Director, Finance Operations

Graphite Financial is a growing boutique finance, accounting, tax, and strategy firm (www.graphitefinancial.com) built to help startup and high-growth companies scale efficiently and sustainably. Graphite Financial is redefining the “finance department” for early-stage companies and VC-backed startups. We deliver high-caliber accounting and finance leadership and support to entrepreneurs and management teams building scalable, high-growth companies. Our clients are actively managing cash burn, measuring performance, reporting to investors, making capital allocation decisions, and preparing for fundraising. All of that takes expertise and time that founders don’t have and can’t afford to hire for. Graphite bridges the gap with flexible, fixed-fee support packages that provide fractional leadership and operational support from CFOs, Controllers, FP&A Managers, and Tax leaders.

We are looking for a Director, Finance Operations to join our growing FP&A team. Ideal candidates have experience leading teams in financial analysis and reporting, budgeting and forecasting, and data analysis and presentation. If you are analytical, inquisitive, and enjoy diving into financial data, you’re in the right place. We believe data is meaningless if it doesn’t tell a larger story. Candidates should be skilled in presenting financial results clearly with high-impact visualizations and other presentation tools. This is a client-facing role and candidates should be confident leading client discussions independently, delivering and interpreting financial results, and providing fundraising support. Candidates with early-stage startup experience in finance, or FP&A roles are preferred, as are candidates with client-service experience and CPG or SaaS industry experience. 

As the Director of Finance, you will sit at the intersection of strategic delivery and operational scaling, ensuring that Graphite’s 'Finance-as-a-Service' model remains the gold standard for early-stage startups. This is a "Player-Coach" role. 

You will lead by example with a curated book of high-impact clients while simultaneously building the systems, capacity planning models, and talent pipelines that allow your team to thrive.

Graphite Financial is redefining the “finance department” for early-stage companies. We deliver high-caliber accounting/finance leadership and support to entrepreneurs and management teams building scalable, high-growth companies. Our clients are actively managing cash burn, measuring performance, reporting to investors, making capital allocation decisions, and preparing for fundraising. All of that takes expertise and time that founders don’t have and can’t afford to hire for. Graphite closes the gap with flexible, fixed-fee support packages that provide fractional leadership and operational support from CFOs, Controllers, FP&A Managers, and Accounting Managers. 

Some of What You’ll Do:

• Day to Day Finance Department Leadership
• • Leadership: Lead a team of Senior Managers and Analysts in delivering these services to clients, including coaching on execution, prioritization, and delivery leadership- this includes performance reviews and other managerial responsibilities
  • Resourcing: Own resource planning across the Finance service offering
  • Hiring: Partner with People Ops to assist in the recruiting and hiring process process. Including, overseeing the onboarding of new finance team members.
  • Scoping: Support in reviewing potential client needs to understand and bridge the gap between our sales team and client; internal skillsets, capacity, onboard timelines and expectations.
  • Customer & team advocacy: Intervene when things are not going the way we expected; whether a client has a change happening and needs different support, a client is unhappy or has mismatched expectations, or restaffing is required. Bridge the gap between the client and the team.
  • Oversee onboarding: Ensure onboarding flow is well developed, repeatable and executed on
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