Finance Manager
Content + Source + Freshness • 11 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High value score due to the strategic leadership opportunity in finance at a scaling startup and potential for significant impact.
- Leadership role in a rapidly growing finance function
- Direct influence on financial strategy and operations
- Challenging position with significant growth potential
Pros
- Significant influence over financial strategy and operations
- Challenging yet rewarding position with leadership responsibilities
- Direct engagement with senior leadership and decision-making
Cons
- Potentially high-stress environment due to company growth
- Requires a diverse skill set in finance and leadership
- Less clarity on salary and benefits specifics
Who it's for
Senior • In office in Chicago
Good fit
- Senior finance professionals seeking impactful roles
- Candidates interested in startup finance dynamics
- Leaders ready to drive financial strategy
Not recommended for
- Entry-level finance candidates or those without project leadership experience
- Individuals who prefer a stable corporate structure
- Candidates unwilling to embrace uncertainty
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
We’re looking for a Finance Manager to build and lead Coinflow’s corporate finance function as we scale. This is a hands-on leadership role that combines strategic finance, operational excellence, and systems building. You’ll work directly with founders and senior leadership to shape financial strategy, manage budgets and forecasts, and put in place the tools and processes that enable the company to scale strategic finance effectively.
This role is ideal for someone with 4–5 years of corporate finance/FP&A experience who has already taken on leadership responsibilities and is ready to own the finance function at a high-growth startup. You’ll wear both the strategic hat (advising leadership, setting financial direction) and the operational hat (implementing billing, budgets, and reporting systems).
Financial Strategy & Leadership
- Act as the primary finance partner to founders and leadership, providing insights that drive key decisions.
- Lead annual/quarterly planning processes and align financial goals with company strategy.
- Establish financial best practices that balance growth and discipline.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Reporting
- Own FP&A processes: create and maintain forecasts, track actuals vs. plan, run scenario analyses.
- Build and refine company-wide budgets, partnering with department heads to allocate spend.
- Deliver clear, actionable reporting for leadership and board-level audiences.
Billing, Invoicing & Process Ownership
- Oversee company billing and invoicing to ensure accuracy and timely collection.
- Partner with the Finance Analyst (or equivalent) to manage AP/AR and expense workflows.
- Ensure compliance with GAAP and tax requirements, working with external advisors as needed.
Systems & Tools
- Select and implement scalable finance tools and systems (ERP/accounting, forecasting models, expense management).
- Define finance processes and controls to support growth, audit-readiness, and investor expectations.
- Build internal playbooks and repeatable processes for reporting and forecasting.
- 4 - 5 years of corporate finance, FP&A, or accounting experience, with some project leadership responsibility or people management.
- Proven experience in financial strategy, budgeting, billing, invoicing, and FP&A.
- Strong track record of working directly with founders/leadership to guide decisions.
- Knowledge of financial best practices and the ability to implement them in a scaling startup.
- Skilled in financial modeling, forecasting, and presenting insights clearly.
- Systems thinker who can set up tools, processes, and reporting frameworks from scratch.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to balance strategic thinking with tactical execution.
- Bonus: startup or payments/fintech experience.
