Finance Operations Specialist, Newsletter Sponsorships (6 month contract)

About the role

Our Newsletter Sponsorships business connects brands with creator newsletters, and the finance operation behind it (invoicing, collections, creator payouts, and a four-day monthly close) needs a dedicated owner. We're looking for a Finance Operations Specialist to run the full order-to-cash cycle: put signed insertion orders on the books, invoice brands, collect what they owe, pay creators once brands pay, and close the books every month. This is a part-time contract role (30 hours/week) with peak load during month-end close (business days 1-4) and the monthly invoicing window. It's ideal for a detail-driven finance operator who likes owning a process end to end, can pick up an existing playbook and keep it current, and has an appetite to help automate it. We're actively working to connect our tools (Mode to Bill.com , Mode to the payout portal) and retire manual steps over time. Your support system You'll report to the Director of Finance & Accounting ( Anthony Wakim ) and work day-to-day with our Accounting Manager ( Celestina Ando ). You'll also partner closely with the Newsletter Sponsorships team Project Manager (Nate Davis) , and the rest of sponsorships team, plus the engineers who build out and pay out, and reporting tooling.

Responsibilities

• First Month: Own a full invoicing cycle and a creator-payout run end to end. Shadow, then run, one month-end close. Learn the placement types: Performance Ads (CPC) and Programmatic . Mode is the source of truth for CPC spend and payout amounts.
• Ongoing: Take on additional tasks as assigned by the finance and accounting team.
• What will S.E.T. you up for success

Requirements

• Full-cycle accounts receivable: invoicing, collections, cash application, and aging management
• Reconciliation rigor: tying a subledger or tracker to the general ledger and reconciling payment exports to the penny
• Comfort with large transactional datasets and payment platforms: Mode and Stripe exports, CSV handling
• Advanced Google Sheets (large multi-tab workbooks, filter views, disciplined data hygiene in shared files)
• Bill.com and QuickBooks Online (or close equivalents you can pick up fast)
• Clear, professional written communication: you'll email brands about money, represent Kit in collections, and field creator finance questions ("when am I getting paid?")
• Intermediate accounting literacy: you understand AR/AP and the three-party creator, brand, and Kit flow
• Experiences
• 3+ years in finance or accounting operations with direct ownership of AR, collections, or payouts
• Month-end close experience against a hard deadline.
• Hands-on experience with Stripe or a comparable payments platform at volume (strongly preferred)
• Ads, media, or marketplace finance: insertion orders, CPC/CPM economics, or revenue-share/payout models (nice to have)
• Working alongside engineering teams on finance tooling / process automation (nice to have)
• Collections or credit management, including working with a collections agency or credit insurer (nice to

Benefits

Additional Information

Kit is an email-first operating system for creators who mean business. We help creators grow and monetize their audience with ease. For coaches, YouTubers, authors, podcasters, and other creatives, there isn't a better marketing hub to rely on to grow audiences, automate email marketing, and sell digital products - all within one platform. More importantly, there isn't a team more committed to helping creators earn a living. We're on a mission to help creators earn $1 billion using our creator marketing platform. We have always been 100% independent and 100% remote. We are proud to have built a product that our customers love, and we look for people who have enthusiasm and belief in our mission, vision, and values to join our team. We're also embracing AI thoughtfully - both in how we build and how we hire to ensure our team is adaptable, innovative, and ready for what's next.

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