Pylon

Director of Finance

Pylon

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AssemblyERP

About the role

  • Lead financial operations and bring rigor, transparency, and strategic insight to finance
  • Ensure financial systems, controls, and reporting evolve with product, customers, and capital footprint
  • Own and operate all aspects of accounting and financial reporting, including GL, AR/AP, month-end close, and GAAP financial statements
  • Design and implement internal controls and accounting policies to ensure compliance with federal and state mortgage regulations
  • Manage accounting for mortgage loan pipelines, warehouse lines, funding, and loan sales
  • Collaborate with Capital Markets, Operations, Legal, and GTM to support product launches, capital structures, and investor reporting
  • Lead budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
  • Oversee audits and tax compliance with external auditors and advisors
  • Build scalable systems and processes to support automation, transparency, and growth
  • Evaluate and implement financial software tools (ERP, reporting, dashboards)
  • Prepare financial materials for board meetings, investors, and strategic partners
  • Serve as strategic partner to leadership on capital strategy, product expansion, and operational scalability

Requirements

  • 7–12 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, ideally in B2B fintech, mortgage, or financial services
  • Deep understanding of GAAP and mortgage accounting, including loan origination, funding, servicing, and securitization
  • Experience with loan accounting software and financial systems
  • Strong Excel skills and proficiency in reporting/analytics tools (e.g., PowerBI, Looker)
  • Previous ownership of month-end close, audits, compliance, and financial reporting
  • Proven ability to lead and scale accounting operations in a high-growth, fast-paced environment
  • Experience managing or mentoring junior accounting/finance team members
  • Clear, confident communicator who can work cross-functionally and present to leadership
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage competing priorities effectively
  • Comfortable in ambiguous environments with evolving requirements
  • CPA preferred but not required
  • Deep accounting expertise, mortgage domain fluency, and ability to build scalable financial infrastructure from scratch