Head of Technical Accounting & Reporting

Job summary

Responsibilities

Lovable's business model raises real accounting questions. We sell subscriptions and usage-based credits to millions of self-serve users and to enterprise customers, through our own billing, app stores and payment processors. We buy a lot of AI compute.

• Own technical accounting at Lovable: research the questions, reach a defensible US GAAP conclusion, and write position papers that hold up with auditors.
• Own technical accounting for AI compute and cost of revenue, stock-based compensation, leases, consolidation and foreign currency, and any new areas as they arise.
• Write and maintain the accounting policy manual, and make sure the close team is applying it consistently.
• Build the external reporting function: US GAAP consolidated financial statements, footnote disclosures, a reporting calendar and tie-out process that would meet public-company…
• Own local statutory accounting and reporting for our Swedish and UK entities, ensuring the books comply with Swedish GAAP (K3) and UK GAAP (FRS 102), including local GAAP…

What they're looking for

• Deep US GAAP expertise, with ASC 842 for leases and ASC 718 for Stock Based Compensation as a strength. You've written position papers that auditors have accepted on complex…
• Big 4 background, ideally including exposure to national office, accounting advisory or SEC reporting work, followed by in-house experience at a technology company.
• Has built or materially upgraded an external reporting process: financial statements, disclosures, tie-outs and the calendar behind them.
• Can explain a complex accounting conclusion to an engineer or a product manager in plain English, and change their mind when the facts warrant it.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building an AI first function from the ground up.

Tech stack

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