Role Description The Director of Finance & Accounting will own the day-to-day finance and accounting operations of a growing, VC-backed company. This role is a critical builder–operator position, responsible for establishing scalable accounting processes, leading the company through its first external audit, and ensuring accurate, timely financial reporting as the business scales. Reporting to the COO, this role is intentionally hands-on and execution-focused. The Director will serve as the senior internal owner of accounting and finance operations, while partnering with external advisors and leadership on higher-order initiatives as the company grows. This role will manage a small team of finance and accounting professionals. This position offers meaningful scope, visibility, and the opportunity to grow with the business. Accounting & Financial Operations - Own all core accounting functions, including general ledger, revenue recognition, accounts receivable and payable, payroll, and cash management. - Lead the monthly and year-end close processes; establish close calendars, reconciliations, and documentation standards. - Ensure accurate, timely financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. - Maintain accounting policies, procedures, and supporting documentation. Audit Readiness & Compliance - Lead preparation for and execution of the company’s first external financial statement audit. - Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact for external auditors. - Coordinate with external accounting and tax advisors to ensure audit readiness and compliance. - Identify and remediate gaps in documentation, controls, and processes in a pragmatic, right-sized manner. Internal Controls & Process Scaling - Design and implement scalable accounting workflows and internal controls appropriate for a growth-stage company. - Improve efficiency, automation, and repeatability of finance and accounting processes. - Build infrastructure to support 2x+ revenue growth without over-engineering. Financial Planning & Analysis - Own the annual budgeting process and forecasting. - Prepare cash flow forecasts and basic financial models. - Deliver variance analysis and KPI reporting for leadership decision-making. - Partner with the COO on financial insights related to growth, hiring, and operating leverage. Team & Vendor Management - Lead and develop a small internal accounting team, as well as manage outsourced partners (e.g., payroll, tax, audit support). - Establish clear roles, accountability, and documentation within the function. - Ensure smooth collaboration across operations, legal, and leadership teams. Qualifications - CPA required - 8+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including leadership roles. - Demonstrated experience preparing a company for its first external audit. - Proven track record of scaling accounting and finance operations during periods of rapid growth (2x revenue and beyond). - Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP and strong technical accounting expertise. - Experience building processes and controls in a high-growth or pre-IPO environment. - Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills. - Previous management experience Preferred Experience - Background in high-growth startups, scale-ups, or PE/VC-backed companies. - Experience with ERP implementations or major financial system upgrades. - Exposure to fundraising, diligence, or board-level financial reporting. - Public accounting (Big 4 or national firm) experience. Executive Expectations - Comfortable operating at both a strategic and hands-on level. - Able to bring structure and discipline without slowing momentum. - High integrity, accountability, and ownership mindset. Benefits - Unlimited paid time off (PTO) - Paid holidays and sick time - 401(k) program - Company-paid life insurance - Access to medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and voluntary life insurance coverage options

• Conduct process discovery across the lead-to-cash lifecycle (e.g., contracting, invoicing, billing, collections), including documenting current-state workflows and handoffs. • Identify process breaks and root causes (including where issues originate in contracts, invoices, or upstream systems) and synthesize findings into clear problem statements. • Prepare executive-ready updates and briefings summarizing insights, trade-offs, recommendations, and next steps. • Support identification of data disconnects and root causes; document issues and potential remediation options to improve enterprise-wide data quality and usability. • Create, maintain, and circulate discovery documentation (e.g., data inventories, data flow diagrams, issue logs, and decision logs) to drive alignment and execution. • Memorialize key decisions and translate outcomes into decision-tree or lightweight governance artifacts to enable future clean-up and ongoing data hygiene checks. • Conduct structured interviews and working sessions to capture tacit knowledge ("what’s in people’s heads") including exceptions, escalation paths, and common edge cases. • Document current-state end-to-end finance processes (e.g., forecasting, month-end close activities, cost tracking) • Review documentation with stakeholders to validate accuracy, incorporate feedback, and identify opportunities to streamline or standardize. • Ongoing Communication • Weekly or bi-weekly readouts to Finance and cross-functional stakeholders summarizing progress, decisions needed, key risks, and upcoming work. • Final internship summary deliverable (brief deck or memo) consolidating findings, decisions, and recommended path forward for both projects.

• Management Reporting: Conduct month-end regional financial performance review, ensure accuracy of financial records, highlight /lowlight, escalate issues and opportunities to the leader team, prepare monthly/quarterly management reports for regional leadership • Add-hoc scenario analysis to support on decision making when entering new market through data analysis • Responsible for pre-ROI and post ROI analysis for marketing activities, making proposal and improvement plan to marketing leaders when needed • Strategic business partnering: Build relationships and collaborate across regional leaders, country GMs, BU teams, BU FBPs to optimise business growth • Process Improvement: Streamline data handling, drive continuous process improvement, standardization, simplification and reporting enhancements

Role Description The Finance intern will support three strategic initiatives: - Improving the lead-to-cash process - Strengthening enterprise data quality through structured discovery and governance - Documenting SCADA finance processes by capturing and translating subject-matter expertise into clear, reusable documentation The Intern will play the role of an internal consultant and project manager, interfacing regularly with both Finance and other cross-functional leaders to move the projects toward completion. Key Responsibilities - Project 1 – Lead-to-Cash Process Improvement - Conduct process discovery across the lead-to-cash lifecycle (e.g., contracting, invoicing, billing, collections), including documenting current-state workflows and handoffs. - Identify process breaks and root causes (including where issues originate in contracts, invoices, or upstream systems) and synthesize findings into clear problem statements. - Prepare executive-ready updates and briefings summarizing insights, trade-offs, recommendations, and next steps. - Project 2 – Enterprise Data Quality & Governance - Support identification of data disconnects and root causes; document issues and potential remediation options to improve enterprise-wide data quality and usability. - Create, maintain, and circulate discovery documentation (e.g., data inventories, data flow diagrams, issue logs, and decision logs) to drive alignment and execution. - Memorialize key decisions and translate outcomes into decision-tree or lightweight governance artifacts to enable future clean-up and ongoing data hygiene checks. - Project 3 – SCADA Finance Process Documentation (Knowledge Capture) - Conduct structured interviews and working sessions to capture tacit knowledge ("what’s in people’s heads") including exceptions, escalation paths, and common edge cases. - Document current-state end-to-end finance processes (e.g., forecasting, month-end close activities, cost tracking). - Review documentation with stakeholders to validate accuracy, incorporate feedback, and identify opportunities to streamline or standardize. Deliverables - Project 1: Structured discovery workbook capturing data flow current-state process steps, inputs/outputs, issues, and open questions (as scoped during the internship). - Project 2: Decision-tree artifacts that document key data definitions, classification logic, and agreed-upon handling of common edge cases to support consistent reporting and operational use. - Project 3: SCADA finance process documentation pack capturing roles, cadence, systems, handoffs, exceptions, and escalation paths for key recurring activities. Ongoing Communication - Weekly or bi-weekly readouts to Finance and cross-functional stakeholders summarizing progress, decisions needed, key risks, and upcoming work. - Final internship summary deliverable (brief deck or memo) consolidating findings, decisions, and recommended path forward for both projects. Qualifications - Currently enrolled in an Economics or Sciences or Liberal Arts undergraduate program - Strong organizational skills and attention to detail - Comfort working across multiple teams and stakeholders - Interest in business process logic and improvements