Finance Operations Analyst

📋 Description

• • Own the end-to-end finance operations engine at a hyper-growth payments company processing billions of dollars annually. You will sit at the intersection of finance, product, engineering, and risk, translating complex data into strategic decisions that move the needle on cash flow, margins, and investor returns.
• • Act as the orchestrator of all finance-related workstreams—rigorously prioritizing initiatives across accounting, treasury, FP&A, and revenue operations. You’ll build the connective tissue that keeps teams aligned on deadlines, dependencies, and deliverables while ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.
• • Manage the full order-to-cash lifecycle, from signed order form through collections. You’ll monitor aging receivables, forecast cash conversion, and implement dunning strategies that reduce DSO and improve working capital. Your dashboards will become the single source of truth for cash-in metrics.
• • Investigate and resolve high-impact payment exceptions—failed ACH transfers, declined card transactions, settlement discrepancies—working hand-in-hand with risk, engineering, and our banking partners. Each root-cause analysis you perform will tighten our controls and reduce future losses.
• • Scale new payment methods and vertical integrations by scoping requirements, building financial models, and leading cross-functional sprints. Whether we’re launching instant payouts or embedding banking services, you’ll quantify ROI, define success metrics, and shepherd the project to launch.
• • Build and maintain KPIs that track take rates, gross margins, value-at-risk, and unit economics. You’ll turn raw transaction data into board-ready insights, spotlighting where to double-down or course-correct.
• • Create and continuously refine SOPs that drive operational consistency across a distributed team. Your documentation will be the playbook that enables new hires to ramp quickly and ensures audit-ready processes.
• • Partner directly with senior leadership to prepare investor updates, board materials, and strategic plans. Your analyses will influence equity appreciation and resource allocation at the highest level.
• • Translate technical findings into crisp narratives for non-technical stakeholders. Whether presenting to engineers or executives, you’ll make the complex feel simple and the data feel actionable.
• • Thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment where priorities shift daily. You’ll proactively identify bottlenecks, propose solutions, and execute without waiting for permission—turning chaos into clarity.