Proper Cloth

Director of Finance

Proper Cloth

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York City • New York • United States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Own and Improve Accounting Operations
  • Manage the accounting function (internal team and/or external partners)
  • Ensure accounting processes remain up to date, documented, and continuously improving
  • Maintain clean, consistent expense categorization and a well-structured chart of accounts
  • Ensure financial data pipelines and integrations remain accurate and reliable
  • Own the accuracy of financial reporting across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
  • Ensure Bills Are Paid
  • Own the accounts payable process and controls
  • Manage the people/vendors responsible for paying bills, wires, and ACH payments
  • Ensure all payments are made accurately and on time
  • Establish clear approval workflows and payment policies
  • Deliver Department-Level Financial Clarity
  • Build and maintain department-level P&Ls and cost reporting
  • Help departments understand their costs and unit economics, for example:
  • CX team costs and unit economics
  • Photography team unit economics
  • Showroom profitability by location
  • Present financial information in clear, digestible formats that department leaders can use
  • Track trends over time and help teams understand what’s driving changes
  • Act as a Thought Partner to CEO and Department Heads
  • Partner with department leaders to evaluate plans, experiments, and operational changes
  • Help think through tradeoffs, ROI, and cost implications of decisions
  • Provide financial perspective on headcount changes, tooling investments, and process improvements
  • Support leadership in making data-informed, economically sound decisions
  • Support team leaders in vendor contract negotiations
  • Support leadership in budgeting and projections

Requirements

  • 8–12+ years of experience in finance, accounting, or operational finance roles
  • Experience owning or managing accounting functions (including AP, close, and reporting)
  • Strong understanding of cost accounting and operational finance
  • Proven ability to translate financial data into clear insights for non-finance stakeholders
  • Comfortable managing processes, systems, and people (not just financial models)
  • Strong judgment, attention to detail, and follow-through
  • Collaborative mindset and low ego; comfortable partnering closely with operators
  • Experience in ecommerce, retail, consumer brands, or inventory-heavy businesses is a plus.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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