Role Description As the Controller / Director of Accounting at Homeward, you will own all accounting operations at a high-growth company backed by leading investors. This is a high-impact leadership role that sits at the intersection of technical accounting rigor and strategic business partnership. You’ll drive the integrity of our financial reporting, build and mentor a high-performing team, and help shape the systems and processes that will carry us through our next stage of growth. You’ll report directly to the CFO and work in close partnership with FP&A, Legal, Product, Technology, and executive leadership. This is a role for someone who is equally comfortable in the weeds of a complex technical accounting question and discussing strategic problems with executive leadership. What You’ll Do - Financial Close & Reporting: - Own the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes – ensuring they are timely, accurate, and continuously improving in efficiency. - Prepare and review GAAP-compliant financial statements – including balance sheet, P&L, cash flow statement, and all required footnote disclosures. - Deliver clear, insightful financial reporting packages to the CFO, executive team, and external parties on a regular cadence. - Maintain a well-documented close calendar with accountability across the accounting team. - Audit, Compliance, & Controls: - Lead external audit relationships with our Big-4 firm and regional audit partners from planning through final issuance – on time and without significant findings. - Ensure ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements, lender covenants, and other reporting obligations. - Establish, maintain, and continuously strengthen internal controls and accounting policies; build towards SOX-readiness as the company scales. - Partner with an external tax firm on federal, state, and local tax compliance and planning. - Technical Accounting: - Serve as in-house technical accounting authority, providing guidance on complex areas including revenue recognition (ASC 606), leases (ASC 842), receivables (ASC 310), debt issuance costs (ASC 835), and warrant classification (ASC 815). - Draft and maintain technical accounting memos and position papers to document judgments and conclusions. - Stay current on new and proposed accounting standards and assess their impact on Homeward’s financial reporting. - Business Partnership & Strategic Support: - Partner closely with FP&A, Business Intelligence, Legal, Growth, Product, and Technology teams on budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, tool development, and more. - Support cash flow management, banking and treasury functions, and working capital optimization. - Provide accounting and financial due diligence support for potential financing transactions, partnerships, or other strategic initiatives. - Translate complex accounting concepts for non-accounting audiences, enabling better business decisions across the company. - People Leadership & Team Development: - Lead, mentor, and develop an accounting team spanning staff accountants through Assistant Controller – cultivating a culture of excellence, ownership, and continuous learning. - Set clear goals and provide regular, actionable feedback; support career development and retention of top talent. - Build team capacity and structure to support Homeward’s growth, including hiring as needed. - Systems, Processes, & Scalability: - Drive process improvement and automation initiatives to increase the speed, accuracy, and scalability of accounting operations. - Lead or support financial system integrations (NetSuite experience highly valued). - Document and standardize accounting processes and policies to support a growing, distributed team. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA strongly preferred. - 10-12+ years of progressive accounting experience, with a mix of public accounting and industry experience. - Proven track record leading and developing accounting teams in a high-growth environment. - Deep knowledge of US GAAP, including experience navigating complex technical accounting matters. - Experience managing external audits with Big-4 or equivalent firms. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to zoom out to the big picture. - Excellent communicator – able to present financial information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. - ERP proficiency; NetSuite experience strongly preferred. - Familiarity with SOX compliance and internal control frameworks. Preferred - Experience in real estate, mortgage, fintech, or financial services industries. - Background in private equity-backed or venture-backed companies. - Experience with lender covenant reporting and compliance in a debt-financed business. - Track record of leading or contributing to automation initiatives. - Exposure to cash management in a capital-intensive business. Benefits - $175,000 base salary. - Annual performance bonus eligibility. - Meaningful equity grant – stock options with real upside potential. - Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage – with company contributions towards premiums. - Meaningful time off – including 20 days of paid vacation, 5 sick days, 12 company holidays, and 2 floating holidays. - Generous paid parental leave of up to 13 weeks. - 401(k) with employer contribution match. - Remote-first work environment (our headquarters are in Austin, TX). - Collaborative, low-ego team that values intellectual curiosity and continuous improvement.

• Leading and deciding - Takes control and exercises leadership, initiates action, provides others with clear direction and takes responsibility. Sets behavioural standards while motivating and empowering others. • Health and Safety—Ensures H&S is at the top of every agenda. Contributes to and supports the company's drive to create a culture of safety and well-being. • Organising and Executing—Plans ahead, is systematic, follows directions and procedures while setting clearly defined objectives, monitors performance and outputs, takes learnings, and applies these to consistently achieve project and execution goals. • Results driven - Works best when work is closely related to results. Shows business acumen and understands finance and commerce. Keeps up to date with competitor information and market trends. Identifies business opportunities and efficiencies while seeking to develop themselves in role or seek career progression. • Interacting and presenting - Communicates and networks effectively, successfully persuades and influences others, persuades and influences projects credibility. Expresses opinions clearly while maintaining collaborative relationships internally and externally. • Training & Development – General training management aligned to commercial competencies and Barr Behaviours to ensure their team are competent in their existing role while building capability through PDPs to ensure that the team is ready for the next move within their career plan, providing the leaders of the future. Above all carried out within the parameters of the CLASS and 70/20/10 models. • Financial Control – Work with finance partners to deliver effective management of budgets and cost bases to achieve all commercial contribution targets and objectives. • Operational - Working with internal and external partners to maximise efficiencies, cost control, stock holding and service levels to deliver a best in class operational arm to our company.

• Collections: Manage end-to-end chase process for all outstanding client invoices across the portfolio. • Aged debt ledger: Maintain an accurate and up-to-date aged debt report, reviewed weekly with the transactions team lead. • Days Sales Outstanding (DSO): Track, report, and actively work to reduce DSO across the client base. • Payment plans and escalations: Agree payment plans with clients where appropriate and escalating unresolved cases to the transactions team lead or Finance Business Partner. • Dispute identification: Identify when a slow payment is a genuine dispute (rather than a cash flow issue) and escalate to the Finance Business Partner for resolution. • Cash allocation: Allocate receipts accurately to the correct client invoices in the system. • Client communication: Professional, relationship-aware communication with client finance teams on all payment matters. • Reporting: Produce weekly aged debt and DSO reports for the Transactions Manager.

• Veille à ce que la mise en œuvre du projet ainsi que les lots de travaux et les contraintes soient correctement intégrés dans le scénario de planification du projet • Responsable du suivi de l'avancement et de la production de projections précises • Veille à ce que les autres fonctions aient accès à des rapports et à des projections actualisés et précis et à ce que les rapports pertinents soient disponibles pour le client • Responsable de la gestion directe du personnel, y compris de la dotation en personnel et du développement des performances • Utilise une connaissance approfondie d'une discipline technique, une pensée analytique et une expérience technique pour mettre en œuvre la politique/stratégie