Financial Systems & Product Accounting Manager

• 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.
• 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.
• Experience with ERP and finance system integrations, SAP B1 preferable but can include SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or comparable platforms.

• Professional accounting qualification or certification preferred, such as CPA, Chartered Accountant, or local equivalent.
• Experience with high-volume transaction data, finance data models, subledgers, reconciliation platforms, and automated accounting solutions will be considered an advantage.

• Bilingual in Spanish and English) [BT1] [CF2] 

Paysafe is a leading payments platform with an extensive track record of serving merchants and consumers in the global entertainment sectors. Its core purpose is to enable businesses and consumers to connect and transact seamlessly through industry-leading capabilities in payment processing, digital wallet, and online cash solutions. With 29 years of online payment experience, an annualized transactional volume of $152 billion in 2024, and approximately 3,300 employees located in 12+ countries, Paysafe connects businesses and consumers across 260 payment types in 48 currencies around the world. Delivered through an integrated platform, Paysafe solutions are geared toward mobile-initiated transactions, real-time analytics and the convergence between brick-and-mortar and online payments. Further information is available at www.paysafe.com.

• 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, reserves, and other relevant lifecycle events.
• 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 and work simultaneously 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.
• Provide support in the future implementation of new ERP system and global operating model tailored to Latin America

Location: Lima, Jacksonville or London (Hybrid Working - 3 days per week in the office)

• 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 and stakeholder management

• Analytical thinking and structured problem solving

• Assertive communication and facilitation

• Attention to detail

• Adaptation to change