Director, Financial Operations

Responsibilities

• Financial Close
• Own and manage the monthly close calendar across all entities, ensuring timely and accurate completion
• Oversee accruals, prepayments, deferrals, intercompany eliminations, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Implement robust reconciliation and review frameworks with clear ownership and documentation standards
• Partner with FP&A and Financial Reporting to deliver accurate, complete financials on schedule
• Drive automation and process improvements to reduce close cycle time
• Journal Entries
• Oversee preparation, review, and posting of recurring and non-recurring journal entries
• Ensure entries are properly supported, approved, and compliant with internal policies
• Identify and implement opportunities to automate recurring entries
• Maintain journal entry logs and support audit and controls requirements
• Invoicing
• Own the end-to-end invoicing process across entities, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
• Enforce billing policies including correct entity attribution, currency, and tax treatment
• Partner with Revenue and Legal to ensure contract terms are accurately reflected in billing systems
• Oversee intercompany invoicing and ensure proper reconciliation and elimination
• Optimize invoice-to-cash cycle and billing workflows
• Cash Application & Collections
• Own cash application processes, ensuring accurate and timely posting of receipts
• Lead collections efforts, managing AR aging and resolving outstanding balances
• Establish collections policies, escalation protocols, and DSO targets
• Partner with internal teams to resolve billing disputes and ensure accurate revenue recognition
• Accounts Payable
• Manage the full AP cycle including invoice processing, approvals, and payments
• Ensure strong controls, segregation of duties, and timely vendor payments
• Maintain vendor master data integrity and compliance documentation
• Drive process improvements including automation and three-way matching enhancements
• Expense Reimbursements & Purchasing Cards
• Oversee employee expense and T&E programs, ensuring policy compliance across regions
• Review and approve expense reports for accuracy and appropriate coding
• Manage corporate card programs, including controls, reconciliation, and policy enforcement
• Analyze spend trends to inform budgeting and cost management
• Maintain and update T&E policies in collaboration with key stakeholders
• Payroll
• Oversee global payroll operations, ensuring accuracy, timeliness

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in financial operations or accounting, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
• Deep expertise across financial operations functions in a multi-entity environment
• Experience in digital assets strongly preferred; SaaS, fintech, or financial services background highly desirable
• Strong understanding of internal controls and experience building scalable processes
• Hands-on experience with ERP systems (e.g. Sage Intacct), expense platforms (e.g. Brex), and payroll systems (e.g. Justworks, Oyster, Rippling)
• CPA or equivalent professional qualification preferred
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workflows and deadlines
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across global, cross-functional teams

Benefits

Additional Information

Talos: Institutional Fabric for Digital Asset Markets Founded in 2018, Talos provides institutional-grade trading technology for the global digital asset market, powering many of the major players in the crypto ecosystem. Our mission is clear: to advance the mass adoption of digital assets by seamlessly connecting institutions to the digital asset ecosystem. We are committed to building the most innovative and trusted platform in the world, supporting the entire trading lifecycle. At Talos, you'll find an environment that champions kindness and respect, values diverse perspectives, and upholds inclusivity at every turn. We believe every member of our team brings invaluable insights and abilities that drive Talos forward. In our pursuit of excellence, we foster a culture of trust, integrity, collaboration, and mutual growth. We are a tight-knit yet globally distributed team of highly experienced engineers and business leaders, with hubs in New York, London, Singapore, and Cyprus. Whether in-office or remote, you'll be part of a hybrid-friendly environment where your unique talents and insights will play a crucial role in building something extraordinary. Director, Financial Operations We are seeking a Director, Financial Operations to lead and scale Talos' core transactional finance functions across multiple global entities. This role owns the accuracy, timeliness, and control integrity of financial operations, spanning invoicing, cash application, collections, accounts payable, expenses, payroll, and financial close. The position is suited to a hands-on finance leader who can build high-performing teams, optimize processes, and operate effectively in a complex, multi-entity digital assets environment.

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