Remote Finance & Operations Leader for a Digital Agency

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Arkansas; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC, a fully remote US digital agency of 30–40 people, seeks a Director of Finance and Operations who will own end-to-end finance and people operations, reporting directly to ownership as the senior finance leader. You will operate independently and drive strategic financial decisions.

You will manage monthly closes, cash, payables/receivables, and internal controls, while building revenue and cash-flow models, unit economics, and capacity planning to guide hiring decisions.

Qualifications

• 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 overlap with US business hours.
• Experience in services or agency finance is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own finance end to end, including monthly close, cash, payables, receivables and controls.
• Lead FP&A: revenue, margins, cash flow models; compare actual vs forecast; unit economics.
• Oversee people operations: onboarding/offboarding for a remote team across multiple countries; contracts and payroll setup.
• Provide plain, ownership-level answers on business health and recommended actions.

Skills

Finance

FP&A

People operations

Tools

Google Sheets

Excel

QuickBooks

Xero

Job description

Blacksmith Agency LLC, a fully remote US digital agency of 30–40 people, seeks a Director of Finance and Operations who will own end-to-end finance and people operations, reporting directly to ownership as the senior finance leader. You will operate independently and drive strategic financial decisions.

You will manage monthly closes, cash, payables/receivables, and internal controls, while building revenue and cash-flow models, unit economics, and capacity planning to guide hiring decisions.