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Director of Financial Operations

Liftoff is the leading growth acceleration platform for the mobile industry, helping advertisers, publishers, game developers and DSPs scale revenue growth with solutions to market and monetize mobile apps.

Liftoff's solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Influence, Monetize, Intelligence, and Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, ecommerce, and entertainment. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence.

About the role:

Liftoff is searching for a Director of Financial Operations to lead Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Payroll functions. This role will be responsible for leading a team of 10+ individuals in both the US and Singapore as a trusted advisor to the VP Controller. The primary responsibilities will be to ensure operational efficiency in core billing and payables processes. This role requires excellent communication skills and proven attention to detail while effectively managing teams and delivering timely results. Strong technical expertise and the ability to work with multiple stakeholders are essential to be successful.

Location:

This role is eligible for remote work in the following states:

California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington

Roles & Responsibilities:

Responsible for leading the functions for AR, AP, T&E and Payroll and understanding the levers and drivers
Finance accountability for completeness and accuracy of figures processed including earnings, expenses, profit and loss
Provides advice on financial viability and cost-benefit analysis to the management team
Key contributor in establishing and executing strategic process enhancements throughout the accounting organization
Ensures financial reporting requirements, expectations and timelines are agreed upon and met
Support period end close activities in accordance with agreed close
Provide operational and decision support from a Finance Perspective
Support external audit requests
Conducts various ad hoc projects and reporting
Responsible for planning, developing, managing and reviewing the billing, collection, payments, expenses and payroll processes
Partner closely with accounting and finance counterparts
Proactively identify potential problems to streamline and improve productivity and accuracy of the process

Requirements:

10-15+ years of experience in financial positions of growing responsibilities
Professional designation in CPA, CA, MBA, is preferred
Excellent professional level written and verbal communications skills
Proficient with accounting software required, NetSuite is preferred
Detail oriented; ability to generate output with a very high degree of quality
Outstanding leadership abilities with demonstrated ability
Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and simultaneously
Ability to analyze information and demonstrate deep thinking
Understanding of business and system analysis, including root cause analysis and other process modeling and systems design methodologies

Liftoff's compensation strategy includes competitive market rate along with equity and benefits and perks that will give our employees what they need to do their best work. In order to ensure teams are compensated fairly for the work performed, we map out specific levels and take into consideration the cost of labor within each location.The minimum base pay for this position in the US depends on the location and falls in the following zones:

SF Bay Area, New York City, Los Angeles, Orange County: $175 900
Seattle/Olympia, Austin, Boston, San Diego, Santa Barbara: $158,310
All other cities in our approved to hire states: $149,515

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Liftoff is committed to providing and maintaining a work environment where all employees and candidates are treated with dignity and respect and that is free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. Liftoff is further committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all employees and candidates for employment free from discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex, gender (including sexual harassment, gender harassment, and harassment due to pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender nonconformity, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, ancestry (including association, affiliation, or participation with persons or activities related to national origin, English-proficiency or accent, or immigration status), physical or mental disability, medical condition(s), genetic information of an individual or family member of the individual, marital or domestic partner status, age, veteran or military status, family care status, requesting or taking pregnancy, parental or disability leave, requesting an accommodation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance. All such discrimination and harassment is unlawful and will not be tolerated. Liftoff maintains a continued commitment to equal employment opportunity and expects the full cooperation of all personnel.

Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice:

Liftoff does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or Recruiting Team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant Tracking System by approved Liftoff vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Recruiting Team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Liftoff Recruiting Team and such a candidate was submitted to the Liftoff Recruiting Team via our Applicant Tracking System.

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