Finance Manager

About Estuary:

Estuary is reshaping how the world moves data. Our real-time data platform unifies CDC, batch, and streaming into one dependable system, so data teams no longer have to stitch together fragmented ETL, replication, and streaming tools.

Teams use Estuary to power analytics, operations, and AI, with control over cost, latency, and where their data runs. Our customers range from engineers who sign up and build their first pipeline in minutes to enterprises running Estuary inside their own cloud.

We’re backed by top investors, led by experienced repeat founders in data infrastructure, and recently raised a $17M Series A led by M13.

The market is moving fast, and so are we. As we scale, we need a finance function that keeps pace: accurate, Board-ready reporting, billing and revenue operations that can handle both self-serve and enterprise customers, and systems built to grow with us rather than be rebuilt every year.

Position Overview:

Estuary is hiring an Accounting & Finance Manager to own day-to-day financial operations and serve as the primary finance partner to our CFO. You will oversee month-end close and prepare financial reporting for leadership and the Board, while also partnering with the CFO on budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc analysis.

You will also take on higher-judgment finance work including systems design, and investor inquiries, and building out infrastructure as the first full-time finance hire at Estuary. We expect this person to bring a genuine accounting foundation to the role while also being comfortable operating across systems design and the broader finance function.

The ideal candidate has accounting expertise, thinks analytically about what the numbers mean for the business, and is excited about using modern tools – including conventional and AI systems – to build a more efficient and scalable finance function at a growing startup.

What You’ll Do:

Finance & Accounting Operations

• Oversee month-end close, reviewing and approving bookkeeper work to ensure accuracy and timeliness
• Prepare financial statements and management reports for leadership and the Board of Directors
• Manage billing, accounts receivable, and collections, including systems design to scale and modernize the billing platform
• Manage accounts payable and employee expense reimbursements
• Respond to investor and audit inquiries with accuracy and professionalism

Planning & Analysis

• Partner with the CFO on budgeting, forecasting, and budget-to-actuals analysis
• Prepare ad hoc analyses to support data-driven decision making across leadership

Financial Ops & AI

• Design and iterate on modern workflows that automate repeatable finance processes
• Help us think about what the finance function looks like in an AI-native company, and contribute to getting us there

Qualifications:

Required

• 3-7 years of professional accounting or finance experience, with a genuine accounting foundation
• Superb Excel skills and comfort with financial modeling and data manipulation
• Experience with revenue recognition, billing systems and sales tax compliance
• Experience with accounting software (QuickBooks) and other financial systems
• Startup experience or a clear appetite for the pace and ambiguity of an early-stage company
• Demonstrated interest in AI tools and their application to finance work

Preferred

• CPA or working toward one
• Background in B2B enterprise software
• Hands-on experience building AI-assisted automations in a finance or accounting context

Attributes for Success

• Accounting foundation with the analytical instincts to operate across the broader finance function
• Clear communicator who can translate financial information for non-finance audiences
• Excited about AI and automation as tools for building a more capable finance function
• Bias toward clarity, efficiency, and accountability
• Strong ownership mentality in a fast-moving, high-expectations environment