Whitecircle

Finance Ops

NY, Remote. Posted 2 months ago

The role

The Finance Lead will own day-to-day accounting and finance operations. This includes reviewing expenses, financial reporting, forecasting, and cash and burn tracking.

What you will do

  • Own day-to-day finance and accounting operations across different entities, focusing on the US entity and US GAAP accounting
  • Own the monthly financial close and ensure reporting and financial data are accurate
  • Work with external accountants, tax advisors, auditors, and other finance providers
  • Build and maintain financial reporting for revenue, expenses, cash, burn, runway, and financial health
  • Own budgeting and forecasting processes including revenue, expenses, headcount, cash needs, and runway
  • Build and maintain financial models to support strategic decisions
  • Help design and improve accounting and finance processes
  • Prepare financial information for investors, fundraising, board materials, and due diligence
  • Identify opportunities to automate finance workflows

Required qualifications

  • Hands-on experience with US GAAP accounting
  • Strong accounting fundamentals
  • Comfortable owning the financial close and financial reporting process
  • Ability to work independently and take ownership of the finance function
  • Experience with accounting or finance in a multi-entity or group company setup

Nice to have

  • CPA qualification
  • Experience with international accounting
  • Experience with financial forecasting, budgeting, cash flow planning, and burn/runway tracking
  • Build lightweight dashboards and internal tools
  • Comfortable building financial models from scratch
  • Experience setting up finance and accounting processes from scratch

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package, including equity
  • Flexible time off
  • Health insurance
  • Mental health support, including coverage for therapy
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Learning and development support for courses, conferences, and opportunities to grow skills
  • All the hardware, subscriptions, tools, and services needed
  • Team off-sites twice a year

Before you apply

  • Intro call (25 min)
  • Take-home test assignment
  • Final call with CEO & Head of Ops (45 min)

About the company

Whitecircle is an AI Safety company building the safety, reliability, and optimization layer for AI systems. They have raised a Series A funding round totaling $70M.