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Finance & Operations Lead

Alma· Operations & Finance
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San Francisco$135k - $180kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

AI-native finance operator to own the day-to-day financial engine of the business today and become the leader of Alma’s finance organization tomorrow; owner of revenue accuracy, billing and collections, treasury, monthly close, payroll, and systems automation with a clear path to strategic finance.

Responsibilities

  • Define what counts as revenue each month and apply it consistently, including cases billed in installments
  • Match every case to the right client and deal so revenue isn't over- or under-counted, and correctly classify each category and segments of revenues
  • Own invoicing across our platform, Stripe, and off-platform, and make sure every invoice ties to the right case
  • Own accounts receivable end to end — drive collections, enforce controls like collecting the required deposit before work begins, and clean up outstanding balances
  • Process refunds and adjustments per policy and keep a clear record of the reason each time
  • Pay vendor invoices, manage company cards and per-team spend limits, and fund payroll on time across both entities
  • Own our bank accounts, signatories, and money movement, and keep recurring payments and auto-charges clean and current
  • Run the monthly close and produce the P&L: pulling from our stack (HubSpot, Rippling, Brex, Mercury, and the banks), categorizing expenses, and running sanity checks
  • Direct and quality-check our outsourced accountants and external auditor: feed them clean data, keep everyone aligned on one revenue definition, and catch mistakes before they land
  • Run payrolls and set up one-off items (e.g. bonuses) from signed agreements
  • Manage contractor payments, and coordinate and approve the sales-commission pay run
  • Handle onboarding/offboarding logistics — HRIS setup, equipment, background checks — and own routine HR and benefits administration
  • Automate all the manual work across the above bullet points — including working with our product and engineering team to build financial controls into the platform
  • Rationalize our finance tooling and vendor relationships (consolidate where we have overlap)
  • Building a forward-looking P&L and operating model tying headcount and capacity to margins over time
  • Setting assumption-driven budgets with each department head and tracking actuals against them
  • Defining and improving gross margin and unit economics, and recommending structural changes to how we bill and operate
  • Getting the numbers investor-ready and supporting corporate-development work

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
  • 3+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 1+ years in high-growth startups or tech companies
  • Extensive accounting knowledge with a firm grasp of current US GAAP standards
  • Proven track record establishing and growing financial operations in a fast-paced or early-stage ("0→1") setting
  • Skilled with contemporary accounting platforms (familiarity with AI-native or automation-first ERPs is a bonus) and wider financial tools
  • Effective partner across teams; capable of translating complex accounting and financial ideas for stakeholders outside of finance
  • Sharp eye for detail combined with sound operational judgment
  • An entrepreneurial approach: you take strong ownership, work with urgency, and build structure where none yet exists

Skills

Required:Revenue recognitionAccounts receivable & collectionsTreasury & paymentsMonthly close & financial reportingPayroll & contractor paymentsSystems & automation
Nice to have:People operations (light)

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary based on experience, plus meaningful equity
  • 100% Health coverage + Vision + Dental
  • 20 days PTO + 10 Federal Holidays
  • $250 per month in wellness allowance
  • Direct, daily access to our CEO and leadership team
  • Opportunity to build a finance function from zero with room to grow into leading it
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Alma

Reimagining Immigration with Technology

Alma offers best-in-class U.S. immigration legal services for individuals and businesses, specializing in O-1A, H-1B, L-1, EB-1A, and more.

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