Senior Finance & Accounting Manager

PermitFlow • New York, NY

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About The Position

PermitFlow is redefining how America builds. We’re an applied AI company serving the nation’s builders, tackling one of the largest information challenges in the economy: understanding what can be built, where, and how. Our AI agent workforce helps the fastest-growing construction companies navigate everything from permitting and licensing to inspections and project closeouts – accelerating housing, clean-energy, and infrastructure development across the country.
Despite being a $1.6T industry, construction still suffers from massive delays, wasted capital, and lost opportunity. PermitFlow has already delivered unprecedented speed, accuracy, and visibility to over $20B in development, helping contractors reduce compliance time, de-risk projects, and scale with confidence.
As the U.S. enters a new capex supercycle across data centers, factories, housing, and renewables, joining PermitFlow means building the AI infrastructure at the core of every construction project driving the next wave of reindustrialization.
We’ve raised over $90M, most recently completing our Series B, from top-tier investors including Accel, Kleiner Perkins, Initialized, Y Combinator, Felicis, and Altos Ventures, with backing from leaders at OpenAI, Google, Procore, ServiceTitan, Zillow, PlanGrid, and Uber.
Role Overview
We are hiring a Finance & Accounting Manager to lead core accounting and financial operations as we scale. This role will partner closely with the founders, finance vendors, and cross-functional leaders to ensure our financial foundation is accurate, efficient, and future-proof. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, tech-savvy, and experienced in scaling finance practices in fast-moving startups.

Requirements

• 7-10 years of finance/accounting experience
• Strong understanding of revenue recognition, collections, and GAAP
• Proficient with modern finance tools
• Extremely detail-oriented and process-driven
• Clear communicator who can distill financial data for non-financial audiences
• Collaborative mindset with strong judgment and discretion

Nice To Haves

• CPA preferred; audit background (e.g., Big 4 or similar) a strong plus
• Experience in high-growth startups or tech companies

Responsibilities

• Own monthly reconciliation of revenue, billing, and collections, including coordination with bookkeepers and customers
• Manage AR/AP operations, including invoice processing, vendor payments, and collections strategy
• Design and implement automated workflows for collections and expense tracking
• Select and implement AI tools to streamline various financial operations
• Develop and maintain department-level budgets, and provide insights and reports to executive stakeholders
• Maintain accurate financial records in our accounting systems and tools
• Ensure compliance with tax, regulatory, and audit requirements in partnership with external counsel
• Evaluate and improve internal financial policies and controls
• Manage and optimize tooling across finance stack including Stripe, Brex, Mercury, Ramp

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed