Senior Accountant

DraftKings Inc.•Boston, MA

4d•$84,600 - $105,800•Onsite

About The Position

At DraftKings, AI is becoming an integral part of both our present and future, powering how work gets done today, guiding smarter decisions, and sparking bold ideas. It’s transforming how we enhance customer experiences, streamline operations, and unlock new possibilities. Our teams are energized by innovation and readily embrace emerging technology. We’re not waiting for the future to arrive. We’re shaping it, one bold step at a time. To those who see AI as a driver of progress, come build the future together. The Crown Is Yours As a Senior Accountant, you’ll play a key role in strengthening the Finance Team by owning one of our most specialized and high-impact accounting processes: software capitalization. You’ll partner across the business to ensure accounting accuracy, improve processes, and support timely financial reporting in a fast-paced, evolving environment. Beyond day-to-day execution, you’ll identify opportunities to modernize workflows through automation and artificial intelligence while helping scale our accounting operations alongside the business.

Requirements

A Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business, or a related field with at least 3 years of accounting experience in public accounting or a publicly traded company.
Strong understanding of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), month-end close processes, and general ledger accounting.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to analyze, manipulate, and present financial data in a clear and meaningful way.
Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, exercise sound judgment, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
A continuous improvement mindset with a passion for building scalable processes, embracing new technologies, and collaborating across teams to solve complex business challenges.

Nice To Haves

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation is preferred.
Experience with software capitalization or accounting within a software or technology environment is preferred.
Experience with NetSuite, Coupa, or similar enterprise resource planning and procurement systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end software capitalization process by evaluating projects for capitalization eligibility, tracking employee time, preparing journal entries, maintaining reconciliations and amortization schedules, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
Partner with Engineering, Finance, and other cross-functional teams to provide guidance, answer questions, and ensure complete, accurate, and timely collection of information needed to support the software capitalization process.
Play a key role in the monthly close by preparing prepaid and accrual journal entries, completing general ledger reconciliations, performing variance analyses, and delivering accurate financial results.
Own high-visibility accounting areas, including prepaids and accruals related to software, professional services, and other operating expenses.
Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes and increase operational efficiency through automation, artificial intelligence, and scalable solutions.
Create and maintain clear documentation of accounting processes, controls, and procedures to support compliance with internal controls and annual audits.
Support financial statement and Sarbanes-Oxley audits by responding to audit requests and partnering with internal and external auditors.
Analyze financial results, communicate insights to Finance leadership, and recommend process improvements that strengthen the overall control environment.