Financial Operations Lead — Scale & Automate (Hybrid: NYC/SF)

Clay; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Clay is seeking a Financial Operations Lead to join our growing Finance & Accounting team. You will own day-to-day financial operations with focus on AP, employee spend, T&E, vendor management, and cash operations. This role is hybrid and can be based in NYC or SF, partnering across departments to scale processes as the business grows.

You’ll build scalable controls, improve workflows, and help ensure audit-ready records while guiding a fast-moving organization through rapid growth.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in accounting, AP, T&E, or financial operations in tech or startup environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Strong knowledge of AP, expenses, corporate cards, and cash operations.
• Experience owning or significantly improving financial operations processes.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and cross-functional collaboration.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with evolving systems.

Responsibilities

• Own full AP lifecycle: invoice intake, coding, routing, and timely payments.
• Manage vendor onboarding, maintenance, and documentation.
• Resolve invoice/payment issues with vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Administer corporate cards, employee expenses, and T&E; ensure policy compliance.
• Develop spend policies, approval workflows, and controls.
• Monitor cash activity, perform bank reconciliations, and support month-end close.
• Build scalable processes and improve finance systems and automation.
• Collaborate with Accounting, Finance, People, and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Accounting & AP

T&E & expenses

Financial operations

Cash reconciliations

Process improvement

Communication

Cross-functional partnering

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

NetSuite

Ramp

Rippling

Brex

Job description

Clay is seeking a Financial Operations Lead to join our growing Finance & Accounting team. You will own day-to-day financial operations with focus on AP, employee spend, T&E, vendor management, and cash operations. This role is hybrid and can be based in NYC or SF, partnering across departments to scale processes as the business grows.

You’ll build scalable controls, improve workflows, and help ensure audit-ready records while guiding a fast-moving organization through rapid growth.