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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—they figure things out with whatever tools are available
- Have strong opinions and can defend them
- Are hungry to learn & contribute
- Want to work with no-BS people
People who struggle here:
- Need extensive hand-holding
- View high expectations as “unreasonable”
- Expect strict 9 to 6 boundaries
- Can’t handle ambiguity or rejection
- Prefer consistent routine over fast-changing priorities
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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:
- 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
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What we offer:
- 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
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