Better is reimagining home finance and making it faster, cheaper, and easier for everyone to become a homeowner. We leverage creative technology and innovation to make the home buying journey more approachable and understandable and home finance more affordable and accessible. Here are some interesting facts to help you get to know Better:
- We’ve funded over $110 billion in loans for our customers, more than any other fintech
- Yahoo! Finance - Best Mortgage Lender for First Time Homebuyers of January 2025: Best lender for quick approval
- Yahoo! Finance - Best Mortgage Lenders of 2025: Best online mortgage lender
- Fintech Breakthrough Award: Best Lending Innovation Award
- Money Magazine - 8 Best Mortgage Lenders of 2025: Best for fast closing
- We are Forbes’ Best Online Mortgage Lender for 2023
- We have raised over $1.2 billion in equity capital to transform the mortgage industry, the largest financial asset class in the world
We are a place where smart, hungry, ambitious people who want to recognize their full potential thrive.
A Better Opportunity
Our Accounting and Finance team is hiring for a proactive and motivated Accounting Manager dedicated to NEO Home Loans, our distributed retail segment. NEO Home Loans powered by Better is a modern mortgage platform that pairs NEO’s local, high-touch advisors with Better’s digital technology to deliver a faster, simpler, and more transparent home-financing experience. This individual will enhance the accounting and control environment by analyzing and accounting for business changes with a financial statement impact or accounting policy impact. The focus of this position is general accounting, including accurate loan-level accounting, timely month-end close, and clean financial reporting.
Responsibilities
- Drive the month end close process for NEO Home Loans, our distributed retail segment, by taking ownership and managing NEO’s P&L
- Work with and support NEO business partners by analyzing and communicating results for management reporting
- Create and review journal entries in the GL along with preparing and reviewing supporting schedules
- Ensure proper GL, cost center, and loan-level allocations including revenue, third party fees and commissions
- Implement accounting processes for new NEO products, offerings, or initiatives
- Identify areas for improvement and drive process improvements
- Collaborate with US and India accounting and finance team members to provide useful and necessary financial information
- Oversee NEO vendor expense approval and reconciliation
- Work with our external auditors to ensure the timely completion of reviews and audits
- This role will start as an individual contributor with the opportunity to build a team as NEO continues to grow
Qualifications
- Degree in accounting, business or finance
- 6+ years of experience in accounting
- At least 1 year of management experience
- CPA license preferred or CPA eligible
- Experience working with NetSuite
- Mortgage or financial services industry experience preferred
- 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
- Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, without losing attention to detail
- Proactively review processes for improvement opportunities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Company Benefits
We’re proud to support our employees and their families with a benefits package designed to care for their health, well-being, and everyday life. All full-time and benefit-eligible part-time employees can enjoy the following benefits:
- Day One Coverage – Your benefits begin on your first day, so you’re supported from the start
- Nationwide Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage – Comprehensive plans that travel with you, wherever you are
- Mental Health Support When You Need It – Immediate access to virtual therapy with licensed providers for you and your eligible dependents (ages 6+), with your first few visits covered at no cost!
- Health Savings Account (HSA) – Includes an employer contribution to help you plan for healthcare expenses
- Employer-Funded Dependent Care FSA – Support for childcare and/or dependent care costs
- Disability & Life Insurance – Provided at no additional cost to give you added peace of mind
- Flexible PTO – Time off when you need it, so you can recharge and focus on what matters most
- Extra Perks & Discounts – Including pet insurance, savings programs, and more to support life beyond work
The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided.
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.
