Finance and Operations Manager
Dime Line Trading · Chicago, IL · 5 days ago
On-siteAccountingFull-time
About the Role
We're seeking a Finance and Operations Manager to manage day-to-day finance and accounting operations, own relationships with key partners (e.g. banks, outside accounting firms), and lead strategic and operational projects. You'll report to the President and serve as a central point of contact for all finance and operations matters across Dime Line Trading and other Dime Line Holdings entities.
Key Responsibilities
Accounting and Treasury
- Manage bank, trading, and other accounts to ensure adequate liquidity and optimize returns on capital
- Manage payables and receivables platform and oversee client invoicing process, including reconciliations
- Partner with HR to facilitate payroll operations
- Oversee expense reimbursement platform and respond to employee inquiries
- Manage accounting firm relationships and work with them to facilitate monthly financial reporting
- Serve as primary contact for banking relationships
Corporate Finance
- Manage cap table, equity platform (e.g., Carta), and investor communications
- Manage financial performance reporting and projections
- Understand differences between our trading performance reporting and actual PNL (e.g. fees, rebates / incentives)
- Coordinate periodic valuations (e.g. 409a) and equity-related obligations
- Oversee intercompany transactions and establish framework for intercompany payments to ensure adequate funding
Tax and Audit
- Manage annual and quarterly federal / state / local tax filings in partnership with our tax accounting firm
- Manage the annual audit process and develop plans to address audit-related to-dos
- Identify opportunities to improve tax efficiency
- Develop, maintain, and document transfer pricing policies across Dime Line Holdings entities, ensuring intercompany transactions are priced at arm's length and supported by appropriate documentation (e.g., intercompany agreements, benchmarking analyses)
- Coordinate with external advisors on transfer pricing studies and ensure compliance with applicable regulations across relevant jurisdictions
Contract & Operations Management
- Maintain contract database and proactively manage renewals and key dates
- Affiliate with evaluating vendor relationships and identifying potential alternatives
Business and Gaming Licensing/Financial Reporting Compliance
- Maintain licensing database and proactively manage renewals and key dates
- Own financial reporting compliance function, ensuring timely and accurate preparation of financial statements in accordance with applicable accounting standards (e.g., GAAP)
- Establish and maintain internal controls over financial reporting, including documentation of key processes and controls
- Coordinate with external auditors and accounting firms on technical accounting matters and ensure findings are addressed promptly
- Monitor regulatory developments affecting financial reporting obligations and proactively assess their impact on the business
- Prepare or oversee preparation of financial reports required by regulatory agencies, investors, or counterparties
Qualifications
- 5-7+ years in finance, operations, or corporate accounting
- Strong understanding of corporate finance, cash management, and treasury
- Experience with financial reporting compliance, internal controls, or technical accounting preferred
- Familiarity with transfer pricing concepts and intercompany structuring across multi-entity organizations
- Highly organized with ability to manage multiple workstreams independently
- Comfortable building processes and navigating ambiguity
- Proficient in Google Workspace and / or Microsoft Office suite; experience with SQL and Claude a plus
- Experience with cap tables and equity management preferred
- Experience with payroll processes preferred, familiarity with ADP a plus
- Experience with international entities a plus
- NYC or Chicago preferred