Senior Technical Accountant
LemFi provides international payment products for immigrants, including multi-currency wallets, global money transfers, payment requests, and eSIM connectivity.
About LemFi
LemFi is a financial technology company offering international payment products designed to help immigrants thrive financially. Its services include multi-currency wallets, international money transfers to more than 30 countries, money requests and payment links, and eSIM connectivity. Transfers can be sent to bank accounts, mobile money, and other destinations, typically arriving within minutes.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own Group accounting policies, prepare technical accounting papers, assess new products before launch, and serve as the primary audit contact for complex accounting matters. You will define transaction-accounting rules, support consolidation, and maintain the technical accounting log.
Requirements
- ACA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent qualification
- 7+ years of post-qualification experience
- Big 4 or similar audit background, or in-house technical accounting experience
- Experience in remittance, payments, e-money, or similar regulated financial services
- Knowledge of US GAAP and FRS 102 or IFRS
- Experience with CECL or IFRS 9 credit-loss accounting
- Technical accounting writing and audit-stakeholder communication skills
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain the Group accounting policy manual
- Write technical papers on key accounting judgement areas
- Assess accounting treatment for new products, markets, partnerships, and funding facilities
- Lead technical audit areas and resolve audit findings
- Define transaction-accounting rules and embed them in NetSuite controls
- Maintain US GAAP-to-statutory reconciliations and support consolidation
- Run and review a technical accounting log
