CardWorks

CardWorks

Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer

Woodbury (Long Island), USA · Exec

Sponsorship not specified$270k-$320kDetected 64 days ago
ComplianceFinancial AnalysisAccountingValuationFP&AAuditingPerformance ManagementCadenceAR/VRLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoringGAAPSarbanes-OxleyFinancial ReportingInternal Audit

About the role

  • Through our family of companies, CardWorks Financial Group tackles the complex challenges that larger financial institutions leave behind.
  • We're embedded throughout the credit card ecosystem as a lender, servicer, and merchant acquirer.
  • The CardWorks Financial Group companies take precise approach in complex markets, as a top three non-prime focused general purpose card issuer and a top fifteen U.S. merchant acquirer.

Responsibilities

  • Become an everyday champion - and build a career where your impact fuels financial progress.
  • Lead the accounting function, responsible for operational execution across general ledger accounting, close processes, AP/AR, payroll, SOX/ICFR execution, and financial reporting production.
  • Establish and maintain a scalable accounting operating model aligned with business growth and regulatory expectations.
  • Lead technical accounting, interpretation of complex accounting issues, development of accounting policies, and preparation for SEC reporting requirements
  • Partner with the CFO, Legal, Internal Audit, Risk, and external auditors to ensure alignment, transparency, and strong governance across the financial control environment, including disclosure controls.
  • Ensure the quality and completeness of audit support, including accounting memos, significant estimates and judgments, and documentation needed to support audit and regulatory inquiries.
  • Partner with the CFO and Audit Committee to provide transparency on audit status, emerging issues, and remediation plans; support Audit Committee materials and presentations.
  • Provide leadership and accounting expertise in support of cross‑functional initiatives, system changes, regulatory reviews, and new product or operational ventures.

Requirements

  • Deep expertise in US GAAP, accounting policy, financial reporting, and internal controls.
  • Track record of executing against aggressive timelines in high-accountability environments (e.g., IPO readiness, complex audits, control remediation, and major reporting milestones).
  • Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex information for diverse audiences.
  • Strong executive leadership presence with the ability to influence and partner effectively at all levels, including CFO, CEO, and Audit Committee.
  • Experienced in managing external auditors and advising Audit Committee leadership on accounting judgments, audit status, emerging issues, and remediation plans.
  • Proven ability to build and scale SEC reporting and disclosure processes, including coordination across Accounting, Legal, FP&A, Tax, Internal Audit, and external advisors.
  • Proven ability to lead large, complex accounting organizations with operational excellence and strategic foresight.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage risk, exercise sound judgment, and make decisions in high‑stakes, time‑sensitive environments.
  • Skilled in organizational transformation, modernization, and system-driven improvements.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving capabilities.
  • Commitment to integrity, transparency, and high ethical standards.
  • Competitive Pay, including a Bonus Target or Variable Pay Incentive Program
  • Benefits Package -Medical, Dental, and Vision (plus much more)

Compensation

  • Serve as the executive lead and primary point of contact for external auditors, including audit planning, quarterly review coordination, annual audit execution, and timely issue resolution.

Benefits

  • Oversee accounting and reporting readiness for equity and share-based compensation, including valuation coordination, required disclosures, and earnings-per-share (EPS) considerations as applicable.

Company info

  • Merrick Bank: The bank that builds
  • CardWorks Servicing: One partner, total performance
  • Carson Smithfield: Resolution with respect
  • With nearly 40 years of operating history, our track record is solid: disciplined in downturns and built to accelerate in recovery. The CardWorks Financial Group companies take precise approach in complex markets, as a top three non-prime focused general purpose card issuer and a top fifteen U.S. merchant acquirer.
  • CardWorks Financial Group is a diversified financial services platform building ethical solutions across credit, lending, and the full customer lifecycle.
  • With nearly 40 years of operating history, our track record is solid: disciplined in downturns and built to accelerate in recovery.
  • Our team tackles the industry's most complex credit and payment challenges.
  • And we believe that excellent work starts with a team that feels supported, respected, and empowered to grow.
  • CardWorks Servicing, LLC provides end-to end operational servicing functions for credit cards, secured cards, and installment loans.
  • We service consumer and small business loans across the credit spectrum and offers backup servicing and due diligence services to capital providers and trustees.
  • Founded in 1997, Merrick Bank is an FDIC®-insured financial institution headquartered in South Jordan, Utah, with over $10 billion in assets.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Provide executive sponsorship for modernization of accounting systems, financial data architecture, and automation initiatives.
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