Finance Manager / Controller

Los Angeles or Remote within the US

Passes is a leading platform dedicated to empowering creators and fostering meaningful connections with their audiences, providing innovative solutions that help creators grow and thrive in the digital landscape.

Passes is seeking a dynamic, ownership-minded Finance Manager to lead financial operations. This person doesn't need the most senior title on paper, but they need to be comfortable owning the entire finance function, from day-to-day operations to strategic financial planning, and should be highly fluent with AI tools like Claude to operate at a more senior level than years of experience alone would suggest.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Leadership

• Own all financial operations: budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and analysis

• Manage payroll (we use 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

Compliance

• 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

Payments & Technical Systems

• Work hands-on in Passes' proprietary system and in Mercury for manual payouts, vendor invoicing, and general payments

• Support financial operations for our our payments platform product, partnering closely with the technical team on how payment flows and manual interventions affect the books

Sales Compensation

• Partner with the Head of People on commission structures, payout modeling, and compensation benchmarking for the sales team

Strategic & Risk

• 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

Our Stack: Mercury, Ramp, Rippling, Claude, Microsoft Office (excel), Google Suite

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

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

• [If in Los Angeles] Private chef in our Hollywood HQ for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Passes is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive environment for all employees.