Flagright.Com

Head of Finance

San Francisco, USA. Posted 4 months ago

The role

The Head of Finance will take ownership of global financial operations across US, UK, India, and Singapore. This role involves building and optimizing processes to support rapid scaling through hands-on operational work.

What you will do

  • Prepare and manage investor updates, Board meetings, and monthly consolidated management accounts for 4 entities
  • Lead financial planning and analysis including budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
  • Develop and maintain detailed financial models
  • Oversee accounts payable and enforce accounts receivable processes
  • Collaborate with external accountants and tax experts
  • Implement inter-company pricing measures and manage transfer pricing documentation
  • Oversee external auditors for a yearly audit across 4 global entities
  • Contribute to pricing and deal desk operations

Required qualifications

  • Based in the Bay Area
  • Right to work in the USA
  • 5+ years of professional experience in Finance in a high-growth environment
  • Hands-on FP&A or Strategic Finance experience including budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and leadership reporting
  • Prior experience in a SaaS start-up environment (Series A to C)
  • Hands-on experience with fundraising and/or acquisition processes
  • Experience operating across multiple entities, jurisdictions, currencies, and time zones
  • Understanding of cross-border finance and multi-entity accounting, including HR, legal, tax, and compliance considerations
  • Strong working knowledge of SaaS business models including ARR, retention, gross margin, CAC/payback, burn, runway, cash forecasting, and investor-facing operating metrics
  • Proven people-management experience, ideally managing distributed or offshore teams

Nice to have

  • Managing distributed or offshore teams

Benefits

  • Housing subsidy for those living within 1 mile of the office
  • Equity from day 1

Before you apply

  • No visa sponsorship available

About the company

Flagright is an AI operating system for financial crime compliance used by Fortune 500 companies, large banks, fintechs, and fast growing startups. They operate as a lean, high-performance team with high individual ownership.