Head of Technical Accounting & Reporting
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About the Position
Head of Technical Accounting & Reporting
Location
Stockholm, Sweden
Employment Type
Full-time, On-site
About the Role
We're seeking a Head of Technical Accounting & Reporting to lead our accounting and reporting at Lovable, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and preparing for public company status.
Responsibilities
- 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 standards.
- 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 adjustments, statutory financial statements and reconciliations to US GAAP.
- Collaborate with the wider accounting team reviewing the month-end close figures to ensure any adjustments are identified promptly and remediation measures put in place.
- Be the point person coordinating the external audit: present significant judgments, new standards, complex transactions and prepare future audit committee-facing materials.
- Assess new accounting standards and SEC requirements and plan our adoption.
- Leverage AI tooling to draft, tie out and review, and set the standard for where human judgment is required.
- Drive public-company readiness across accounting and reporting, including disclosure controls and SOX requirements.
Requirements
Must have
- 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 matters.
- 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.
- Pragmatic about applying accounting guidance to minimize operational overhead.
Nice to have
- Has operated in a hypergrowth environment, including ideally through an IPO or the first year as a public company, ie. S-1 or 10-K preparation and SOX implementation.
- Experience with AI, cloud or consumption-based business models and their revenue and cost accounting.
- Experience with IFRS and Swedish or UK statutory reporting.
- Has leveraged AI tools to draft disclosures, research guidance or automate tie-outs, and has views on where they help and where they're dangerous.
We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to work in a fast-growing, innovative company
- Collaborative and dynamic work environment
About the Company
Lovable is the software creation platform that gives people the power to act on the problems closest to them. For decades, turning an idea into software required so much capital, technical fluency, and time that many ideas never came to life. Lovable is the counterargument: a platform for all people with ideas, ambition, and problems worth solving. From solopreneurs to small business owners to teams at companies like Adidas and Zendesk, people have built over 60 million projects on Lovable since its launch in November 2024. And we’re just getting started.
Lovable is one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies and has been recognized on the Forbes AI 50 and CNBC Disruptor 50, reflecting our momentum as one of Europe’s fastest-growing AI companies and one of the most ambitious places to build in this next era of software.
Application
Please submit your application in English. It’s our company language, so you’ll be speaking lots of it if you join.
We treat all candidates equally - if you’re interested, please apply through our careers portal.
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