Finance Operations Lead

About Distyl AI

Distyl is an applied AI technology company partnering with the world’s most ambitious institutions to rearchitect critical operations for the frontier of AI. Our customers include the largest companies in telecom, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, consumer goods, and global social organizations.
We research and deploy technologies that power AI-native operations — both for our partners and for Distyl itself. Our work spans research into self-constructing systems, the development of the most reliable execution of AI systems, and products that transform mission-critical workflows. As a result, Distyl's technologies affect some of the world's largest operations — from hundreds of millions of consumer interactions to tens of millions of supply chain transactions and millions of patient journeys.
Distyl is backed by leading investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Coatue, DST Global, and the board-members of 20+ F500s. The results reflect this approach: a 100% production deployment success rate for our customers and one of the few enterprise AI companies to run a profitable business.

We are hiring a Finance Operations Lead to own and run Distyl’s core accounting and finance operations as the company continues to scale. This is a hands‑on, operator-focused role for someone with a strong accounting foundation and prior startup experience. You'll be responsible for ensuring the books are accurate, the close is disciplined, and financial outputs are reliable and decision‑useful as systems and processes mature.

This is a true build role. You won’t just operate within existing processes—you’ll architect and scale the accounting infrastructure, controls, and policies Distyl needs as we move toward audit readiness. You’ll partner closely with external accounting advisors and cross‑functional stakeholders (including People Ops on payroll), while steadily transitioning finance operations toward strong internal ownership.

You’ll work alongside Distyl’s Strategic Finance Lead, who sets overall direction and priorities. From there, you’ll own execution end‑to‑end—driving timelines, identifying risks early, exercising sound judgment, and proactively surfacing opportunities to strengthen processes and improve efficiency.

• Own monthly close execution end‑to‑end, including journal entries, reconciliations, cutoffs, and balance sheet integrity.
• Apply strong accounting judgment to complex or ambiguous transactions and flag issues early.
• Maintain high standards for documentation, reconciliations, and internal controls.
• Perform monthly variance and trend analysis, investigating what changed, why it changed, and whether it makes sense.
• Translate financial results into clear operational explanations for finance leadership.
• Own day‑to‑day billing, collections, and revenue recognition execution.
• Own payroll accounting end‑to‑end: payroll journal entries, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, payroll tax filing oversight, and stock‑comp payroll inputs, coordinating with People Ops on employee‑facing administration.
• Build, document, and improve close workflows, reconciliations, and finance processes with scalability and audit readiness in mind.
• Support cash management, forecasting inputs, and operational reporting, including vendor commitment tracking and renewal visibility.
• Help build audit readiness progressively: draft and maintain GAAP accounting policies, standardize monthly support schedules, strengthen internal controls, and support auditor selection and coordination.
• Identify process gaps and implement practical solutions across finance operations, including spend controls, approval workflows, and procurement processes as the function scales.

• 5–8 years of experience in accounting or finance operations.
• Firm accounting foundation, ideally through public accounting, audit, or a structured in‑house accounting environment.
• Prior experience at a startup or high‑growth company, where systems were evolving and ownership mattered.
• Strong command of accounting fundamentals and close mechanics.
• Operator‑minded: you take ownership, follow work…