Head of Finance

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 will take ownership for Flagright's financial operations globally, spanning our offices in the US, UK, India, and Singapore. This is a hands-on, operational role for an individual with strong finance 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:

- Have been knocked down before and gotten back up

- Are resourceful — figure it out with whatever tools exist

- Have strong opinions, defend them, and drop them when proven wrong

- Would rather own targets than a task list

- Run toward ambiguity, not away from it

- Want to work with no-BS people

People who struggle here:

- Confuse ambitious goals with unreasonable ones

- Want 9-to-6 and a predictable week

- Need priorities to hold still for a quarter

- Take blunt feedback or lost deals personally

- Say — or think — “that’s not my job”

Key responsibilities:

- 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

Who we are looking for:

- Based in the Bay Area with the right to work in the USA (no visa sponsorship available), this is a fully in-person role at our Santa Clara office

- 5+ years of professional experience, with a solid background in Finance in a high-growth environment

- Must have hands-on FP&A or Strategic Finance experience, including budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and leadership reporting, gained in roles such as FP&A Analyst, FP&A Manager, Head of FP&A, or Strategic Finance Lead

- Must have prior experience in a SaaS start-up environment (Series A to C)

- Hands-on experience with fundraising and/or acquisition processes required

- 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

What we offer:

- Housing subsidy for those living within 1 mile of the office

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

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

- Equity from day 1 at a Y Combinator startup

- 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