Director of Finance, The Brief
AI advertising agency
Job no longer available
AI advertising agency
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
To deliver high-performance creative assets 10x faster than traditional workflows.
Role
Who you are
- This is a hands-on role for someone who’s comfortable switching contexts, connects the dots across teams, and brings order and insight to fast-moving parts of the business
- 6–10 years of experience in finance roles, with exposure to FP&A, business operations, and analytics; experience in SaaS or tech a strong plus
- A systems mindset—you’ve worked with tools like Recurly, Netsuite, Stripe, or planning platforms (e.g., Mosaic, Pigment, Cube) and know how to make them work together
- Strong analytical skills—you can build a model from scratch, turn messy data into a clear narrative, and make practical recommendations
- Experience driving operational processes—whether it's managing monthly reviews (MBRs), budget cycles, or implementing cross-functional workflows
- Comfort working cross-functionally—you know how to partner with Product, GTM, and Engineering teams without getting lost in translation
- Strong communication skills—able to distill complex financial topics into actionable takeaways for different stakeholders
- A bias for execution—you’re hands-on, resourceful, and good at pushing projects over the finish line without needing a large team behind you
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a versatile, execution-oriented Finance Director to join our team
- This is a high-impact, cross-functional role that sits at the intersection of finance, systems, and strategy—ideal for someone who thrives on solving operational problems and building scalable processes
- You’ll lead the day-to-day execution of finance projects: partnering with Product, Sales, and Engineering to improve workflows, implement tools, and ensure financial data flows accurately through our systems
- Whether it’s standing up a reporting process, implementing a billing change, or supporting a departmental budget review, you’ll be the person who gets it done
- You’ll also flex across analytics and FP&A—running BVA analysis, building models to support business decisions, and helping leadership teams understand what’s working and what needs attention
- Lead cross-functional finance projects that improve systems, processes, and decision-making—examples include streamlining billing workflows, implementing pricing changes in Recurly, or building spend approval frameworks
- Coordinate and drive the MBR process: align stakeholders, ensure metrics are tracked and reported consistently, and facilitate ongoing accountability reviews across the business
- Serve as a connector between Finance and other departments to ensure business initiatives are supported by sound processes and clean data
- Establish and document scalable workflows for recurring finance processes (e.g., budgeting, procurement, vendor tracking)
- Run BVA analysis, support departmental reviews, and surface key trends across spend, revenue, and margin
- Build flexible, practical models for ad hoc decision support (e.g., scenario planning, cost modeling, customer/product analysis)
- Partner with teams across the org to translate business questions into data-driven insights and next steps
- Own and maintain internal dashboards and reporting tools for finance and business stakeholders
- You’ll work closely with the CFO and leadership team on strategic initiatives while owning key operational workflows
- It’s a role for someone who wants to flex across domains, get things done fast, and help shape how finance works at a scaling company
Our take
Marketing today often feels like trying to do meaningful creative work in the middle of constant noise. New platforms, tighter timelines, and endless data streams have turned many marketing teams into operators of systems rather than shapers of ideas. The Brief enters this evolving market as a response to that tension and aims to bring clarity and momentum back to a craft that's become fragmented and downright overwhelming.
The Brief (formerly Creatopy) positions itself as the AI agency for marketers, built to support the full campaign lifecycle. Powered by intelligent agents, the platform helps teams create, inspire, launch, and optimise campaigns in one continuous loop. Instead of replacing human creativity, it's designed to handle the heavy operational lifting so marketers can focus more on strategy, storytelling, and ideas.
And its agents collaborate across stages, helping teams move from insight to execution with less friction and more continuity. If it continues to approach AI with care and responsibility, The Brief stands a strong chance of growing alongside the industry, not just automating it, but helping it mature.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Oct 2023
$10m
SERIES A
Total funding: $10m
Leadership
Ovidiu Gavril
(CTO)Previously, Ovidiu was the CTO of Raft. He also spent 3 years at Picsart as VP then SVP of Engineering.
May Haim Kotlarsky
(CEO, GC & Board Director)Previously worked as Associate General Counsel at Meta, was a Director at GitHub, Head of Legal at Rakuten and was Counsel at Live365 Inc.
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