MATTHEW SEDLACEK

Professional Experience

• Engineering Manager2024 - Present

  Sezzle

  ● Lead a team of six engineers owning Sezzle's finance and treasury systems: bank-partner loan reporting, accounting automation, and the data pipelines behind month-end close and SEC reporting
  ● Led the WebBank lending partnership launch end to end, taking the full suite of daily loan reporting from discovery through bank approval to SLA-bound production delivery
  ● Delivered the Pagaya forward-flow integration on an aggressive timeline, building the loan-level reporting and monthly cash reconciliation that fund loan purchases and drive month-end invoicing
  ● Provided strategic direction on the P2P lending launch, guiding ledgering design and bank-partner reporting requirements and securing WebBank approval on the full file suite ahead of go-live
  ● Own audit and controls for the team, leading external auditor walkthroughs across automated revenue controls, bank funding, and accounting automation
  ● Brought AI tooling into the team's workflow, building an internal Claude skill for scaffolding new bank reporting jobs that let the team stand up five report structures in one working session, materially accelerating P2P reporting delivery
  ● Built a purpose-made interview process that assesses accounting fluency alongside software engineering skill, the hybrid profile this team requires in order to succeed
  ● Run a standing training curriculum across accounting, treasury, and audit workflows, and have grown junior engineers into Software Engineer II through structured mentorship, 30/60/90 plans, and progressive ownership of business-critical systems
  

  Software Engineer II / Technical Lead2022 - 2024

  Sezzle

  ● Developed multipart AWS file uploader to serve as bank hot servicing backup for loans, also optimized source queries in Redshift reducing processing times by 95%
  ● Created automated invoicing service to post invoices to Stripe for payment and record in accounting software
  ● Led a high-performing software development team through project lifecycles, fostering collaboration, setting clear goals, and optimizing team productivity, resulting in successful and timely delivery of projects
  

  Software Engineer I2021 - 2022

  Sezzle

  ● Developed General Ledger accounting microservice to automate and accurately record cash and cash in-transit; implemented rules engine and Kafka event streaming of payment processors including ACH, Stripe, First Data, and Cybersource
  ● Created merchant referral revenue payout interface and optimized referral revenue process providing stronger controls and visibility to Treasury and Finance
  ● Designed and updated Investor Relations page in collaboration with Senior Leadership to provide more informative and user friendly experience
  ● Led workshops on software design patterns for 30+ Software Engineers

• Financial Analyst II2019 - 2020

  Adaptive Biotechnologies

  ● Established budget vs actual reporting with variance analysis
  ● Built scalable Project Management Organizational Model for operations teams to plan for 2020 hires and determine the timing of projects using Greenhouse and Microsoft Excel
  ● Streamlined headcount forecasting by developing policies with the Human Resources team

• Financial Analyst2017 - 2019

  ROOT SPORTS NW

  ● Created annual budgets, monthly forecasts, and quarterly reporting for the Board of Directors presentations and internal stakeholders
  ● Designed and led beginner and advanced Microsoft Excel workshops for ROOT SPORTS NW employees
  ● 2019 Q3 Employee of the Quarter

• Financial Analyst2016 - 2017

  Amazon

  ● Led weekly calls with operations and business partners to discuss inventory issues and impacts on accounting
  ● Automated inventory processes and reporting using SQL and Virtual Trader

• Financial Accounting Analyst2014 - 2016

  Costco

  ● Provided accounting guidance for equipment purchases and construction projects for over sixty Costco locations
  ● Consolidated and reported capital expenditures, depreciation, system discrepancies, and construction in progress

Education

• Flatiron School2020

  Full Stack Web Development, Ruby on Rails and JavaScript program

• Washington State University2014

  Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, Finance Major

  Summa Cum Laude

• Bellevue College2018

  Certificate, Database Design