Hybrid Director, Financial Operations

at Talos

• Job title: Director, Financial Operations
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $200,000 - $230,000 per year
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: ERP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Director for Financial Operations leading Talos's finance functions across global entities. Overseeing accuracy and integrity in financial operations within a multi-entity landscape.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Oversee global payroll operations, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance across jurisdictions
• Partner with People and Legal on regulatory and tax compliance requirements
• Maintain payroll controls, approvals, and audit trails
• Manage payroll vendors and support system enhancements or migrations
• Ensure payroll is accurately recorded and reconciled within the general ledger
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing financial operations team
• Foster a culture of accountability, accuracy, and continuous improvement
• Partner with Finance leadership, FP&A, Financial Reporting, and other functions to support business objectives
• Lead systems and process improvement initiatives across the finance stack
• Develop and maintain policies and procedures supporting a strong controls environment
• Act as the primary escalation point for financial operations and represent the function in audits and cross-functional initiatives

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

• monthly wellness credit for personal use, such as gym memberships, massages, or even a ski pass for your next holiday
• paid lunches in the office
• monthly fitness and evening socials to foster connections with colleagues
• annual offsite events to engage with the wider team