Head of Finance & Operations San Francisco Bay Area

About Flagright:

Flagright is an AI operating system for financial crime compliance used globally by Fortune 500 companies large banks fintechs and fast growing startups. Flagright enables real-time risk detection automated investigations and intelligent decisioning helping compliance teams operate at their full potential in the fight against financial crime.

We operate as a lean high-performance team with high individual ownership and direct access to leadership.

Role overview:

The Head of Finance & Operations will take ownership of Flagrights financial HR and legal operations globally spanning our offices in the US UK India and Singapore. This is a hands-on operational role for a generalist with strong finance & legal expertise who thrives in high-growth environments and is excited to take on significant responsibilities while building and optimizing processes to support rapid scaling.

People who thrive at Flagright:

• Take ownership and operate with urgency

• Are resourceful and solution-oriented

• Learn quickly and adapt to changing priorities

• Have strong opinions and can defend them

• Want to work with no-BS people building something important

People who struggle here:

• Need extensive hand-holding

• View high expectations as unreasonable

• Actually prioritize work-life balance

• Cant handle ambiguity

• Prefer consistent routine over fast-changing priorities

Key responsibilities:

Finance

• Prepare and manage investor updates Board meetings and monthly consolidated management accounts spanning 4 entities across US / UK / India / Singapore

• Lead financial planning and analysis (FP&A) including budgeting forecasting and variance analysis

• Develop and maintain detailed financial models to support strategic decision-making and operational planning

• Oversee accounts payable and enforce accounts receivable processes to maintain smooth cash flow operations

• Collaborate with external accountants and tax experts to optimize accounting and tax strategies ensuring compliance and efficiency

• Implement inter-company pricing measures including managing transfer pricing documentation and compliance

• Oversee external auditors for a yearly audit across 4 global entities

• Contribute to pricing and deal desk operations

Operations

• Lead the HR function setting clear standards for policies execution compliance employee experience and operational discipline

• Manage and mentor the HR team ensuring strong ownership across onboarding offboarding employee documentation payroll coordination benefits and HR systems

• Build scalable people processes across multiple jurisdictions partnering with external counsel and advisors where needed

• Partner with leadership on performance management compensation reviews promotions role changes workforce planning and organizational design

• Establish people dashboards reporting cadences and operating rhythms to give leadership visibility into headcount hiring retention performance and people risks

Legal Operations

• Partner with leadership and sales on commercial negotiations and MSAs balancing speed risk management and business priorities

• Liaise with external lawyers to manage contracts mitigate risks and ensure global compliance

• Manage an internal legal team working across employment commercial corporate insurance regulatory and cross-border matters

Who we are looking for:

• 10 years of professional experience with a solid background in Finance (must have) and HR and Legal operations (preferred) in a high-growth environment

• Must have prior experience in a SaaS start-up or scale-up environment

• Experience operating across multiple entities jurisdictions currencies and time zones with an understanding of cross-border finance and multi-entity accounting as well as HR legal tax and compliance considerations

• Strong working knowledge of SaaS business models including ARR retention gross margin CAC/payback burn runway cash forecasting and investor-facing operating metrics

• Comfortable being both strategic and hands-on: able to advise leadership while also diving into models contracts payroll issues vendor workflows and operational details when needed

• Proven people-management experience ideally managing distributed or offshore teams with high standards for ownership responsiveness and execution - note that the team reporting to this role is based in the Philippines

• Based in the Bay Area with right to work in the USA (visa sponsorship not available). This is a fully in-person role based in our Santa Clara office.

What we offer:

• Leadership position with direct impact on how Flagright runs and grows globally

• High-bar environment focused on execution learning and continuous improvement

• Health insurance through Kaiser Permanente in California

• Equity from day 1 at a Y Combinator startup

• Housing subsidy if you live within 1 mile of our office

• Work alongside a highly competent top-tier team including professionals from Y Combinator ex AWS and Palantir

• Enjoy a low-bureaucracy environment minimal meetings and an asynchronous communications culture

Required Experience:

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