Director of Finance

The Opportunity

At Enigma, we believe that the future of the small business economy is driven by data. Enigma provides the most comprehensive data about the identity and financial health of nearly every small business in the country. Our customers use our unique product to make smarter credit-related decisions and to better serve their small business customers. We’re rapidly growing and looking for talented individuals to help us change the landscape of small business financing.

As we continue to grow, we are seeking a Director of Finance to lead and evolve the core financial and accounting operations that power Enigma every day. You’ll ensure a best-in-class finance function and uncover new opportunities to improve how we invest, operate, and create value.

What You’ll Do

As Director of Finance, you will lead our daily financial operations, accounting function, manage and create new opportunities in revenue operations, serve as a strategic voice across teams, and ensure mission-critical processes are executed. Your impact will be measured by improvements to the quality, speed, and reliability of our financial and accounting operations, and by your ability to turn insights into actionable business strategy. You’ll partner closely with leaders across GTM, Product, and Operations to strengthen our financial intelligence and help the company make smarter, faster decisions.

We Are Looking for Someone Who

• Manages daily financial operations, overseeing accounting, reporting, cash management, and working capital.
• Builds and maintains financial models and dashboards that support forecasting, strategic planning, and decision-making.
• Partners with the accounting team and our auditors to ensure best-in-class accounting processes, streamlined month-end close, and accurate financial statements. 
• Identifies opportunities to improve financial systems, tools, and processes to scale with the business.
• Serves as a strategic thought partner to cross-functional leadership, proactively providing insights and recommendations that drive and support the success of the company.
• Supports revenue operations initiatives to align financial systems and processes with GTM objectives and workflows.

What Makes This Role Exciting?

• Impact and Ownership: You’ll own the full financial backbone of a fast-scaling data company, shaping the systems, insights, and rhythms that keep Enigma running. Your work will directly influence how we invest, hire, and grow.
• Cross-Functional Reach: You’ll sit at the center of Finance, Accounting, Product, GTM, and Operations, translating financial insights into decisions that affect every part of the business. This is a highly visible role with real strategic reach.
• Partnering with Leadership: You’ll work directly with Enigma’s executive team to shape priorities and long-range planning. Your analysis won’t sit in a deck; it’ll drive how we make decisions.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Has 5+ years’ experience in financial accounting, planning and analysis, corporate finance, and AI/Data/SaaS economics.
• Strong understanding of GAAP, revenue recognition approaches, experience managing month-end close, managing financial audits, and experience in financial statement analysis. 
• Well-versed in Excel with experience in building, maintaining, analyzing, and projecting financial models and forecasts.
• Has experience in consulting, investment banking, or investment management and is adept at managing and influencing decisions across diverse stakeholders.
• Is driven by real-world impact and naturally asks, “So what?” when analyzing data or presenting insights.
• Communicates and leads with empathy, prioritizing responsiveness, consensus-building, and intellectual curiosity.

Bonus Points If You

• Have prior experience leading a finance function at a data, AI, or fintech startup at Series A or B
• Have partnered closely with revenue, product, and engineering teams
• Have experience using Ramp, Tabs, Quickbooks, Metronome, and similar billing, finance and expense management tools
• Have experience setting up and integrating an ERP at a mid-stage startup
• Hold a CFA charter, CPA, or other advanced finance credential.

About Us

At Enigma, we’re building the single, most reliable source of data on businesses to power the future of financial services. By engineering better data from hundreds of public and third-party sources, we aim to tell the complete story of every business, so that companies of every size can access the financial services they need to grow and thrive. 

Our core values – generosity, curiosity, ingenuity, & drive – guide everything we do, from how we make our most important product decisions to how we work with and support one another on a daily basis. We’re a team of curious, driven individuals with diverse backgrounds and skills, but we’re all passionate about engineering deeper understanding through data—together. If this resonates, we would love to hear from you! 

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

Salary Range: $150,000–$210,000

A note on salary ranges: we pride ourselves on paying competitively for our size and industry. Salary is one piece of a total Enigma compensation package that includes additional benefits and opportunities. All of our compensation packages include equity because we believe 100% of Enigma employees should have the option to purchase ownership in the company and benefit from the value we’re creating together.