Director of Accounting - Skillz Inc.

About Skillz

Skillz is the leading mobile games platform dedicated to bringing out the best in everyone through competition. As the first publicly-traded (NYSE: SKLZ) mobile esports platform, Skillz has pioneered the future of the gaming industry by accelerating the convergence of sports, video games, and media for an exploding mobile-first audience worldwide. The Skillz platform empowers developers to create multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz hosts billions of casual esports tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide to build the home of competition for all. 

Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Best Workplaces for Innovators, CNBC's Disruptor 50, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, and the number-one fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000. www.skillz.com

What We're Looking For: 

We are currently seeking a Director Accounting to join Skillz and play a key role in ensuring accurate financial reporting and maintaining the integrity of our financial statements. This role will be responsible for providing deep accounting expertise, enhancing SOX controls, ensuring compliance, minimizing audit hours and providing thought leadership. The ideal candidate will have worked in a successful high-growth company and can bring such experiences to Skillz as we continue to define the future of esports and mobile gaming. 

What You Will Do: 

• Work directly with senior accounting leaders to manage the company's General Ledger accounting functions, including journal entries, month-end checklist, account reconciliations, etc.

• Functional assessment & planning for operational effectiveness: assess current accounting policies and recommend new ones. Achieved by the creation of an accounting policy assessment, which documents current policies (assesses their effectiveness) and lists missing policies (rank in order of importance).

• Leading a team and being a Crossfunctional partner

• Stay up to date on accounting guidance and disclosure requirements. 

Professional Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field

2. Minimum of 5 years of relevant General Ledger accounting experience with people leadership experience

3. Ownership of general ledger processes 

4. Gaming industry experience preferred

5. Experience with Netsuite and Blackline preferred

Personal Characteristics 

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with the feel of a start-up

• Driven by Skillz's mission and committed to embodying the core values, including honor, collaboration, willingness, and balance, into all work-related initiatives