Director of Finance and Compliance

Description

Anchor closed $40M in top-tier VC funding and grew 500% last year, transforming the $74B services payments market. Our platform automates billing and collections so businesses can focus on growth.

We're hiring an AI-First Director of Finance & Compliance to own the financial backbone of a fast-scaling fintech company. You’ll lead financial operations, planning, tax, compliance, and reporting - with AI as the operating system, not a layer on top. Every workflow you touch gets rebuilt for speed and leverage. Manual processes are technical debt and your job is to eliminate them. You will also oversee our payment compliance function - KYB/KYC, transaction monitoring, and financial crime risk - ensuring it scales with Anchor’s growth without adding headcount.

Reporting to the CFO. Hands-on builder. Deeply tech savvy - you configure and adopt tools yourself, you don’t wait for someone else to set them up. Startup speed, public-company rigor.

The AI-First Mandate

Anchor is building an AI-first organization from the ground up and this function is no exception. You will be expected to continuously audit your workflows and eliminate anything AI can own - from reconciliations and variance analysis to reporting and compliance monitoring. If a human is doing it and AI can do it better or faster, you build the system. Speed of AI adoption and output per person are core performance metrics in this role.

Responsibility

• Oversee the books. Manage the external bookkeeping firm handling GL, AP, AR, payroll, and reconciliations.
• Own financial reporting. Build AI-generated reporting pipelines for monthly and quarterly P&L analysis, unaudited quarterly reports, and annual audits - reducing the manual assembly time and making reporting continuously current rather than periodic.
• Lead tax compliance for U.S. and Israeli operations. Ensure adherence to all statutory financial requirements.
• Own FP&A. AI-driven forecasting, scenario modeling, and cash flow management - not spreadsheet-based. Models update dynamically, scenarios run in minutes, and board packages are generated from live data.
• Manage treasury. Cash flow, AP, AR, expenses, capital allocation, and revenue recognition - using AI to automate routine categorization, payment scheduling, and variance alerts so nothing falls through the cracks at scale.
• Drive board and investor reporting. Financial packages, KPI dashboards, and investor updates.
• Own regulatory compliance. Build and maintain compliance frameworks. Use AI-driven monitoring to flag risks and stay ahead of regulatory changes.
• Implement internal controls. Design and implement internal controls with AI-assisted monitoring - continuous audit trails, automated exception reporting, and real-time audit readiness rather than point-in-time preparation.
• Support capital strategy, including fundraising readiness and strategic financial decisions.
• Partner with leadership across Sales, Product, Marketing, Dev and Operations to align financial planning with company goals.
• Support pricing and deal structure decisions with financial modeling and margin analysis.
• Oversee payment compliance operations. Own the KYB/KYC and CIP onboarding workflows, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and case investigations - using AI-assisted review queues to surface high-risk signals and reduce manual triage so the compliance function scales with transaction volume without scaling headcount.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years at a Big 4 firm (EY, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG) plus 4+ years in controller roles at commercial companies, ideally startups, and ideally with 1 promotion.
• AI-first operator. You can name the financial workflows you have automated, the tools you implemented, and the time or accuracy gains you measured. Not curious about AI - already using it to outperform.
• FP&A strength. Proven ability to build models, forecasts, and board-level reporting from scratch in a high-growth environment.
• Deeply tech savvy. You evaluate and implement tools yourself - ERP systems, agentic AI, and accounting platforms. You don’t wait for someone else to set them up. High proficiency in Excel is a floor, not a ceiling.
• Startup grit. Thrives in ambiguity. Hands-on while building infrastructure around you.
• Strong communicator. Translates complex financial topics into clear language for leadership, board, and investors
• CPA with Bachelor's degree in Accounting required. Dual degrees (Law/Accounting, Accounting/Economics) preferred.

Extra

• Tax and multi-jurisdiction experience across U.S. and international operations.
• Experience at a Series A through Series C fintech company.
• Background in B2B payments, billing, or collections.
• Experience supporting a Series B fundraise.

Anchor values: Heart, Ownership, Grit, Exponential Value. Zero ego required.