Felipe Lopez
Summary
Strategic and results-driven Finance executive and Certified Public Accountant with over 15 years of leadership experience in public and industry accounting. Expertise includes financial reporting and technical accounting, such as Revenue Recognition, compensation arrangements, business combinations, and long-lived assets. Demonstrated ability to navigate complex environments while simplifying technical issues for executive decision-making, resulting in significant process enhancements and operational improvements. Meticulous and professional, leveraging deep business acumen to drive financial and operational excellence across diverse organizations.
Overview
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1
Certification
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
VP, Global Controller
Unity Technologies
05.2026 - Current
- Assigned as global controller in May 2026, broadening scope of responsibilities to lead end-to-end controllership organization
- Leading the strategic modernization of global accounting and deal operations by integrating AI solutions and optimizing process, policies and workflows to accelerate the accounting close cycle to 6 business days
VP, Accounting
Unity Technologies
05.2025 - 04.2026
- Expanded leadership scope to include Global Sales Operations and the Deal Desk, unifying the end-to-end order-to-cash lifecycle; orchestrated the company’s first integration of all revenue operations under a single executive leader to drive operational excellence.
- Accelerated the 10-K filing deadline by two weeks by optimizing SEC reporting workflows through automation, simplification, and rigorous cross-functional accountability.
- Delivered quarterly executive updates to the Audit Committee on critical controllership matters, providing strategic analysis of significant accounting judgments, financial results, and error corrections to ensure transparent governance and informed decision-making.
Senior Director, Accounting
Unity Technologies
07.2021 - 04.2025
- Broadened leadership scope to encompass SEC reporting and global technical accounting and policy, while maintaining strategic oversight of revenue accounting functions.
- Built a global accounting policy function, standardizing controllership policies and acting as lead expert for executives and auditors on complex matters. Created and led professional development training for 150+ team members to ensure global consistency.
- Managed the consolidation of a $1 billion ad network by unifying disparate systems and processes within 12 months, balancing competing cross-functional initiatives across finance and IT.
- Spearheaded a global organizational integration by transitioning international finance teams acquired through merger into a unified functional structure, standardizing cross-border processes to scale global operational capacity.
- Designed and scaled a 75-person global Shared Services Center, delivering a 33% reduction in annual labor costs and improving throughput by centralizing high-volume accounting and operations functions.
Director, Revenue Accounting
Unity Technologies
03.2019 - 06.2021
- Co-led the execution of a successful IPO by directing the preparation and multi-stakeholder review of the S-4 filing, maintaining a compressed 8-month timeline through agile remote leadership.
- Architected an enterprise-wide SOX 404 internal control framework in partnership with IT, Engineering, internal stakeholders and internal Audit teams to ensure robust regulatory compliance.
- Transformed the financial close cycle, reducing the window from 20 to 7 business days through process re-engineering and automation to establish a scalable reporting environment.
Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting
Unity Technologies
04.2017 - 02.2019
- Modernized order-to-cash infrastructure by leading the implementation of Salesforce, Zuora, RevPro, and Workday ERP, streamlining financial reporting and driving significant operational efficiency for the software revenue accounting team.
- Led the organization’s ASC 606 adoption by authoring technical memos and policies, conducting stand-alone selling price (SSP) analyses, and executing manual revenue recasts. Successfully navigated the SEC preclearance process to ensure the SEC would not object to the company’s accounting treatment of software offerings as a single performance obligation.
Director, AAS
KPMG (Deal Advisory – Accounting Advisory Services)
12.2015 - 03.2017
- Provided on-call accounting advisory for public and private technology companies, specializing in revenue recognition and financial reporting compliance with industry standards.
- Directed ASC 606 assessment and implementation projects for public software and SaaS companies.
- Supported financial due diligence for buy-side and sell-side transactions.
- Developed process narratives and flowcharts to address accounting changes and internal control findings.
Audit Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
11.2011 - 11.2015
- Managed quarterly assessments and annual audits of SEC-registered firms, concentrating on critical risk areas
Audit Senior
Moss Adams (PwC)
06.2006 - 10.2011
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration: Accounting
California State University Sacramento
Skills
- Executive Leadership & Influence: Adept at building consensus across multi-functional teams and influencing executive-level decision-making; highly effective communicator and proven motivator of diverse teams
- Advanced Technical Accounting: Deep expertise in US GAAP and IFRS, with specialized experience in revenue recognition stock compensation, business combinations and long-lived assets
- Global Team Leadership & Scalability: Extensive experience leading and scaling large, multinational accounting and finance teams and designing global Shared Services Centers
- Financial Systems Transformation: Proven track record of directing large-scale ERP integrations and end-to-end Order-to-Cash system implementations
- Strategic Process Optimization: Skilled at simplifying complex technical issues for stakeholders to drive operational excellence in highly matrixed organizations
Certification
- Certified Public Accountant (inactive)
- California State Board of Accountancy
- License Number: 119610
Timeline
VP, Global Controller
Unity Technologies
05.2026 - Current
VP, Accounting
Unity Technologies
05.2025 - 04.2026
Senior Director, Accounting
Unity Technologies
07.2021 - 04.2025
Director, Revenue Accounting
Unity Technologies
03.2019 - 06.2021
Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting
Unity Technologies
04.2017 - 02.2019
Director, AAS
KPMG (Deal Advisory – Accounting Advisory Services)
12.2015 - 03.2017
Audit Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
11.2011 - 11.2015
Audit Senior
Moss Adams (PwC)
06.2006 - 10.2011
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration: Accounting
California State University Sacramento