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Senior Accountant-December 2024
Las Vegas
Dec 15, 2025
ABOUT SKILLZ
We are the leading mobile games platform that connects players around the world in fun and fair competition.
51 - 200 employees
Entertainment & Gaming
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About Senior Accountant

  About Skillz

  Skillz is the leading mobile games platform dedicated to bringing out the best in everyone through competition. As the first publicly-traded (NYSE: SKLZ) mobile esports platform, Skillz has pioneered the future of the gaming industry by accelerating the convergence of sports, video games, and media for an exploding mobile-first audience worldwide. The Skillz platform empowers developers to create multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz hosts billions of casual esports tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide to build the home of competition for all. Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators, CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and the number-one fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000. www.skillz.com

  What We’re Looking For: 

  The Senior Accountant will play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and completeness of Skillz’s financial records. The Senior Accountant will work closely and productively with senior accounting leaders and executive management to complete journal entries, account reconciliations, and ensuring associated control requirements are met. The ideal candidate will have worked in a successful high-growth company and can bring such experiences to Skillz as we continue to define the future of esports and mobile gaming. The role reports to the company’s Controller and Global Head of Accounting.

  What You Will Do: 

  Demonstrate a clear understanding of the purpose and process of assigned monthly JE’s, recons and associated control requirements.

  Complete training on assigned monthly tasks and mapping each task with current SOX controls.

  Recommend at least two process improvements and propose implementation plan.

  Complete close tasks on time, including but not limited to JE and reconciliations (measured by 2.5% materiality threshold, for responsible areas, and by month-end close checklist).

  Ensure all assigned SOX control tasks and provided remediation tasks are completed and documented timely (per checklist and remediation plan) and raise any potential issues to manager.

  Ability to clearly articulate routine processes and answer questions effectively.

  Respond to audit or internal questions with limited assistance or correction from management.

  Professional Qualifications

  Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business.

  4+ years of progressive accounting experience.

  Thorough understanding of basic accounting principles and SOX best practices.

  Extensive experience in Je and reconciliation preparation.

  Advanced knowledge of excel and hands on experience with accounting software (Netsuite experience is a plus)

  Personal Characteristics 

  Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with the feel of a start-up

  Driven by Skillz’s mission and committed to embodying the core values, including honor, collaboration, willingness, and balance, into all work-related initiatives

  Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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