Founding Finance Lead

About us- At coreflow, we're redefining entertainment with AI. We're one of the fastest-growing startups globally, serving 20 million users in our first year. We’re an in-person company based in Sydney, Australia.

- We’re guided by a set of principles that are foundational to our work and drive every decision:

- User-first: We build things that people want. We invest time to understand our users and focus on adding value instead of extracting value.

- High agency, high ownership: We’re responsible for the pieces we own, end-to-end. We own every mistake, figure out what went wrong, and fix it. We don’t blame anyone or anything else.

- Urgency: This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We prioritize well, find ways to increase leverage, and move at an inspirational pace.

What you'll do- You'll be our first dedicated finance hire. We've scaled using outsourced bookkeeping and now we need someone who can own internal day-to-day finance operations, partner with leadership, and build the foundations for our next phase of growth.

- You'll be the bridge between our external bookkeepers, fractional CFO, external advisers and the rest of the business. You'll own GL coding and allocation, drive a fast and accurate month-end close, and implement approval processes and spend management. You'll be the go-to finance partner for the leadership group and deliver the revenue reporting and analysis we need to move at pace. We're looking for someone with strong commercial and month-end close experience who wants to build something - not just maintain it.

Example focus areas- Create and run internal approval processes; own GL coding and allocation; manage the relationship and workflow with our external bookkeeper.

- Own month-end close end-to-end - quick, accurate, with strong accounting and accrual discipline.

- Implement and run spend tracking, approval workflows, and financial systems so the business can scale without friction.

- Deliver revenue and management reporting that leadership can use for decision-making.

- Contribute to FP&A, unit economics, and operational efficiency with the fractional CFO and leadership.

- Be the internal finance interface for the leadership group and the broader team - clear, proactive, no handoff friction.

What you'll bring- Proven month-end close experience in a commercial environment (not only audit or tax).

- Commercial finance experience - you've worked in-house in a business, not only in practice or chartered.

- Experience managing or closely coordinating with external accountants or bookkeepers.

- Strong ownership mindset. You take responsibility for outcomes and don't wait to be told what to do.

- Excellent communication and the ability to work with non-finance stakeholders and leadership.

- Comfort with ambiguity and pace. You can prioritise, hustle, and deliver in a high-growth environment.

- Startup or scale-up experience is a plus. Big 4 or mid-tier background (on top of commercial) is a plus.

What we offer- Competitive compensation with meaningful upside.

- A company card for food, coffee, tools, and anything that helps you operate at a high level.

- Daily team lunch and dinner at the office.

- Unlimited workspace budget — build your ideal setup.

- Real ownership and impact from day one.

Our interview process- A quick phone call to learn about you and share more about our company.

- A deeper conversation on your experience and how you'd approach the first 90 days.

- A paid work trial, so you get a feel for what it's like to work with us.

- You get an offer, and we celebrate!