Accounting Manager

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 Accounting Manager. The focus will be on accounting for the different products of the business and working seamlessly across various departments to close the books timely and accurately as dictated under U.S. GAAP accounting roles. This role offers the unique opportunity to directly impact Better's P&L by applying finance and accounting-related findings to our financials.

Responsibilities

• Drive the month end close process as a key part of the accounting team by taking ownership of certain tasks, expenses, revenue, and payroll sections of the P&L
• Create and review journal entries in the GL along with preparing and reviewing excellent 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 different transaction types
• Implement accounting processes for new product streams 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
• 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 a plus
• 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.

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