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Financial Reporting Manager

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Degree in accounting or finance
  • 5-7 years of experience in an accounting firm or in-house at a company
  • At least 1 year of management experience
  • Experienced knowledge of U.S. GAAP

Responsibilities

  • Work on quarterly 10-Q’s and annual 10-K’s for SEC financial reporting
  • Participate in month end closing by taking ownership of key corporate level accounts
  • Create and review journal entries in the GL along with preparing and reviewing supporting schedules
  • Work with our external auditors to ensure the timely completion of reviews and audits

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Collaboration
  • Detail Oriented
  • Mentorship

About the company

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Mortgage & Real Estate Finance

Founded in 2016, Better is a digital-first homeownership company whose services include mortgage, real estate, title, and homeowners insurance. From its founding in 2016 through mid 2021, Better funded over $45B in home loans and provided over $25B in cumulative coverage through Better Cover and Better Settlement Services, the insurance divisions of Better. Better has raised over $400M in equity capital since inception. The company was ranked #1 on LinkedIn’s Top Startups List for 2021 and 2020, #1 on Fortune’s Best Small and Medium Workplaces in New York, #15 on CNBC’s Disruptor 50 2020 list, as well as being listed to Forbes FinTech 50 for 2020. For more information, follow @betterdotcom. Join us. NMLS #330511 | NMLS Access: better.ryukyu/3WJ99P8 © 2021 Better Holdco, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Home lending products offered by Better Mortgage Corporation. Better Mortgage Corporation is a direct lender. NMLS #330511. 3 WTC, Floor 57, New York, NY 10007. Loans made or arranged pursuant to a California Finance Lenders Law License. Not available in all states. Equal Housing Lender. NMLS Consumer Access Better Real Estate, LLC is a Virginia Licensed Real Estate Firm with its principal office located at 312-F East Market St., Leesburg, VA 20176. License #0266029484. Equal Housing Opportunity Better Mortgage Corporation, Better Real Estate, LLC, Better Settlement Services, LLC and Better Cover, LLC are separate operating subsidiaries of Better Holdco, Inc. Each company is a separate legal entity operated and managed through its own management and governance structure as required by its state of incorporation, and applicable and legal and regulatory requirements. Products not available in all states.

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryMortgage & Real Estate Finance
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

Why Better. Why Now.

Better is rebuilding home finance as an AI-native platform—turning a process that once took weeks into something that can happen in seconds.

With over $110B in loans funded and $1.2B+ raised, we operate at real scale while rethinking how homeownership works from the ground up.

The category hasn’t caught up yet. That’s the opportunity.

A Better Opportunity

Our Accounting team is hiring for a proactive and motivated Financial Reporting Manager/ Sr. Manager. The focus will be on external and internal financial reporting as well as being involved in the corporate ledger accounts. This person will work seamlessly across various departments to obtain the required information to close the books as well as prepare disclosures. .

Responsibilities

● Work on quarterly 10-Q’s and annual 10-K’s for SEC financial reporting as well as build out required disclosures and supporting schedules for footnotes, MD&A, and 8-K’s/earnings release

● Work on monthly financial reporting for our different regulatory and credit stakeholders

● Participate in month end closing by taking ownership of key corporate level accounts

● Collaborate with team members to provide useful and necessary financial reports

● Create and review journal entries in the GL along with preparing and reviewing supporting schedules

● Prepare and review monthly balance sheet reconciliations including investigating aged or unreconciled items

● Investigate and resolve both current and historical issues with our revenue transactions

● Implement accounting guidance for new accounting standard updates or initiatives

● Identify areas for improvement and drive process improvements

● Work with our external auditors to ensure the timely completion of reviews and audits

● Educate coworkers regarding financial practices, implications, and policies

● Provide ad hoc analysis support to business leaders and key partners for complex accounting questions

● Serve as a mentor and resource to more junior team members

Qualifications

● Degree in accounting or finance

● 5-7 years of experience in an accounting firm or in-house at a company

● At least 1 year of management experience

● Experienced knowledge of U.S. GAAP

● Working Knowledge of Workiva

● Adaptable to multiple and frequent changes in business environment

● Proven expertise with Excel (combining large data sets, sumifs, index/match, vlookups, etc); familiarity with SQL a plus

● Experience working with Netsuite a plus

● Experience working at a public company

● Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, without losing attention to detail

● Proactively looking to improve on processes; never satisfied with the status quo

● Stakeholder management skills

● Experience with industries such as financial technology, mortgage banking, or lending a plus

By the numbers:

We've funded over $110 billion in loans (more than any other fintech in the US!)

Raised over $1.2 billion in equity capital to modernize the $15 trillion mortgage industry

Better's proprietary AI platform, Tinman®, and voice-based AI mortgage assistant, Betsy™, make us an award-winning lender:

  • Banking Tech Award USA (2026): Best LendTech Solution

  • Fintech Breakthrough Award (2026): Digital Mortgage Company of the Year

  • NerdWallet Best of Award (2026): Best for Home Equity Loans

  • Fintech Breakthrough Award 2025: Best Lending Innovation

  • Yahoo! Finance (2025): Best Mortgage Lender for First-Time Homebuyers – Best for quick approval

  • Yahoo! Finance (2025): Best Online Mortgage Lender

  • Money Magazine (2025): Best for fast closing

  • Forbes (2023): Best Online Mortgage Lender

We're building the future of home finance — and we're looking for smart, driven, ambitious innovators who are ready to tackle the most impactful work of their careers.

Disclaimer

Better Home & Finance Holding Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment for our employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status, or any other reason protected by law.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Better will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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