Finance & Automation Manager

Location: 100 % remote
Contract:Full-time Independent Contractor
PostingJurisdictions:To support US Eastern Time working hoursOur Firm:

Sterlington PLLC is a full-service law firm focusing on complex corporate litigation executive compensation and private wealth matters. As a firm we focus on the economic as well as the legal aspects of our matters.
Among other strengths Sterlington is the ultimate law firm for founders senior executives and UHNWIs as well as their related businesses.

Learn more at: hiring a Finance and Automation Manager to own our day-to-day accounting engine ledgers month-end/year-end close tax-compliance oversight AP and payroll and to build the tooling that makes finance faster. This is a player-coach role: you personally own key accounting areas and the automation build while managing a team (3 today) to deliver the rest. You report to the Finance Transformation Manager and partner as a peer with the Controller.

The differentiator: you dont just have ideas about automation you ship them. You can build and maintain internal finance tools end to end (dashboards web apps data pipelines) using AI vibe coding tools such as Claude Code and Copilot Pro.

What you will do

• Own financials month end close ad-hoc reports and models cash flow budgeting processes.
• Manage coach and develop an accounting team balancing hands-on ownership with delegation.
• Oversee AP and payroll delivered by the team
• Own cash oversight: monitor position and upcoming outflows and coordinate with banking partners.
• Build and ship internal finance tooling end to end dashboards automations and web apps with some internal support
• Partner with the Finance Transformation Manager so accounting operations support strategic and high level decisions.
• Act as the key point of accountability for accounting as the function scales.

What were looking for

• Strong hands-on technical accounting: ledgers close tax AP payroll.
• Proven people leadership managing and developing a small team (this is half the role).
• Demonstrated ability to independently build and ship finance tools dashboards or automations using AI vibe coding tools portfolio or code sample expected.
• US accounting-practice experience and exposure to US-based companies.
• Comfortable holding release-level payment authority and the controls that come with it.
• Experience with global distributed culturally diverse teams; fluent written and spoken English; high autonomy.
• Latam-based preferred.

Reporting
Reports to: Finance Transformation Manager. Team of 3.

At Sterlington we believe that world-class talent has no boundaries. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where unique perspectives are valued and every individual has the opportunity to thrive. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.