About finally

Finally is one of America’s fastest-growing fintech companies, revolutionizing financial automation for SMBs. Our cutting-edge platform integrates Credit & Banking, Billing & Invoicing, Bookkeeping, and Taxes, powered by AI to simplify financial operations and help businesses focus on what matters most—growth.

Backed by $200M in 2024 funding, we’re headquartered in sunny South Florida, home to a thriving team of over 200 across three offices. As the official corporate card of the Panthers, Heat, and small business expense management for the Bulls, we’re making waves in fintech and looking for ambitious talent to join us on this journey.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Head of Accounting at Finally to join our team as our inaugural hire on the internal accounting staff. The ideal candidate will be at the Controller or Director level, and have experience at a fintech start up, financial services company, or financial institution, or possess a strong background with working and scaling teams as the first finance or accounting hire at a previous start up. In this role, you will be responsible for putting in place and optimizing our internal accounting workflows, internal and external financial reporting, leading month end closes, making sure our general ledger and chart of accounts are accurate, working with cross functional partners to enforce our corporate expense policy, and leading the company through our first audit. 

This will be an exceptionally high visibility and entrepreneurial position. You will also have the opportunity to be a critical thought partner and design partner for our product and engineering teams as they build the next generation financial automation platform for small and medium sized businesses.

What you’ll do:

• Lead our first audit

• Optimize our month end close process

• Design and build more efficient processes around AP, AR, payroll, ledger entries, etc.

• Form the foundation for a high performing finance and accounting organization

• Hire a team of high octane accounting managers, AP and Payroll specialists, bookkeepers, etc. to work under you. 

• Be a power user and critical thinker around the Finally expense management, banking, bookkeeping, and accounting products to help our product get better over time

What you need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field

• 6+ years of experience in operational accounting at a financial services related firm, fintech company, or start up

• Proficiency with Netsuite and a modern expense management software (Ramp, Divvy, Brex, Airbase, etc)

• Strong understanding of financial products, financial services, and the payment industry

• Exceptional problem-solving skills and attention to detail

• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively cross functionally

• Demonstrated experience in hiring and leading a team of finance and accounting professionals

Nice to haves:

• Experience with cross border and international accounting

• Experience with lending businesses and money transmission 

• Experience with compliance and state level compliance reporting

• Understanding of financial regulations and compliance requirements in the fintech industry

• Be opinionated about equity accounting, compensation schemas, best in class tech vendors, automation and audit readiness

• CPA designation

Benefits

• Health insurance

• Dental insurance

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Paid time off

• Paid training

• Vision insurance