Finance Leader: Operational CFO Path to Scale

Unclassified; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Unclassified in Brooklyn, NY is seeking a finance leader to own financial operations, drive profitability, and build scalable systems and controls. This role reports to senior leadership and leads a finance team in a fast-growing, transaction-heavy environment.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of accounting/finance leadership, deep payroll tax and multi-state tax experience, and a hands-on, strategic mindset to partner with executives on financial strategy and operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience.
• Strong accounting and financial reporting foundation.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, reconciliations, and financial controls.
• Controller, Director of Finance, VP of Finance, Head of Finance, or similar leadership experience preferred.
• Strong operational and analytical mindset.
• Ability to build systems, processes, controls, and teams.
• Comfortable working both strategically and hands on.
• Payroll Tax, HCM, PEO, or other transaction-heavy industry experience is a strong plus.
• Multi-state tax and compliance experience is a plus.
• Deep Payroll Tax expertise is preferred but not required for a strong candidate who can learn quickly and lead technical team members.

Responsibilities

• Oversee accounting and day to day financial operations
• Manage financial statements, reporting, and month end and year end close processes
• Oversee cash flow, budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning
• Maintain strong reconciliations, controls, and financial processes
• Analyze financial performance and identify opportunities to improve profitability
• Build and improve financial systems, processes, and internal controls
• Lead financial projects and ensure initiatives are properly implemented
• Develop and manage a strong finance team
• Partner with leadership on financial strategy and business decisions
• Oversee and develop knowledge of Payroll Tax and related financial operations
• Identify financial and operational issues and drive them through resolution
• Support the continued growth and development of the organization

Skills

Leadership

Accounting

Finance analysis

Internal controls

Strategic thinking

Payroll tax

Cross-functional

Job description

Unclassified in Brooklyn, NY is seeking a finance leader to own financial operations, drive profitability, and build scalable systems and controls. This role reports to senior leadership and leads a finance team in a fast-growing, transaction-heavy environment.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of accounting/finance leadership, deep payroll tax and multi-state tax experience, and a hands-on, strategic mindset to partner with executives on financial strategy and operations.