Finance Manager / Controller
Los Angeles, Remote$120kFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Finance Manager to lead financial operations, combining day-to-day financial management with strategic planning in a startup environment; strong emphasis on AI tooling (Claude) to operate at a senior level.
Responsibilities
- Own all financial operations: budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and analysis
- Manage payroll (Rippling) and day-to-day financial operations
- Own headcount cost modeling and understand the fully-loaded cost of each role
- Own PNL reporting and present regular financial updates to leadership
- Monitor and manage cash flow and efficient use of company resources
- Manage budget tracking via Ramp for employee spend, flagging out-of-policy transactions
- Ensure financial compliance across the company, including tax filings, GAAP-aligned reporting, and audit readiness
- Implement internal controls and financial policies
- Stay current on payments compliance requirements as our payments platform product scales
- Work hands-on in Passes' proprietary system and in Mercury for manual payouts, vendor invoicing, and general payments
- Support financial operations for our payments platform product, partnering closely with the technical team on how payment flows and manual interventions affect the books
- Partner with the Head of People on commission structures, payout modeling, and compensation benchmarking for the sales team
- Bring exposure to fundraising and M&A dynamics; comfortable in a startup environment where these conversations are part of the territory
- Identify and mitigate financial risk
Qualifications
- 2-6+ years of experience in finance roles (flexibility for less experienced candidates with an exceptional academic or professional background)
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field
- Strong fluency with AI tools, particularly Claude, is a hard requirement
- Comfortable owning a full department with limited senior backup
- Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Thrives in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment
Skills
Required:Financial operations managementPayroll managementHeadcount cost modelingFinancial policy and controlGAAP reportingCash flow management
Nice to have:Sales compensation modeling
Benefits
- Base salary starts at $120,000 plus equity package
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Unlimited PTO
- Flexible work environment with remote options
- Private chef in our Hollywood HQ for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (Los Angeles option)
Last updated Sep 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Passes
A platform for creators to scale their content and own their audiences.
A creator commerce platform that provides creators with a suite of digital tools to earn from their individual expertise, grow their fanbase, and become successful entrepreneurs.
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