Operations Manager | Finance & Accounting Services | Remote LATAM

Atomic HR•Montevideo, Latam

2d•Remote

About The Position

Our client is a growing U.S.-based finance operations and advisory firm that supports founders, CEOs, and CFOs with core finance execution, reporting, forecasting, bookkeeping, and tax/compliance workflows. The company is founder-led, lean, and distributed. As the business grows, they need someone who can bring more structure to how work gets done — without slowing the team down with unnecessary bureaucracy. This is a strong opportunity for someone who has operated in startups, enjoys building systems from scratch, and wants a role with a potential path toward broader COO-style ownership. We’re hiring an Operations Manager with the scope of a future Head of Operations / COO-style leader to professionalize and scale internal operations across service delivery, team execution, and client workflows. This is not a narrow operations role. It’s a hands-on, cross-functional, “whatever it takes” role for someone who can build the system, run the system, and jump into the work when needed. You’ll own business operations, service delivery operations, process improvement, workflow optimization, SOPs, dashboards, operating rhythms, and accountability loops that allow a lean finance and accounting services team to deliver consistently as client volume grows. If you’ve worked in startups, built structure in ambiguous environments, owned messy operational problems end-to-end, or even started a company yourself, this role should feel familiar.

Requirements

Strong startup experience — ideally as a founder, startup operator, early operator, operations leader, Head of Operations, General Manager, or someone who has helped scale a fast-moving business
A clear preference for building and doing, not just advising or strategizing
Experience turning messy workflows into repeatable systems, SOPs, dashboards, operating rhythms, workflow optimization, and accountability structures
Strong accounting operations, finance operations, tax, or professional services exposure
Excellent written and spoken English, with clear async communication
High ownership, strong follow-through, and low ego — you notice what’s broken and take initiative to fix it
Strong judgment and ability to prioritize under deadlines
Comfort working directly with founders or senior leaders in a lean environment
AI proficiency — you actively use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or similar to improve speed, quality, and leverage in your work

Nice To Haves

You’ve founded a company, raised money, or worked through the challenges of building a startup
You have accounting education from a top LATAM university or advanced accounting studies
You currently run or have run an accounting, finance, tax, or advisory firm
You’ve worked in a high-growth startup, venture-backed company, or founder-led services business
You’ve supported distributed teams across time zones
You’re familiar with tools like Notion, Google Workspace, Slack, Asana, Jira, ClickUp, or similar systems

Responsibilities

Build a clear operating picture of how work flows today across people, tools, handoffs, deadlines, and bottlenecks
Design and implement lightweight operating rhythms: weekly priorities, check-ins, escalation paths, follow-up systems, and delivery tracking
Standardize service delivery workflows across intake, execution, review, and client delivery
Create SOPs, checklists, templates, dashboards, and internal documentation that reduce rework and make execution more consistent
Improve client onboarding and recurring touchpoints so delivery feels proactive, organized, and reliable
Partner directly with the founder and functional leads to prioritize, unblock, and drive execution
Use AI tools to draft, summarize, analyze, document, automate, and make internal workflows more efficient
Step into cross-functional needs when required — operations, support, sales, marketing, process/product improvements, and internal coordination
Help the company scale without relying on founder heroics or ad-hoc coordination