Director FP&A and Finance Operations

About the role:

Come and join a small but “mighty” finance team. For the Director of FP&A and Finance Operations role, we are looking for an independent and hard-working person driven by rigor and intellectual curiosity with an analytical and methodical mindset. You have excellent communication, analytical skills, organizational abilities, and leadership capabilities. You are a key team player, going the extra length to support the organization and help colleagues. Your colleagues are impressed with your professional competence in Finance. You have a very efficient and organized way of working with high-capacity individuals with highly developed skills in prioritization and timing. Attention to detail is of utmost importance, and data-driving focus is one of your superpowers, among others.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with and report to the CFO to support FP&A and financial operations (fiat and crypto).
• Lead the implementation of an FP&A platform to audit spend and foster a culture of cost saving.
• Work closely with budget managers to monitor each cost center’s spend, communicate budget to actual analysis, and complete ongoing re-forecasting.
• Develop, analyze, and interpret statistical and accounting information to assess operating results in terms of profitability, performance against budget, and industry benchmarks.
• Serve as a trusted partner and project manager for the implementation of Netsuite.
• Collaborate with the accounting team to continue to automate processes and ensure the timely close of month-end and year-end activities.
• Participate in the company's review of appropriate insurance coverage against property loss and potential liability.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Analyze and develop policies, procedures, and systems to ensure effective internal controls, optimum efficiencies, and improvement of processes.
• Collaborate across teams to assess the economic return on strategic initiatives and provide actionable insights to help drive optimal business decisions and maintain accurate and realistic revenue and cost forecasts.
• Collaborate to build, set up, review, and optimize the department rules, framework, procedures, policies, and workflows.
• Understand, create, track, and report on metrics for the levers that drive positive unit economics for the Hedera network and Hedera’s long-term financial health.
• Manage HR activities for Hedera together with the CFO.
• Lead the onboarding and implementation of critical vendors, such as banks and OTC.
• Together with the CFO, manage stakeholder relationships with and support TPA and SAFT purchasers.
• Advance the insight and understanding of the business unit economics and KPIs to drive further alignment and accountability across the company.
• Support investor relations, including board decks and investor updates, and help shape our internal and external financial narrative and strategy.
• Provide analytical and due diligence support for fundraising activities.
• Design and manage a help desk and ticketing system for Finance support and prompt response.
• Build strong relationships with the board, the investors, and the banks.

Skills/Qualities Needed:

• Minimum ten years of Accounting, Treasury, or FP&A experience, preferably in financial services.
• Start-up experience setting structures and scaling them.
• Experience building an automated FP&A model for forecasting and projections.
• Experience presenting budgets and forecasts to senior management and external parties.
• Demonstrated ability to document and articulate business issues promptly and professionally effectively.
• Effective communicator, both written and oral.
• Strong attention to detail in assessing financial information.
• Knowledge of a wide range of reporting software (ERPs, expense management tools, TMS, etc.).

 Skills/Qualities Preferred:

• Post-secondary degree in a business or finance discipline (e.g., MBA or CFA).
• Minimum five years working in a SaaS, Crypto, Technology, or Financial Services Company.
• Working experience working in Crypto exchange, Web3, or layer 1.
• Coding and programming experience (e.g., SQL).
• Capital market experience.
• Experience managing a remote team.
• Ability to adapt and learn new processes and tasks.
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills.

Location: Remote, willing to travel occasionally.

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