Director Of Finance and Compliance

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.

● 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.