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Job Description
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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Time off: We offer competitive paid time off (PTO) & company holidays to help you recharge and pursue your passions.
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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.
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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.
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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.
About the Role
As Director of Corporate Accounting, you'll sit at the nerve center of our financial operations; the person whose work directly shapes how leadership sees the business, how investors trust it, and how confidently we move into our next chapter of growth. This isn't a "keep the lights on" role. You'll manage the integrity of our financial statements, set the pace on the monthly financial close cycle, collaborate on quarterly and annual audits, and lead a function that touches every corner of the company; from the precision of our payables and receivables to the timeliness of our reporting process. The decisions you enable matter: when the board maps strategy, when leadership weighs a major investment, when stakeholders evaluate our trajectory, your work is the foundation they stand on. You'll bring rigor and velocity together, making sure our close process is tight, our audit cycles run smoothly, and our transactional operations hum with efficiency; all while having real ownership, high visibility, and the chance to put your fingerprints on something meaningful.
Responsibilities
Financial Close & Consolidation
- Deliver accurate monthly financial statements (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, equity rollforward) with variance analysis and business owner follow-up within 72 business hours of close
- 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
- Maintain gross-to-net revenue accounting with consistent SG&A vs. COGS classification and no open issues at year-end
- Maintain and continuously improve PBC checklist management for audit and quarterly review cycles
- Collaborate with FP&A to ensure timely and accurate journal entries and financial statement related controls
Reconciliation
- Oversee reconciliation process 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
Systems & Automation
- Manage Blackline (Tasks, Recons, Fluxes, SBC tracking) and drive migration from spreadsheet-based reconciliations to NetSuite and Blackline
- Eliminate spreadsheet-based reports 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, among other considerations
Internal Controls, SOX & Compliance
- Ensure all accounting transactions comply with internal controls: invoice approvals, contract signatures, procurement standards, and vendor setup
- Keep chart of accounts current and NetSuite reports automated to support SEC reporting requirements
- Help resolve technical accounting matters impacting close timeliness, cash management, reconciliations, tax filings, and audits in collaboration with Finance and Accounting leadership
Key Competencies
- Accounting concepts proficiency: Demonstrated knowledge and experience in developing highly efficient accounting policies and SOPs; including system implementations or conversions.
- Prepare internal reporting package monthly, quarterly and annually: (balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement) including review of consolidation worksheets and subsidiary reporting packages.
- Technical expertise: Proven record of owning internal reporting processes, including the financial consolidation process. Prepare flux analyses to identify and explain variances 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)
- GoogleDocs
- Blackline
- Workiva
- 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), indirect software for internal use (ASC 350-40), among other considerations
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.
- Active CPA required
- Masters of Business Administration or Accounting 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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Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.