Finance Operations Manager (Remote)

About the role

A growing fashion group with two businesses across the US and Peru is looking for a hands-on Operations & Finance Manager to own profitability, cost control and execution. The founder handles vision, product direction, brand, strategic relationships, new sales channels and major capital decisions; you will act as their delegated operational authority, making decisions within agreed financial and operational limits. The role is fully remote, open to candidates in Eastern Europe or South Africa, with a schedule of roughly 6am-2pm New York time.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze gross and contribution margins, inventory efficiency, labor productivity and profitability by channel, product and customer, and recommend resource allocation
• Review expenses across the group (software, payroll, logistics, vendors, financial services), renegotiate contracts and set regular expense reviews
• Work with the bookkeeper, treasury and invoicing lead and the Peru general manager to keep P&Ls, receivables, payables, reconciliations and cash-flow forecasts accurate and on time
• Build KPIs for each department and role, follow up on missed commitments and report exceptions to the founder
• Replace manual work with AI agents, automated workflows and integrations, measuring time and money saved
• Create SOPs, documentation and repeatable processes, using Notion, so teams can work reliably without depending on individuals
• Lead operations across US finance, e-commerce and Peru manufacturing, and take over operational correspondence and decisions currently handled by the founder

Required profile

• Proven operational leadership, owning cross-department execution and holding teams accountable, ideally in a multi-entity, founder-led or 50+ person business
• Experience in a physical-product business such as e-commerce, consumer goods, retail, wholesale or manufacturing
• Strong financial analysis skills: interpreting P&Ls, cash-flow forecasts and receivables, assessing margins and inventory efficiency
• Track record with SOPs, KPIs and process improvement
• High proactivity and sound judgment, able to work remotely as an independent contractor

Required skills

• Hands-on AI and automation skills, building workflows and integrations (Zapier, Make, n8n or similar)
• Ability to learn new platforms quickly; Notion is used and expected to be learned quickly

What we offer

• $3,500-$4,500 USD per month, full-time, fully remote
• Minimum 20 days PTO including public holidays