Business Operations & Finance Associate

Alternative Payments•New York, NY

3d•$110,000 - $140,000

About The Position

At Alternative Payments, we are transforming the way service-based companies handle payments. Our innovative platform automates the entire accounts receivable process, helping businesses save time, reduce costs, and scale with confidence. We are building a global team that values innovation, impact, and collaboration. As part of a scaling FinTech company, every person on our team has the opportunity to shape our future, influence our products, and make a real difference for our customers. Alternative Payments is looking for an outcome oriented Business Operations & Strategy Associate to join our rapidly growing team. The ideal candidate is a highly analytical problem solver, with critical thinking skills who can quickly understand the core drivers of the business. You will operate at the forefront of AI capabilities and tooling to develop and improve systems across core business functions. This role is part analyst, part strategist, part project manager, and part builder. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer you will work on complex business problems, analyzing and generating insights from data across multiple workstreams. You will plan, lead and execute operational and strategic planning initiatives that have a direct and quantifiable impact on the business

Requirements

2-5 years of professional experience within investment banking, private equity, or financial services
Superior analytical, critical thinking and quantitative skills
Intermediate knowledge of AI, prompting, key use cases and an affinity to learn about how to more deeply integrate AI into your daily workflows
Ability to execute in ambiguous, fast paced environments under tight and unpredictable timelines and produce accurate, high quality results
High sense of urgency, a bias for action and work ethic
Rigorous attention to detail
Ability to handle multiple competing projects
Ability to work independently and be proactive
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong problem solving and decision making skills
Ability to work collaboratively and cross functionally within the organization

Nice To Haves

Experience working at a high growth start up in the fintech space
At least 2 years experience working in investment banking
Experience leveraging Claude Code or similar AI applications
Computer science coursework / training at some point in career

Responsibilities

Work cross-functionally to execute on high-impact projects and implement new processes to scale operations.
Serve as a strategic partner, identifying issues, building models and analyzing data to make recommendations to improve financial and operational decision-making across the organization.
Leverage AI and automation to accelerate execution, including by not limited to Claude Code, Cursor, custom-built MCPs, etc.
Prepare regular reports and dashboards to communicate insights and recommendations to stakeholders.
Support the leadership team in executing all operational and strategic initiatives.
Monitor, manage and report on payment activity to create operating efficiency, optimize costs and mitigate risks
Support the sales + customer success teams with complex challenges
Identify inefficiencies across the organization and improve processes and / or create automations to eliminate the inefficiencies