Finance Success Specialist - 9 month FTC

✨ One platform, a whole world of opportunity 

Right now, the best jobs are limited to people in a handful of the world’s wealthiest cities, yet brilliant people are everywhere. Driven to overturn the status quo and distribute opportunities equally around the world, Oyster launched its global employment platform to help companies hire, pay, and care for talent anywhere. 

When it comes to global employment, we walk the walk. We’re proof that companies don't need an office to create a highly-engaged culture. Since the company’s inception in January 2020, Oyster has:

🌏 Created a fully-distributed, vibrant team of 500+ employees across 60+ countries 👩‍💻Featured in Forbes having ranked #9 in Flexjobs Top 30 Companies for remote jobs   🌈 Established a diverse leadership team and an employee base that’s 60% female 🏆 Achieved one of the highest employee engagement scores in its class 🦄 Raised $150 million in Series C funding at a valuation of over $1 billion!

Our momentum speaks to the power of global employment—and we’re just getting started! If you want to change the world with Oyster and be empowered to work remotely while doing so, we’d love for you to apply! 

Location: While this position is posted in a specific location, all of Oyster’s positions are fully remote and you can work from home. Forever. To create the best experience for our new hire (you?!) This role  requires you to be based within -3 to -6 UTC hours.

Oyster is growing fast, and we are looking for a Finance Success Specialist for a 9 month Fixed Term employment Contract, to help us deliver a fantastic support experience to our growing number of customers.  You will be part of the frontline team of our business and someone who our customers interact with day to day.

What you'll do...

• Coordinate customer support by working with support team & finance/payroll teams to ensure customer questions are answered timely & effectively 
• Research and identify invoicing discrepancies in a systematic manner
• Utilize our accounting software, Netsuite, to regenerate invoices and create credit notes
• Work with support colleagues, HR, finance and legal experts to resolve queries and then sharing your knowledge with the customer facing team
• Use support ticketing platforms (Zendesk) and knowledge-centered support principles to enhance the service experience, both internally and externally whilst providing a human-centric experience
• Maintain and help to develop our processes in Zendesk.

What we're looking for 📜

• 3-5 years of experience working in a financial and payroll role/capacity
• Experience managing end to end payroll
• Strong communicator with ability to distill complex payroll information into clear responses
• Good understanding of bookkeeping procedures eg, Invoicing and Credit Notes
• General understanding of Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable
• An empathic and human-centered approach to supporting customers; you always want to go the extra mile to ensure that the customer is happy and they feel supported
• Passionate about creating and sharing knowledge to build a fantastic support experience for your colleagues and our customers
• Attention to detail; experience/acumen around end-to-end customer invoicing process
• Comfortable with a high pace work environment and changing customer priorities
• Excellent interpersonal skills, determination and tenacity
• Remote-first advocate and passionate about creating change in the future of work landscape
• Driven by the social impact mission and desire to use skills to influence global change and employment opportunities
• [Bonus] Experience with Zendesk
• [Bonus] Experience with Netsuite

You'll also need...

• A reliable home internet connection (or be able to get one)
• Fluent English

🦪 How we work together at Oyster

Our values guide the work we do, the decisions we make, and the culture that makes us special. We elevate talent. 🙌  We build trust. 🤝 We thrive together. 🌍

Our mission is to create a more equal world—one global hire at a time. Everything we do ladders up to our mission—and that doesn’t just mean building software. We develop programs, participate in workshops, and create dedicated teams to ensure we successfully support companies and knowledge workers in this new world of work. 

We embrace asynchronous communication and collaborative work—and we sha