Finance and Operations Lead (Remote, La Paz)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Asturias; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is a fully remote US digital agency with 30–40 people, delivering websites, SEO, paid media and branding. As Finance and Operations Lead, you own finance end to end and the people operations that accompany it, reporting directly to ownership as the senior finance leader.

You run it independently and drive strategic financial decisions. The role requires substantial overlap with US business hours in a remote setup, with finance and operations responsibility spanning multiple

Qualifications

• Candidates have run finance themselves, built models, and reported to ownership.
• Independent and driven mindset with no handholding.
• Strong written and spoken English is required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end finance: close, cash, payables, receivables and controls.
• Develop FP&A models: revenue, margins, cash flow, forecasts, unit economics.
• Lead people operations: onboarding/offboarding for a remote team across multiple countries, contracts, payroll setup.
• Provide clear updates to ownership on business status and recommended actions.

Skills

Finance

FP&A

People operations

English proficiency

Tools

Google Sheets

Excel

QuickBooks

Xero

Job description

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency is a fully remote US digital agency of 30 to 40 people running websites, SEO, paid media and branding. As Finance and Operations Lead you own finance end to end, plus the people operations that go with it, reporting straight to ownership as the senior finance person. You run it on your own.

Blacksmith Agency

• Finance
• Full time
• Remote (Latin America or South Africa)

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency is a fully remote US digital agency of 30 to 40 people running websites, SEO, paid media and branding. As Finance and Operations Lead you own finance end to end, plus the people operations that go with it, reporting straight to ownership as the senior finance person. You run it on your own.

What You Will Own

• Finance: clean books with our bookkeeper, the monthly close, cash, payables, receivables and controls.
• FP&A: revenue, margin and cash flow models and forecasts, monthly actual versus forecast, unit economics and the capacity model that says when to hire.
• People operations: onboarding and offboarding for a remote team across several countries, contracts, payroll setup, access in and out.
• Plain answers for ownership on where the business stands and what to do about it.

What You Need

• You have run finance yourself: built the models, owned the close and answered to ownership for the numbers.
• Independent and driven. Nobody hands you a checklist.
• Strong Google Sheets or Excel, QuickBooks or Xero, and clear written and spoken English.
• Full time as your only job, with substantial overlap with US business hours. Services or agency finance is a plus.