Head of Finance (Remote, Latin America or South Africa)

About the role

Blacksmith Agency is a fully remote US digital agency of 30 to 40 people running websites, SEO, paid media and branding. As Head of Finance you own finance end to end, including the people operations that go with it, working directly with ownership and a fractional CFO. The position is full-time and remote, open to candidates in Latin America or South Africa.

Key responsibilities

• Finance: keep the books clean with the bookkeeper, run the monthly close, manage cash, payables, receivables and controls.
• FP&A: build revenue, margin and cash flow models and forecasts, track monthly actuals versus forecast, unit economics and the hiring capacity model.
• People operations: handle onboarding and offboarding for a remote team across several countries, manage contracts, set up payroll and control access in and out.
• Give ownership plain answers on where the business stands and what to do about it.

Required profile

• Experience running finance yourself: building models, owning the close and answering to ownership for the numbers.
• Independent and driven, able to work without a checklist handed to you.
• Full-time as your only job, with substantial overlap with US business hours.
• Services or agency finance experience is a plus.

Required skills

• Strong Google Sheets or Excel
• QuickBooks or Xero
• Clear written and spoken English

To apply, use the application link and complete a short 6-minute Predictive Index assessment; if you are a fit, you will receive a link to a short AI interview you can take at any time. No cover letter is required.