Senior Accountant

At DraftKings, AI is becoming an integral part of both our present and future, powering how work gets done today, guiding smarter decisions, and sparking bold ideas. It's transforming how we enhance customer experiences, streamline operations, and unlock new possibilities. Our teams are energized by innovation and readily embrace emerging technology. We're not waiting for the future to arrive. We're shaping it, one bold step at a time. To those who see AI as a driver of progress, come build the future together.

The Crown Is Yours

As a Senior Accountant, you'll play a key role in strengthening the Finance Team by owning one of our most specialized and high-impact accounting processes: software capitalization. You'll partner across the business to ensure accounting accuracy, improve processes, and support timely financial reporting in a fast-paced, evolving environment. Beyond day-to-day execution, you'll identify opportunities to modernize workflows through automation and artificial intelligence while helping scale our accounting operations alongside the business.

What you'll do as a Senior Accountant

• Own the end-to-end software capitalization process by evaluating projects for capitalization eligibility, tracking employee time, preparing journal entries, maintaining reconciliations and amortization schedules, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
  
• Partner with Engineering, Finance, and other cross-functional teams to provide guidance, answer questions, and ensure complete, accurate, and timely collection of information needed to support the software capitalization process.
  
• Play a key role in the monthly close by preparing prepaid and accrual journal entries, completing general ledger reconciliations, performing variance analyses, and delivering accurate financial results.
  
• Own high-visibility accounting areas, including prepaids and accruals related to software, professional services, and other operating expenses.
  
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes and increase operational efficiency through automation, artificial intelligence, and scalable solutions.
  
• Create and maintain clear documentation of accounting processes, controls, and procedures to support compliance with internal controls and annual audits.
  
• Support financial statement and Sarbanes-Oxley audits by responding to audit requests and partnering with internal and external auditors.
  
• Analyze financial results, communicate insights to Finance leadership, and recommend process improvements that strengthen the overall control environment.
  

What you'll bring

• A Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business, or a related field with at least 3 years of accounting experience in public accounting or a publicly traded company.
  
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation is preferred.
  
• Experience with software capitalization or accounting within a software or technology environment is preferred.
  
• Strong understanding of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), month-end close processes, and general ledger accounting.
  
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to analyze, manipulate, and present financial data in a clear and meaningful way.
  
• Experience with NetSuite, Coupa, or similar enterprise resource planning and procurement systems is preferred.
  
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, exercise sound judgment, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
  
• A continuous improvement mindset with a passion for building scalable processes, embracing new technologies, and collaborating across teams to solve complex business challenges.
  

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We're a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don't worry, we'll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is 84,600.00 USD - 105,800.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.