Financial Controller at Thanks

Description

Build the financial foundations that scale a global platform.

Thanks is operating at a critical inflection point in the retail media and monetization space. We’ve established ourselves as the customer-first monetization platform, successfully expanding from post-purchase into the entire customer journey - from app home screens and email through to order tracking and beyond.

As we enter our next phase of global scale, we’re hiring a Financial Controller to build our finance function from the ground up. This is a zero-to-one role for a senior operator who thrives in complexity - equally comfortable owning day-to-day execution and designing the systems, controls, and strategy required for long-term scale.

The role

This is a hands-on, foundational role. You are not inheriting a mature finance function; you are creating it.

You’ll lead the financial engine of a fast-growing, multi-market business - bringing clarity, discipline, and confidence to how we operate. You’ll work closely with the founders and leadership team to turn speed into efficiency, and complexity into decision-ready insight.

Within your first six months, you’ll begin building out the finance function, including hiring and leading a small team.

What you’ll do

• Own the financial foundations: Take end-to-end ownership of the general ledger, month-end close, payroll, accounts payable and receivable, cash management, and treasury - including complex partner payouts and multi-market bank settlements across the US.
• Bring order to a fast-moving business: Wrangle manual and fragmented processes - bringing structure, discipline, and increasing automation as the business scales.
• Build systems that scale: Evaluate, select, and own accounting, billing, expense, and finance systems, and work closely with Product and Engineering to design processes that scale with volume, complexity, and growth.
• Own revenue complexity and control: Lead revenue recognition across a diversified, performance-based model (CPC, CPA, CPL, CPR), including multi-entity consolidation, multi-currency reporting, and audit-ready controls.
• Turn numbers into decisions: Build financial models and reporting that surface unit economics, cash flow dynamics, and margin trade-offs - providing clear, decision-grade insight to help leadership run an efficient, scalable business.
• Build and lead the finance function: Hire, develop, and lead a small finance team, act as a trusted finance partner across the business, and progressively reduce founder dependency by bringing clarity, confidence, and structure to financial decision-making.

Requirements

What we’re looking for

• 7+ years’ progressive experience in accounting or finance, including experience gained within high-growth technology businesses
• CPA or CA qualification required 
• Proven experience building or significantly scaling a finance function
• Strong understanding of complex revenue models - adtech preferred, with marketplaces (or similar two-sided models) or fintech also suitable
• Deep understanding of cash flow, forecasting, and partner settlement dynamics
• Comfortable operating daily across execution, systems, and strategy
• Strong commercial judgment, able to translate numbers into clear business insight
• Experience working across multiple geographies and currencies
• Confidence partnering closely with founders and senior leaders

Location & working style

• Strong preference for US West Coast-based candidates to enable effective collaboration across time zones
• Open to other US locations for exceptional candidates
• Remote-first, with a high degree of trust and ownership
  

Benefits

Why Thanks?

At Thanks, we’re building a customer-first monetization platform that delivers growth without compromise - for advertisers, publishers, and consumers. We power growth for the world’s leading brands, delivering tens of millions of high-value “thanks” moments every month.

What makes this role different:

Real ownership: You’ll own the financial foundations end-to-end, with the trust and autonomy to build systems and make decisions as the business scales.

Impact you can see: Your financial architecture directly influences cash flow, unit economics, growth decisions, and our path to becoming a market leader.

Strategy meets execution: This is a hands-on, zero-to-one role - operating in the detail while setting direction for a complex, global business.

Growth without chaos: You’ll work in a high-impact, remote-first environment that values clear thinking, sound judgment, and follow-through.

Competitive package: Competitive salary plus equity, with scope to grow your role as the company grows.

We’re building something deliberately - not copying what already exists. If you’re excited by foundational ownership and complex problems, we’d love to hear from you.

Let’s build something extraordinary.