financial reporting, SEC compliance, general ledger accounting, and collaboration across departments to enhance financial processes.
Better is reimagining home finance and making it faster, cheaper, and easier for everyone to become a homeowner. We leverage creative technology and innovation to make the home buying journey more approachable and understandable and home finance more affordable and accessible. Here are some interesting facts to help you get to know Better:
- We’ve funded over $100 billion in loans for our customers, more than any other fintech
- Yahoo! Finance - Best Mortgage Lender for First Time Homebuyers of January 2025: Best lender for quick approval
- Yahoo! Finance - Best Mortgage Lenders of 2025: Best online mortgage lender
- Fintech Breakthrough Award: Best Lending Innovation Award
- Money Magazine - 8 Best Mortgage Lenders of 2025: Best for fast closing
- We are Forbes’ Best Online Mortgage Lender for 2023
- We have raised over $1.2 billion in equity capital to transform the mortgage industry, the largest financial asset class in the world
We are a place where smart, hungry, ambitious people who want to recognize their full potential thrive.
A Better opportunity:
Our Accounting team is hiring for a proactive and motivated Accounting & Reporting Senior Associate. This individual will enhance the accounting and control environment by being on-the-ground to learn and account for changes with a financial statement impact as well as disclose those changes in the financial statements. The focus will be on external and internal SEC financial reporting, such as 10-K and 10-Q’s, as well as being involved in the corporate ledger accounts. This person will work seamlessly across various departments to obtain the required information to close the books as well as prepare disclosures. The role will have a mix of financial reporting and general ledger accounting and including working on various ad-hoc accounting projects.
Responsibilities:
- Work on monthly financial reporting for our different regulatory and credit stakeholders
- Work on quarterly (10-Q) and annual (10-K) SEC financial reporting as well as build out required disclosures and supporting schedules
- Participate in month end closing by taking ownership of key tasks
- Collaborate with team members to provide useful and necessary financial reports
- Create Journal Entries in the GL along with clear and detailed supporting schedules
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations monthly and investigate and resolve reconciling items
- Listen to, learn from, and partner with members of various departments to continuously develop skill sets and accurately present our financial statements
- Adapt current processes as changes are made to the accounting systems and control environment
- Educate coworkers regarding financial practices, implications, and policies
- Provide ad hoc analyses and supporting documentation to business leaders and key partners
- Support the quarterly review and annual financial statement audit process
Qualifications:
- Degree in accounting, business or finance
- 3-5 years of experience in accounting firm or related field
- Adaptable to multiple and frequent changes in business environment
- Proven expertise with Excel (combining large data sets, sumifs, index/match, vlookups, etc)
- Experience working with Netsuite, Blackline, and Workiva Wdesk a plus
- Experience working at a publicly traded company or pre IPO company a plus
- Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Constantly looking to improve on processes
- Stakeholder management skills
- Willingness and eagerness to be an information sponge, with keen attention to detail
Company Benefits
We are thrilled to offer all our full-time employees the following benefit offerings:
- Benefits eligibility effective DAY ONE
- *$0 medical plan premium offering coverage nationwide paired with our Health Savings Account that includes an employer contribution (*Additional Medical, dental, vision plan options also all with nationwide coverage)
- Flexible PTO
- Immediate virtual mental health support by licensed therapists for our employees and their eligible dependents age 6 and up! First few visits at no cost to you!
- Personalized care for every fertility and family care journey for our employees and their partner!
- Dependent care benefits (i.e. childcare and/or elder care costs) include a company match
- Discount programs and perks including pet Insurance!
The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided.
Disclaimer
Better Home & Finance Holding Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment for our employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status, or any other reason protected by law.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Better will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
Top Skills
Blackline
Excel
NetSuite
Workiva Wdesk
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