About Lightricks x Popular Pays

Lightricks is a globally recognized provider of tools and services for the creator community. Founded in 2013, Lightricks is well known for developing several popular mobile video and photo editing apps, including Videoleap, Facetune and Photoleap. The company has more than 600 million downloads, and more than 500 employees located across five countries.

Popular Pays is a creative collaboration platform that makes it easy for brands and content creators to find each other then streamlines their collaboration, allowing marketing departments to scale their creative content and influencer activations. As of March 2022, Popular Pays is a Lightricks company.

Together, we’re building the future of the creator economy.

Our culture:

We expect each other to be good enough to teach, but willing to listen and learn. It’s important to us to: build a great product, be intentional about our culture, have a diverse team, and foster community between our creators, brands, and ourselves 

Why this Role

• You’ll own the US accounting function at a fast growing startup, partnering with teammates across several international sites
• You’ll lead our accounting-related post merger integration efforts
• You’ll help prep the company for a potential IPO
• The creator economy is booming and we aim to shape its future

What will you do as our Accounting Lead?

• Oversee all accounting functions for our US site’s, including day-to-day bookkeeping & month end close activities, revenue recognition in accordance with ASC606, accounts payable & cash management, invoicing & collections, payroll and expense support, budgeting, annual taxes & compliance, and financial reporting.
• Run our US accounting team, including managing our accounting contractors and leading the department’s strategic initiatives.
• Partner with global finance and accounting team to build out broader strategies, integrating the accounting efforts of our different international offices and prepping the company for external audits and a potential IPO.
• Partner with US leadership and other relevant stakeholders to support the ongoing development of the US site’s reporting standards and forecasting & budgeting efforts.
• Establish and manage policies and procedures to ensure we have proper internal controls and processes are built for accuracy, efficiency, and scale.
• Assess the implications of new products and services to ensure our operations processes support our accounting efforts, we stay compliant with relevant laws and best practices, and we drive value to the business.

You may be fit for this role if you are:

• A well-versed accounting professional with 5+ years of experience, covering varied roles and subject matter areas; a CPA or CPA candidate is preferred.
• An expert when it comes to GAAP, with experience recognizing revenue in accordance with ASC606.
• A strategic thinker with an eye for process, but one who’s not afraid to roll up their sleeves and execute.
• Excellent communication skills and a proven track record of working cross-functionally with other departments to drive value to the business.
• Experience in the review and implementation of financial controls and procedures, especially at a high growth startup and/or an international company.
• Proficient in accounting/financial management software, advanced experience with Excel (pivots, lookups & macros), G Suite, and other relevant tools; Experience with Quickbooks Online and Oracle NetSuite is a plus.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Stock options
• Health/dental/vision with majority of premiums paid by the company
• 401k with company match up to 4%
• Generous PTO (21 days + holidays)
• Talented teammates and a strong work culture focused on outputs instead of inputs, supporting a healthy work-life balance

Lightricks is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for every person who walks through our doors. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, not by one's beliefs. Even if you don't fit everything, we encourage you to apply!