Director of Finance, Piano
Data-driven customer engagement solutions
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Data-driven customer engagement solutions
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To improve digital interactions between companies and their customers.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or business administration, or equivalent business experience
- 10+ years of progressively responsible experience
- US-Gaap experience is a must
- Non-US Company experience (International)
- Group Financial Consolidation experience including Foreign Exchange
- Preference will be given to candidates with PE or VC experience, CPA or CMA designations, experience with Saas companies and Sage X3 and/or Lucanet accounting software
- Able to lead and work well with other teams both in the US and Europe
- Strong US-GAAP and financial reporting technical skills
- Confidential, understands the ethical standards of a CPA
- Conscientious about timeliness of assignments and quality of work product
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including ability to articulate recommendations in a concise and timely manner
- Able to handle multiple tasks and maintain control and order over same
- Exceptional math and problem-solving skills
- Able to analyze, organize, summarize and articulate complex legal and financial information
- Able to read and interpret agreements, then implement the relevant provisions of these agreements
- Detailed, organized and communicative
- Responsive team player with ability to quickly prioritize among numerous pressing tasks
- Exceptional computer skills in the operation and functioning of all programs used by the organization, i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint; and Sage X3 accounting software
What the job involves
- The Director of Finance position is responsible for the accounting operations of Piano including the production of audited financial reports for all group entities, monthly internal financial reports, maintenance of an adequate system of accounting records, and a comprehensive set of controls and compliance designed to mitigate risk, enhance the accuracy of our reported financial results, and ensure that reported results comply with US GAAP and local country standards as applicable
- Primary responsibilities include supervision of the monthly close process, billings to clients, collection of accounts receivable, supervising accounts payable, payroll, monthly reporting for the senior management team and the board of directors, tax returns, financial audits and all treasury administration
- Maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures
- Manage third-party functions such as lenders, tax advisors, and auditors
- Oversee the accounting operations of all Piano entities
- Legal Entity set-up, when applicable, and control
- Ensure that accounts payable are paid in a timely manner and that all reasonable discounts are taken
- Ensure that accounts receivable are collected promptly
- Ensure that periodic bank reconciliations and other Balance Sheet and P&L reconciliations are completed
- Maintain the chart of accounts and an orderly accounting filing system
- Maintain a system of controls over accounting transactions
- Issue timely monthly financial statements and reports to senior management, board of directors and shareholders
- Calculate and analyze variances and report significant issues to management
- Oversee process to record transactions by department and compare costs incurred to budget and performance analysis of profit centers
- Assist with cash projections to effectively manage cash balances
- Review monthly accounting close process including analytical review of the monthly operating results to ensure accurate accounting records are maintained
- Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics
- Provide for a system of management cost reports
- Coordinate the preparation of applicable tax returns
- Coordinate the provision of information to external auditors for all audits and manage audit processes
- Monitor debt levels and compliance with debt covenants
- Implement, document and maintain adequate and effective internal controls and processes to improve the close and reporting cycles to ensure timely and accurate reporting
- Primarily in-office work
- Supervises multiple direct and indirect reports, reports to CFO
Our take
Piano helps businesses manage subscription, analytics and content personalization to monetize digital experiences. Previously the focus was on traditional publishers like Wall Street Post and CNBC. However, with the declining value of revenue streams like third party cookies, and new platforms like Substack and Clubhouse siphoning off paying customers, the revenue pinch is being felt by a growing spread of digital services.
Piano’s cloud-based offerings run a broad gamut, including experience personalization, paywall management, and data analytics. These are all supported by integrations with various mainstream third-party tools including Google Ad Manager and Apple Pay. This seemingly fragmented approach has not spread Piano thin, however, and it is consolidating its market lead with strategic acquisitions in the publishing space such as AT Internet and SocialFlow.
Following its impressive level of funding and massive growth in revenue since 2019, Piano is developing its product further to provide further publicity and analytics tools for its customers, particularly in newsletters and socials. It is also likely to continue expanding its market share through acquisitions as it builds outs its end-to-end platform for the publishing industry.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Feb 2025
$45m
SERIES D
May 2021
$88m
SERIES C
Total funding: $160.4m
Company HQ
Grachtengordel-West, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Trevor Kaufman
(CEO)They have an extensive track record of building brands and profitable businesses in media and technology, having previously served as the CEO of Tinypass, Possible Worldwide, and Schematic.
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