Senior Loan Accountant

Kiavi is one of the nation’s largest private lenders to residential real estate investors (REIs). We harness the power of data & technology to offer our customers a simpler, more reliable, and faster way to access the capital they need to scale their businesses.

Formerly known as Lending Home, we’re committed to helping REIs revitalize the approximately $25 trillion worth of aged U.S. housing stock to provide move-in ready homes and rental housing for millions of Americans across the country.

Combining our technology and industry expertise, Kiavi has grown to a team of over 500 and has won many awards over the years including Forbes Fintech 50, Finovate Awards, Best Digital Mortgage Platform, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and many more.

• Loans Funded: $30 billion in loans funded
• Homes financed: 100,000+ projects funded for our customers across the country
• Geography: 49 states + D.C. where we lend to REIs so they can revitalize neighborhoods
• Employees: Over 500 employees with competitive benefits and perks

This position can be based remotely in any of our approved hiring regions. Our hybrid distributed workforce philosophy allows us to find the best talent in the country and build diverse teams, while allowing our colleagues to work from the location that works best for them.

The Accounting team ensures all money movements and transactions are appropriately accounted
for based on US GAAP, Company’s accounting policies with procedures, and ensures valuable
financial insights generated from financial reporting. We partner with all areas of the business to
ensure compliance with policies and procedures.

We are looking for a self-starting Senior Loan Accountant who is strong in technical and operational
accounting, and is excited to grow with the organization. This highly cross-functional position will
provide the candidate with exposure to many different aspects and levels of the business, including
opportunities to work with senior management. The Senior Loan Accountant will handle day to day
loan accounting activities, be knowledgeable of applicable US GAAP, play an integral role in external
audits of the Company’s financial statements, work with Data Team engineers and the Workday
team to automate journal entries and month-end close processes.

Kiavi has a very collaborative culture with a fast-paced work environment which provides ample
opportunities to take on interesting projects. We are building a great company here and people who
are passionate about creating and building something meaningful can be very successful. The ideal
Senior Loan Accountant candidate will be a critical thinker who has the ability to work autonomously
when necessary and has a fairly developed understanding of US GAAP. Experience interpreting and
implementing technical pronouncements is a plus, but a hunger for career growth and professional
development is a must!

• Prepare journal entries, perform accounting research, and efficiently analyze large volume transactional data for loan accounting lifecycle (originations to sales and servicing) and other parts of the business.
• Perform timely cash / restricted cash reconciliations for loan accounting bank accounts.
• Account for the activities of the business in areas including loan funding, servicing, REO, warehouse lines of credit, securitization and others.
• Collaborate with the Accounting Team to accurately complete the month-end close entries, processes, procedures and deliverables timely.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reconciliations and roll forwards of balance sheet accounts.
• Prepare monthly consolidated P&L and balance sheet fluctuation analyses for management and financial reporting.
• Work cross-functionally with Corporate Accounting, Servicing, Treasury, Capital markets, FP&A, Tax, and Internal Audit teams to ensure compliance with policies and procedures, internal controls, as well as provide support for ad hoc requests.
• Provide analysis on financial results (trends, performance metrics, benchmarks).
• Assist in preparing audit support for external audits and respond to audit inquiries.
• Assist in the preparation of Year End financials and footnote…