Flock Safety - Technical Accounting Manager

Salary: $225K - $300K Location Type: Remote Employment Type: Full-Time

Who is Flock?

Flock Safety is an all-in-one technology solution dedicated to eliminating crime and enhancing community safety. Our intelligent platform unites cities, businesses, schools, and law enforcement agencies at scale, fostering collaboration for a safer future. We provide a comprehensive, maintenance-free technology solution trusted by communities nationwide to help solve and deter crime, ultimately creating safer neighborhoods for everyone.

Our holistic public safety platform is designed to be both comprehensive and intelligent, delivering the actionable evidence necessary to solve, deter, and reduce crime across neighborhoods, schools, businesses, and entire cities. We are committed to transparency and privacy, transforming unbiased data into objective answers.

Flock aims to offer a career-defining experience where you can make a tangible impact on your community. While public safety is a serious endeavor, we foster a supportive remote team environment, cultivating strong and fulfilling relationships despite physical distance. Our dedicated employees thrive in a positive and inclusive culture that rewards a bias towards action.

We have secured over $700M in venture capital funding from prominent investors including Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Bedrock Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, and Initialized Capital. With a current valuation exceeding $7.5B, Flock is strategically scaling and actively seeking top talent to help us achieve our goal of reducing crime in the United States by 25% within the next three years.

The Opportunity

As the Company’s technical accounting expert, you will proactively evaluate complex transactions, providing essential technical accounting guidance and recommendations to ensure compliance with US GAAP and SEC reporting requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Research and prepare technical memos for complex transactions.
• Stay current on FASB and SEC pronouncements, interpreting their impact on the Company in partnership with internal stakeholders and external auditors.
• Research, interpret, and implement accounting standards and regulations.
• Perform ad hoc accounting research to support accounting consultations for business transactions.
• Collaborate closely with other departments to provide accounting expertise and support.
• Work with external valuation specialists to ensure timely completion of complex transaction valuations, managing all associated inputs (e.g., 409A, special transaction valuations).
• Partner with the internal team to implement accounting policies and ensure compliance with internal controls and SOX.
• Monitor, interpret, and apply new accounting guidance from the FASB, SEC, and other regulatory bodies, assessing the impact on the Company’s financial statements and leading the implementation of relevant changes.
• Support M&A transactions, including accounting due diligence, purchase price allocation (PPA), integration of acquired entities, and preparation of required pro forma financial information and disclosures.
• Assist in the development, documentation, and maintenance of accounting policies and memos, including updates to existing policies.
• Lead or support cross-functional strategic initiatives and special projects to ensure accounting impacts are proactively addressed.

The Skillset

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting.
• Active CPA or equivalent qualification.
• 10+ years of overall experience in public accounting (Big 4 preferred) and/or related industry experience.
• Deep understanding of U.S. GAAP, with a proven ability to interpret and apply evolving standards and regulatory guidance across diverse topics.
• Proven experience supporting public company earnings releases and SEC filings.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the Company.
• Familiarity working in a public company, SOX-compliant environment.
• Experience with systems such as Netsuite and Workiva.
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