Financial Systems & Product Accounting Manager

Paysafe•Jacksonville, FL

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Paysafe is hiring an independent contributor to lead finance architecture and provide payments subject matter expertise for new products, platform changes, and finance transformation initiatives. The role documents end-to-end payment money flows and maps product and system events to accounting events. It designs automated accounting, journal entry, and reconciliation frameworks, and identifies accounting, operational, reconciliation, and control gaps, including potential SOX and financial reporting implications. The position leads cross-functional design work with Product, Engineering, Operations, Treasury, Accounting, Tax, Risk, Compliance, and Internal Controls teams. It translates payment flows and technical system behavior into finance requirements, documentation, accounting conclusions, and implementation-ready designs. The role supports ERP, subledger, data platform, and reconciliation tool integrations; provides finance leadership throughout design, testing, implementation, and transition to ongoing operations; and drives standardization, automation, efficiency, and appropriate financial governance and control. It will also support future implementation of a new ERP system and a global operating model tailored to Latin America. The role is based in Lima, Jacksonville, or London, with hybrid work and three days per week in the office. It reports directly to the Corporate Controller, Latin America. Paysafe describes itself as a global payments platform with approximately 3,300 employees in 12+ countries.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
10+ years of progressive experience in payments finance, finance transformation, product accounting, financial systems architecture, reconciliation, controllership, or related roles.
Bilingual in Spanish and English.
Demonstrated experience as a payments subject matter expert, finance transformation lead, product accounting lead, or reconciliation and controls specialist.
Deep understanding of payment transaction lifecycles, settlement models, processor reporting, cash movement, and accounting data requirements.
Hands-on experience documenting money flows, mapping system events to accounting events, designing automated journal entries, and establishing reconciliation and exception-management frameworks.
Experience identifying control gaps and designing controls that support SOX compliance and reliable financial reporting.
Ability to lead across Product, Engineering, Operations, Treasury, and Accounting teams and convert business and technical requirements into practical finance solutions.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder management, facilitation, and written communication skills.
Experience with card acquiring, digital wallets, issuing or prepaid cards, merchant settlement, and payment processing environments.
Skills include payments subject matter expertise, finance transformation leadership, product accounting and accounting architecture, reconciliation and control design, end-to-end process and money-flow mapping, cross-functional leadership, analytical thinking, assertive communication, facilitation, attention to detail, and adaptation to change.

Nice To Haves

Professional accounting qualification or certification, such as CPA, Chartered Accountant, or local equivalent.
Experience with ERP and finance system integrations; SAP B1 is preferred, but SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or comparable platforms are also relevant.
Experience with high-volume transaction data, finance data models, subledgers, reconciliation platforms, and automated accounting solutions.

Responsibilities

Act as the finance architecture lead and payments subject matter expert for new products, platform changes, and finance transformation initiatives.
Document end-to-end money flows from customer initiation through processing, settlement, safeguarding or funding, reconciliation, and general ledger reporting.
Map product and system events to accounting events, including transaction initiation, authorization, capture, settlement, refunds, chargebacks, fees, foreign exchange, and reserves.
Design automated journal entry logic, accounting rules, data requirements, and interfaces to the general ledger and supporting subledgers.
Design scalable reconciliation frameworks across payment platforms, processors, bank accounts, settlement files, operational systems, subledgers, and the general ledger.
Define reconciliation ownership, frequency, matching logic, tolerances, exception handling, aging, escalation, and management reporting requirements.
Identify accounting, reconciliation, operational, and control gaps, and assess related SOX and financial reporting implications.
Lead cross-functional design workshops with Product, Engineering, Operations, Treasury, Accounting, Tax, Risk, Compliance, and Internal Controls teams.
Translate complex payment flows and technical system behavior into clear finance requirements, process documentation, accounting conclusions, and implementation-ready designs.
Support ERP, subledger, data platform, and reconciliation tool integrations, including SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, and comparable enterprise platforms.
Provide finance leadership for design decisions, testing, implementation readiness, issue resolution, and transition to sustainable business-as-usual ownership.
Drive standardization, automation, and process efficiency while maintaining appropriate financial governance and control.
Support the future implementation of a new ERP system and a global operating model tailored to Latin America.