About the Role
This is a senior, project-driven role focused on building the next generation of reconciliation and control infrastructure, leading audit remediation, and scaling operations. You will own cross-functional projects end-to-end, partner with Engineering, Product, Accounting, and Finance to implement new systems and controls, and serve as a subject-matter expert. You will also mentor analysts, build reusable AI workflows, and set standards for the team.
Responsibilities
- Design, stand up, and scale new reconciliation and control infrastructure across products and entities.
- Lead audit remediation workstreams, partnering with external auditors and internal Accounting and Controls.
- Own cross-functional projects and act as the escalation point for complex reconciliation and loss issues.
- Partner with Engineering and Product to spec, build, and measure systems and tooling for reconciliation and loss detection.
- Build reusable AI workflows, templates, and standards to improve team efficiency.
- Up-level analysts through mentorship, training, and documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related analytical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4-6 years in financial services, banking, fintech, payments, or accounting operations, ideally in a cash management or reconciliation heavy environment.
- Experience scaling reconciliation or operational processes to new products, entities, or geographies.
- Experience leading cross-functional projects end-to-end with independence.
- Strong understanding of payment systems and money movement (e.g., ACH/NACHA, card networks, bank file formats like BAI2 or MT940).
- Experience designing or remediating controls and reconciliation processes.
- Exposure to regulatory requirements (e.g., MTL, SOX-style controls) in a payments environment.
- Ability to think in systems and root causes, using strong SQL and data skills.
- Demonstrated use of AI to build durable, reusable automations and workflows.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to navigate difficult conversations with cross-functional partners.
- Ability to present confidently to senior audiences.
Skills
- Reconciliation
- Control Infrastructure
- Audit Remediation
- Financial Systems
- AI Workflows
- Mentorship
- SQL
- Data Analysis
- Payment Systems
- Money Movement
- ACH/NACHA
- Card Networks
- BAI2
- MT940
- Regulatory Requirements
- MTL
- SOX-style controls
- Communication
Location
- New York
- Denver
- San Francisco
- Scottsdale
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- 4-6 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related analytical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Salary/Compensations
- $102,130/yr to $125,960/yr
Benefits
- Competitive base pay
- Benefits
- Equity (RSUs)
About the Company
- Gusto is on a mission to grow the small business economy by handling payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR.
- Teams are located in Denver, San Francisco, and New York.
- Gusto supports more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide.
- AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto.
- Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City.
Equal Opportunity
- Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
- We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
- Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
- Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.
