Strategic Controller / Finance Operations Lead (Contract)

About the role

This is a hands-on finance leadership role focused on improving financial visibility, reporting discipline, operational finance processes, and working capital management during a critical growth phase. The ideal candidate combines strong accounting fundamentals with operational finance, analytical problem-solving, and a builder mentality. You should be comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with evolving systems and imperfect data. This role will work closely with leadership and have direct visibility into company strategy, operational scaling, and financial decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain weekly financial and operational reporting for leadership
• Improve visibility into cash flow, working capital, and funding exposure
• Monitor accounts receivable aging and collections performance
• Support forecasting visibility and scenario analysis for leadership
• Lead initiatives to improve invoicing accuracy and operational finance processes
• Support development of client-level profitability and margin reporting
• Analyze labor burden economics and payroll-related costs
• Support pricing analysis and client contract discussions
• Help leadership improve financial decision-making through better reporting and analysis
• Help improve monthly close processes and financial reporting discipline
• Maintain accurate financial reporting and reconciliations
• Cook up coordination with external accounting, tax, payroll, and finance partners
• Support scalable controls and finance process documentation
• Oversee and improve finance-related operational workflows
• Improve accounting and financial workflows across billing, payroll, and collections
• Support automation and process optimization initiatives
• Help build scalable finance processes aligned with company growth

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in accounting, finance, operational finance, or controllership roles
• Strong understanding of financial reporting, cash flow management, and operational finance
• Advanced spreadsheet and financial modeling capabilities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to operate independently in fast-moving environments
• Comfortable working with evolving systems and imperfect data

Preferred Experience

• In staffing, EOR, payroll, fintech, SaaS, or compliance-heavy businesses
• Experience with multi-entity and multi-currency environments
• Experience working with outsourced or offshore accounting support teams
• Experience supporting lending, working capital, or banking initiatives
• Strong accounting foundation; CPA a plus but not required
• Experience with Xero, NetSuite, or similar accounting systems

Why Join GreenLight

GreenLight operates at the intersection of workforce infrastructure, compliance, payroll, and AI-enabled work. This is an opportunity to help build the finance infrastructure of a rapidly scaling company supporting some of the most innovative organizations in the world. You will work directly with leadership, have meaningful ownership, and play a key role in helping scale the company’s financial operations and infrastructure.