Director, Finance

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: New York, New York

Reporting To: Chief Operating Officer

Compensation: $125,000 - $175,000 / year

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all financial planning and analysis functions, including annual budgeting, quarterly forecasts, and long-range planning across FOS’s multi-platform media business
• Partner closely with the COO, CEO, and department heads to deliver timely financial insights, scenario modeling, and strategic recommendations that directly inform business decisions
• Own and continuously enhance financial reporting infrastructure, building dashboards, KPIs, and reporting cadences that provide leadership with clear, consistent visibility into performance and trends
• Own spend management in Ramp, including approval workflows, timely review of card transactions, and accurate coding (G&A vs. cost of goods sold) and tagging to client campaigns, ensuring a clean sync to QuickBooks
• Enforce expense policy across the team, ensuring expenses are submitted and tagged promptly and correctly, and returning items that don’t meet policy with clear guidance
• Review recurring reports from the outsourced accounting team, correcting coding and tagging and monitoring spend, including G&A and travel, against budget
• Oversee revenue recognition across FOS’s diverse monetization streams, including digital advertising, branded content, newsletters, events, and licensing, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance
• Own cash management, short-term cash forecasting, and accounts payable prioritization, leading a weekly review of AP, AR, and cash with the outsourced finance team
• Own accounts receivable and invoicing, driving consistent collections follow-up and steadily reducing aged and overdue balances
• Partner with Account Management and Sales Operations on campaign billing, including monthly billing reconciliation and invoicing, and track campaign-level profitability across media, custom content, sponsorship, and linear TV deals
• Support weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting and board-level financial presentations in partnership with executive leadership
• Oversee the outsourced accounting firm that handles bookkeeping and the monthly close, including close timelines, review, and sign-off, and manage relationships with auditors and tax advisors, ensuring compliance with GAAP and all relevant regulatory requirements
• Leverage AI and automation tools to streamline financial workflows, reduce manual processes, and generate predictive insights across revenue, costs, and cash flow
• Proactively identify financial risks and opportunities, including margin improvement, cost optimization, vendor contract management, and investment prioritization across content, technology, and headcount

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• 6-8 + years of progressive finance experience, with at least 3 years in a FP&A, finance management, or controller role
• Experience at a digital media company, publisher, content platform, or sponsorship-driven media business strongly preferred
• Experience with Ramp or a comparable spend management platform (e.g., Brex, Navan) preferred
• Hands-on experience with expense coding and cost allocation, expense policy enforcement, and AR/collections management
• Demonstrated experience using financial tools to enhance financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting workflows. Hands-on experience applying AI or automation to finance workflows is strongly preferred
• Strong command of financial modeling, revenue analytics, and multi-channel media business metrics such as CPM, RPM, sell-through, campaign margin, and sponsorship renewal rates
• Experience with accounting software and ERP systems such as QuickBooks, NetSuite, or Sage, and familiarity with business intelligence tools such as Looker, Tableau, or similar platforms
• Solid understanding of GAAP and experience managing audits, tax compliance, and external accounting relationships, including outsourced bookkeeping and close providers
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex financial data into clear, compelling narratives for non-finance stakeholders
• A proactive and entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to operate effectively in a dynamic, high-growth environment with limited bureaucracy
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field required; CPA or MBA preferred

Perks & Benefits

• Generous PTO policy to use as you please, plus sick time and company holidays
• Employer-sponsored health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision
• An annual professional development stipend and endless development opportunities at a growing startup
• Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan, complemented by a 3% company match. We believe in supporting your long-term financial goals
• Thrive in a dynamic environment with endless development opportunities at our growing startup