Director of Finance (Remote, David)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Pennsylvania; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is a fully remote US digital agency of 30 to 40 people delivering websites, SEO, paid media and branding. As Director of Finance 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. You will oversee monthly closes, cash management, and FP&A while coordinating remote payroll and contracts across several countries, ensuring strong controls and transparent reporting to

Qualifications

• Has run finance themselves: built the models, owned the close and reported to ownership.
• Independent and driven with initiative and accountability.
• Strong written and spoken English with clear communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own finance end to end including monthly close, cash, payables and controls.
• Lead FP&A: revenue, margin, cash flow models and forecasts.
• Oversee people operations for a remote team across countries, including onboarding/offboarding and payroll setup.
• Provide plain, actionable updates to ownership on financial status and proposed actions.

Skills

Google Sheets

Excel

English proficiency

Tools

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 Director of Finance 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 Director of Finance 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.