Founding Finance Lead: Build Global Payments & Growth

Terac; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in company

Relocation bonus $10K to Bay Area

Housing bonus $5K if moving within 0.5

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Terac in San Francisco is looking for its first finance hire to own the function end to end, partnering directly with the CEO. You will own the economics behind pricing, pay rates, margins, and cash.

You thrive in ambiguity, have exceptional judgment, and are equally comfortable building a board-ready model and reconciling a payout batch. You will: monthly close, accounting, revenue recognition, and reporting with external accountants; manage AR/AP, collections, and the global payout engine;

Qualifications

• 3–7+ years in finance or accounting, ideally a mix of Big 4, banking, or consulting and a high-growth startup.
• Hands-on experience owning close, cash management, and financial modeling.
• Comfort building systems from scratch and working with ambiguous, messy data
• Strong judgment and the ability to prioritize under pressure

Responsibilities

• Own the numbers: monthly close, accounting, revenue recognition, and reporting, working with our outside accountants and auditors.
• Run cash and payments: AR/AP, collections, and the global contributor payout engine that pays thousands of experts every month across many countries and payment rails.
• Build planning and forecasting: budgets, burn, hiring plans, and the operating model, plus project-level margin analysis and pricing support for deals.
• Support fundraising and the board: investor updates, data rooms, and diligence for future rounds.
• Build the systems: choose and implement tooling (ERP, spend management, payroll, billing) and the controls that let us scale 10x.
• Handle compliance: sales tax, 1099s and international contractor compliance, insurance, and corporate filings with our legal partners.

Skills

Finance experience

Close & cash management

Financial modeling

Systems design from scratch

Judgment under pressure

Tools

ERP systems

Payroll systems

Billing software

Job description

Terac in San Francisco is looking for its first finance hire to own the function end to end, partnering directly with the CEO. You will own the economics behind pricing, pay rates, margins, and cash.

You thrive in ambiguity, have exceptional judgment, and are equally comfortable building a board-ready model and reconciling a payout batch. You will: monthly close, accounting, revenue recognition, and reporting with external accountants; manage AR/AP, collections, and the global payout engine;