Finance and Operations Specialist

The role

You will own finance and operations by managing numbers, workflows, and scalable systems. You will report to the founder and CEO to handle monthly reporting, vendor negotiations, and billing systems.

What you will do

• Lead monthly reporting to founders including budget vs actuals and cash forecast
• Own the monthly close and work with outside CPA firm on tax and year-end
• Negotiate vendor and service agreements
• Manage leases like the private road used for technology testing
• Decide when a contract needs outside counsel
• Fix processes that slow the team down
• Run customer invoicing including milestone billing for public agencies
• Manage collections, vendor payments, payroll, and benefits

Required qualifications

• Take extreme ownership
• Ability to cut through noise and explain what to fix first
• Communicate clearly in writing and in person
• Proactively spot and flag gaps
• Treat finance and operations as a system
• Detail obsessed
• Learn fast
• Comfortable with automations, integrations, and AI tools
• Excited to work in person at the Denver office

Nice to have

• Experience with public agency or government contracts
• CPA or progress toward one

Benefits

• Relocation bonus
• Monthly allowance for personalized health coverage (ICHRA)
• 401(k) matching up to 4%
• Company-sponsored life & disability insurance
• Early Stage Equity with annual tender process
• 4 weeks of untracked PTO
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• 12 weeks of fully paid sabbatical every 5 years
• Daily group lunches
• Fully stocked kitchen
• Annual 4-day team getaway
• Monthly game nights, escape rooms, and dinners

Before you apply

• 3-4 interviews
• Final paid work trial

About the company

Blissway is a startup that simplifies toll collection and improves highway safety. They operate with a lean team of less than 30 people.